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Measure ACR 6
Authors Ta   Kalra  
Principle Coauthors: Nguyen   Cortese   Umberg  
Coauthors: Essayli   Flora   Fong   Gabriel   Gallagher   Garcia   Gipson   Jeff Gonzalez   Mark González   Hadwick   Haney   Harabedian   Hart   Hoover   Irwin   Jackson   Krell   Addis   Aguiar-Curry   Ahrens   Alanis   Arambula   Ávila Farías   Bains   Bauer-Kahan   Bennett   Berman   Boerner   Bonta   Bryan   Calderon   Caloza   Carrillo   Castillo   Chen   Connolly   DeMaio   Dixon   Elhawary   Ellis   Lackey   Lowenthal   Macedo   McKinnor   Muratsuchi   Ortega   Pacheco   Papan   Patel   Patterson   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Quirk-Silva   Ramos   Ransom   Rivas   Celeste Rodriguez   Michelle Rodriguez   Rogers   Blanca Rubio   Sanchez   Schiavo   Schultz   Sharp-Collins   Solache   Soria   Stefani   Tangipa   Valencia   Wallis   Ward   Wilson   Zbur  
Subject Black April Memorial Month.
Relating To
Title Relative to Black April Memorial Month.
Last Action Dt 2025-05-05
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required None
Appropriation None
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program None
Substantive Changes None
Urgency None
Tax Levy None
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-05-05     Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 11 a.m.
2025-05-05     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 52, Statutes of 2025.
2025-04-24     Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 889.)
2025-04-24     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-04-22     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-04-09     From committee: Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-02     In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-04-01     Coauthors revised.
2025-04-01     Adopted and to Senate.
2025-03-28     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28).
2025-03-25     Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-24     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-24     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Amended.
2024-12-13     From printer.
2024-12-12     Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-05-05
Enrolled     2025-04-25
Amended Assembly     2025-03-24
Introduced     2024-12-12
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		<ns0:Title>Relative to Black April Memorial Month. </ns0:Title>
		<ns0:RelatingClause>Black April Memorial Month</ns0:RelatingClause>
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			<ns0:Subject>Black April Memorial Month.</ns0:Subject>
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			<html:p>This measure would proclaim the month of April 2025 as Black April Memorial Month and encourage the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag to be flown throughout the state.</html:p>
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			<ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, April 30, 2025, marks the 50th year since the Fall of Saigon, on April 30, 1975, to communism; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, For many Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans who were directly involved in the war and Vietnamese Americans who have settled in the United States, the Vietnam War was a tragedy full of great suffering and loss of American, Vietnamese, and Southeast Asian lives; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, The combined United States and South Vietnamese fatalities among military personnel during the Vietnam War reached more than one-half million, with approximately 800,000 additional troops being wounded in combat. Millions of Vietnamese civilians suffered casualties and death as a result of the extended conflict; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, After the Fall of Saigon, millions of Vietnamese and their families fled Vietnam to surrounding areas and the United States, including, but not limited to, former military personnel, government officials, and those who had worked for the United States during the war; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, In the late 1970s to mid-1980s, thousands of Vietnamese risked their lives by fleeing Vietnam aboard small wooden boats. These emigrants reached refugee camps in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong, while approximately one-half of the people fleeing Vietnam in search of freedom and democracy perished at sea; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Today, more than 600,000 Vietnamese residents live in California, with the largest concentration of Vietnamese residents found outside of Vietnam residing in the County of Orange; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Human rights, religious freedom, democracy, and protection against threats of aggression are important concerns of Vietnamese Americans and Vietnamese communities worldwide stemming from abuse of human rights that continue to occur in Vietnam in the areas of child labor, human trafficking, religious and political persecution, suppression of the press, unlawful deprivation of life, forced disappearances, and land seizure, among others; and </html:p>
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		<ns0:Whereas id="id_4C5EBBEB-7B67-4E9A-BC37-3882B2A580F6">
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, We must teach our children and future generations important lessons from the Vietnam War and the continuing situation in Vietnam, including how the plight of the Vietnamese refugees following the end of the war serves as a powerful example of the values of freedom and democracy; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, We, the people of California, should actively rededicate ourselves to the principles of human rights, individual freedom, sovereignty, and equal protection under the laws of a just and democratic world. Californians should set aside moments of time every year on April 30 to give remembrance to the soldiers, medical personnel, and civilians who died during the Vietnam War in pursuit of freedom and democracy; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Vietnamese American communities throughout California will commemorate April 30, 2025, as Black April, a day of remembrance and rededication to the principles of freedom, including freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and internet freedom; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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					<html:i>Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring,</html:i>
					 That in recognition of the great tragedy and suffering and lives lost during the Vietnam War, the month of April 2025 shall be proclaimed Black April Memorial Month, a special time for Californians to remember the lives lost during the Vietnam War era, and to hope for a more humane and just life for the people of Vietnam; and be it further 
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, the Legislature encourages that the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag, which is recognized by the state of California as a symbol of the Vietnamese community’s continued struggle for freedom and liberty for the people of Vietnam, be flown throughout the state; and be it further 
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. 
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Last Version Text Digest This measure would proclaim the month of April 2025 as Black April Memorial Month and encourage the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag to be flown throughout the state.