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          Bill No:  SB 807
          Author:   Price (D), et al.
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 4/24/13
          AYES:  Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,  
            Jackson, Monning

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    California State University:  African American  
          Political and
                      Economic Institute

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires the California State University,  
          Dominguez Hills campus to rename its African American Political  
          and Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American  
          Political and Economic Institute.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law establishes the California State  
          University (CSU) and allows the institution to be governed by a  
          Board of Trustees.  The CSU and its Trustees are subject to Acts  
          of the Legislature; however, the system exercises autonomy in  
          the development of curriculum and academic standards.

          This bill requires the California State University, Dominguez  
          Hills campus to rename its African American Political and  
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          Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American  
          Political and Economic Institute.  

          Comments
           
          According to the author, this bill would pay lasting and  
          appropriate tribute to former Lt. Governor, State Senator and  
          Assemblymember Mervyn M. Dymally who passed away this past  
          winter.

           African American Political and Economic Institute  .  The mission  
          of the institute is to influence public policy debates through  
          on-going academic and community research dealing with African  
          American economic and political development issues in  
          California.  In addition, the institute documents and analyzes  
          the professional lives and achievements of African American  
          public-elected officials, business leaders, and policy makers,  
          as well as the impact of their efforts on the political, social,  
          and economic development in the African American communities and  
          other disadvantaged communities.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/6/13)

          California Black Chamber of Commerce
          California State Conference of the National Association for the  
          Advancement of
            Colored People


          PQ:nl  5/6/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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