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CA SCR111

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

4/28/2014

Primary Sponsor

Lou Correa

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Proclaims the week of April 23-30, 2014, as Black April Memorial Week in California to commemorate the Vietnam War and its victims
  • Recognizes April 30, 2014, as the 39th anniversary of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975
  • Honors the 58,169 Americans killed and 304,000 wounded in the Vietnam War, and the over 135,000 Vietnamese who fled to the United States after the war
  • Acknowledges that more than 465,000 Vietnamese live in California, with the largest concentration outside Vietnam in Orange County
  • Calls for Californians to dedicate themselves to principles of human rights, freedom, democracy, and equal protection in remembrance of those who died during the Vietnam War era

Legislative Description

Black April Memorial Week.

Last Action

Referred to Com. on RLS.

5/8/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules5/8/2014
Rules4/10/2014

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