Bill Text: CA AR47 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-23-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-21 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 4456.). [AR47 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AR47-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 47	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gallagher  and Olsen
 , Olsen,   Achadjian,   Alejo, 
 Arambula,   Atkins,   Baker,  
Bigelow,   Bloom,   Bonilla,   Bonta,
  Brown,   Burke,   Calderon,  
Chang,   Chau,   Chávez,  Chiu,  
Chu,   Cooley,   Dababneh,   Dahle, 
 Daly,   Dodd,   Eggman,   Frazier,
  Beth Gaines,   Cristina Garcia,  
Eduardo Garcia,   Gatto,   Gipson,  Gomez,
  Gonzalez,   Gordon,   Gray,  
Grove,   Hadley,   Harper,   Roger
Hernández,   Holden,   Irwin,   Jones,
  Jones-Sawyer,   Kim,   Lackey, 
 Levine,  Linder,   Lopez,   Low,
  Maienschein,   Mathis,   Mayes, 
 McCarty,   Medina,   Mullin,  
Nazarian,   Obernolte,   O'Donnell,  
Patterson,   Quirk,   Rendon,  
Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,   Salas,  
Santiago,   Steinorth,   Mark Stone,  
Thurmond,   Wagner,   Waldron,   Weber,
  Wilk,   Williams,   and Wood  )

                        APRIL 4, 2016

   Relative to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, Sexual assault and sexual exploitation are major public
concerns at the local, state, and national levels; and
   WHEREAS, One in two women and one in five men will experience
sexual violence in their lifetimes; and
   WHEREAS, California's rape crisis centers serve more than 32,000
survivors of sexual assault every year; and
   WHEREAS, More than 8 million survivors of sexual violence live in
California; and
   WHEREAS, Sexual assault affects Californians of all gender
identities, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, religions, and
socioeconomic levels; and
   WHEREAS, Perpetrators of sexual violence must be held accountable
for their crimes; and
   WHEREAS, Public awareness and education about sexual violence and
sexual exploitation are needed for every child, youth, and adult in
our communities; and
   WHEREAS, Building community intolerance for sexual violence
requires the collective voices of all citizens; and
   WHEREAS, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes represents a public testament to
the power of men's voices in supporting survivors, holding
perpetrators accountable, and building a community response against
gender-based violence; and
   WHEREAS, The largest Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in the world
is held in Sacramento, California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That April
23, 2016, be recognized as Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Assembly urges California's citizens to partner
with their local rape crisis center to stand with survivors of
sexual assault and build communitywide responses to gender-based
violence; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.