ACR 202 Summary

• Acknowledges that California engaged in atrocities against Native Americans and issues a formal apology to Native American tribes in the state

• Documents historical injustices including 1850 laws prohibiting Native Americans from voting, serving as jurors or attorneys, and legalization of slavery and indentured servitude of Native Americans

• Details state-sponsored violence including at least 24 militia expeditions (1850-1861) that killed approximately 1,340 Native Americans, plus at least 6,460 additional killings by vigilantes (1846-1873)

• Notes California's Native American population declined from nearly 150,000 in 1846 to 30,000 in 1870 due to forced displacement, family separation, and destruction of villages

• Directs the Assembly Chief Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to Native American tribes in California, the Governor, and the bill author