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          Date of Hearing:   April 10, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                   ACR 129 (Brown) - As Introduced:  April 1, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Denim Day California.

          SUMMARY  :   Designates the month of April 2014 as Sexual Assault  
          Awareness Month; recognizes April 23, 2014 as Denim Day  
          California; and, encourages everyone to wear jeans on that day  
          to help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and  
          never an invitation to commit rape.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Rape and sexual assault impact women, children, and men of all  
            racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds and it is estimated  
            that nearly one in two women and one in five men experience  
            sexual violence other than rape throughout their lifetime.

          2)The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey  
            reports that there are more than 22 million survivors of rape  
            in the United States; and, 2 million of those survivors live  
            in California impacting women, children, and men of all racial  
            and economic backgrounds.

          3)Denim Day has been designated to bring awareness about rape  
            and sexual assault; and, rape prevention and education efforts  
            are underway in California to challenge the societal myths and  
            behaviors that perpetuate rape and to engage communities in a  
            common goal of ending sexual assault.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
          Opposition 
           
          None on file

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








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