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          Date of Hearing:   March 13, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
              ACR 114 (Campos/Alejo) - As Introduced:  February 25, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   César Chávez.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes March 31, as the anniversary of the birth  
          of César Chávez, and calls upon all Californians to recognize  
          the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to  
          feed all the families in our state and to learn from César  
          Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice,  
          and selfless service to others.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:

          1)On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma,  
            Arizona.

          2)As a farmworker, César Chávez experienced firsthand the  
            injustice of working long hours with little pay. Under those  
            conditions, Mr. Chávez began a long career in which he worked  
            to improve the working and living conditions for farmworkers  
            preaching nonviolence and fasting to call attention to the  
            immigrant workers' cause.

          3)In 2000, the Legislature enacted SB 984 (Chapter 213, Statutes  
            of 2000) to create an annual state holiday on César Chávez  
            birthday, March 31; and, as provided in the bill, the State  
            Board of Education adopted a model curriculum on the life and  
            work of César Chávez which includes topics on pesticides,  
            immigration, and agriculture's role in the economy.

          4)In 2012, President Barack Obama established the César E.  
            Chávez National Monument at Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz in  
            Keene, California and concurrently designate La Paz as a  
            National Historic Landmark; and in 2013, McDonnell Hall  
            (formerly Guadalupe Mission Chapel) was designated a State  
            Historical Landmark for its close association with the life  
            and work of César Chávez.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   









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           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800