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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 114 (Campos and Alejo)
          As Amended  April 30, 2014
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(March 28,      |SENATE: |34-0 |(May 8, 2014)  |
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               (adopted by voice vote)
           
           Original Committee Reference:    RULES

          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.

           The Senate amendments  delete the North Gila River Valley and  
          insert Yuma in its place.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this resolution made 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, César 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's 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.  








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            Chávez National Monument at Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz in  
            Keene, California and concurrently designated 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

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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