BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 107 (Hueso)
As Amended May 22, 2014
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :33-0
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown, |
| |Ch�vez, Dababneh, |
| |Gonzalez, Hagman, |
| |Nazarian, Quirk, |
| |Ridley-Thomas, Waldron |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Commemorates the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion by
proclaiming June 6, 2014, as D-Day Remembrance Day and urges the
Governor to instruct all state agencies to fly the flag of the
United States and the flag of California at half-mast on that day,
in recognition of the heroism and sacrifices of the participants in
those landings. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)The Second World War, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the most
widespread war in human history, directly involving more than 100
million people from more than 30 different countries, which were
split between two opposing military alliances - the Allies, led by
the United States of America and the United Kingdom, and the Axis,
led by Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
2)The Axis powers initiated military aggression and maintained the
strategic momentum until gradually slowed by Allied resistance in
late 1942 and 1943, after which the Allies reversed the momentum
and commenced operations to liberate Axis-conquered lands, such
operations including Operation Overlord, a massive military and
naval effort toward the reclamation of German-occupied Western
Europe.
3)The combat operations of Operation Overlord, also known as the
D-Day Landings, began on June 6, 1944, with an Allied invasion
from England into German-occupied Normandy (France).
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4)Despite the terrible cost in human life, the ultimately successful
execution of the D-Day Invasion led directly to the liberation of
Western Europe, the fall of Adolf Hitler, and the defeat of Nazi
Germany during the subsequent 11 months.
5)June 6, 2014, represents the 70th anniversary of the D-Day
Landings, and serves as a direct reminder of the extraordinary
sacrifices made by members of the United States Armed Forces on
D-Day, and also, indirectly, to the sacrifices made during the
rest of the Second World War and in all other armed conflicts
past, present, and future.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0003908