Bill Text: CA ACR7 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: National Night Out.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2015. [ACR7 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR7-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 7	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  166
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Rodriguez and Cooper
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Calderon, Campos, Ch�vez, Lackey,
Low, Olsen, Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Grove, Hadley,
Harper, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Block, Hall, Hertzberg, and
Leno)

                        JANUARY 6, 2015

   Relative to National Night Out.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 7, Rodriguez. National Night Out.
   This measure would proclaim August 4, 2015, as National Night Out
in California and would urge the people of California to observe and
participate in National Night Out.



   WHEREAS, On August 4, 2015, the National Association of Town Watch
is joining with law enforcement agencies, communities, and business
organizations throughout the nation to sponsor the 32nd Annual
National Night Out, a unique, nationwide, crime prevention program;
and
   WHEREAS, National Night Out is an evening for America to stand
together and promote awareness, safety, and neighborhood unity; and
   WHEREAS, National Night Out is designed to increase crime
prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in,
local anticrime efforts; strengthen neighborhood spirit and
police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals,
letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back;
and
   WHEREAS, Residents in neighborhoods throughout California and
across the nation are asked to join together on August 4, 2015, to
spend the evening outside with their neighbors and police; and
   WHEREAS, Many neighborhoods throughout California and across the
nation will be hosting a variety of special events on August 4, 2015,
such as block parties, cookouts, parades, visits from police,
flashlight walks, safety demonstrations, contests, youth activities,
and anticrime rallies; and
   WHEREAS, National Night Out has proven to be an effective,
inexpensive, and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood unity and
encourage strong relationships between local community members and
law enforcement agencies that will help to strengthen community
safety throughout the entire year; and
   WHEREAS, National Night Out highlights the vital importance that
citizen involvement has in our fight for a safer state and nation;
and
   WHEREAS, Over 37.8 million people from over 16,124 communities
from all 50 states, United States territories, Canadian cities, and
military bases worldwide participated in National Night Out in 2014;
and
   WHEREAS, National Night Out provides a unique opportunity for
California to recognize the thousands of communities across the state
and country promoting cooperative, police-community crime prevention
efforts; and
   WHEREAS, It is essential that all people of California be aware of
the importance of crime prevention programs and the impact that
their participation can have on reducing crime; and
   WHEREAS, All people should be encouraged to join with their
neighbors, local police and sheriff's departments, and the National
Association of Town Watch in supporting the 32nd Annual National
Night Out; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims August 4, 2015, as
National Night Out in California and urges the people of California
to observe and participate in National Night Out; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.