BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 114 (Campos and Alejo)
As Introduced February 25, 2014
Majority vote
RULES 9-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown, |
| |Dababneh, Gonzalez, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, Quirk, |
| |Ridley-Thomas |
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SUMMARY : Recognizes March 31, 2014, 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 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 (Polanco), 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 Seńora Reina de la Paz in
Keene, California, and concurrently designated La Paz as a
National Historic Landmark; and in 2013, McDonnell Hall
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(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
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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