Bill Text: CA ACR83 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 83 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: The California Commission on the Status of Women and

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2015. [ACR83 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 83	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  136
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 25, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Irwin, Achadjian,
Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Chang, Chau, Ch�vez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Kim,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, O'Donnell, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, and Wood)
   (Coauthors: Senators Jackson and Liu)

                        JUNE 2, 2015

   Relative to the California Commission on the Status of Women and
Girls.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 83, Campos. The California Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls: 50th anniversary.
   This measure would congratulate the California Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls on the celebration of its 50th anniversary,
and recognize and commend the commission for its various
contributions and accomplishments.



   WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of Women and
Girls is celebrating its 50th anniversary, its many achievements, and
its significant impact on California's women and girls; and
   WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of Women and
Girls is an agency of state government, created in 1965 by the
California State Legislature, and is mandated to challenge
discrimination against women and girls in California, promote equity
for women and girls, and encourage their full economic and social
participation in this state; and
   WHEREAS, The commission is the only state agency that focuses
exclusively on issues relating to the needs and concerns of
California's women and girls; and
   WHEREAS, The commission examines any laws, practices, or
conditions concerning or affecting women and girls that impose
special limitations or burdens upon them or upon society, or that
limit or tend to limit opportunities available to women and girls;
and
   WHEREAS, The commission promotes standards and best practices for
equity for women and girls and acts as an information and referral
center on issues that affect the lives of women and girls; and
   WHEREAS, During the past 50 years, the commission has contributed
to the development of public policy in the areas of women's health
and safety, equal opportunity in education and employment, child and
other dependent care, economic security, family law, sexual
harassment, violence against women, human trafficking, women in
prison, gender equity in the media, and women in the military, women
veterans, and military families; and
   WHEREAS, The commission has sponsored public hearings and
educational forums in collaboration with California's state
legislative committees, local commissions on the status of women and
girls, and other state agencies and women's organizations, and is a
trusted ally to advocates and community groups; and
   WHEREAS, The commission strives to develop innovative initiatives
with government and the business and nonprofit sectors; and
   WHEREAS, The commission has developed innovative partnerships with
the Department of Veterans Affairs to support women veterans, with
the State Department of Education to expand Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education for women and girls,
and with the Office of Emergency Services on the State Advisory
Committee on Sexual Assault Victim Services; and
   WHEREAS, The commission continues to address emerging issues
affecting the diverse population of California's women and their
families; and
   WHEREAS, The California Commission on the Status of Women and
Girls has a comprehensive agenda to promote the full potential and
contribution of the more than 19 million women and girls in the state
of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the California Commission on the Status of
Women and Girls be congratulated on the celebration of its 50th
anniversary, recognized for its contributions to improving public
policy impacting the lives of California's women and girls, commended
for the continued vision and commitment of its past and present
members and their staff on behalf of California's women and girls,
and that best wishes be extended for the continued success of the
Commission in the future; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.