Bill Text: CA SCR6 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Iranian protests.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 62-17)

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 20, Statutes of 2023. [SCR6 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SCR6-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  February 02, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution

No. 6

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Introduced by Senator Senators Umberg and Allen
(Coauthors: Senators McGuire, Min, and Wiener)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Schiavo and Petrie-Norris)

December 05, 2022

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Relative to Iranian protests.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 6, as amended, Umberg. Iranian protests.

This measure would proclaim that the Legislature stands in solidarity with the people of Iran in their fight for self-determination, their opposition to torture, and their resistance to the oppression of their personal liberties.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was arrested by Gasht-e Ershad, also known as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s “morality police,” for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly in violation of Iran’s compulsory dress codes and subsequently died as a result of police brutality; and

WHEREAS, Mahsa Amini’s death sparked the first Iranian female-led revolution of our time, involving thousands of Iranian civilians, including teenagers, students, men, and women of all ages, taking to the streets and university campuses to protest the brutality and repression of the Iranian regime against its citizens; and

WHEREAS, Iranian authorities have sought to suppress freedom of speech and dissent by implementing violent repression of nonviolent protests, censorship, torture, punishing journalists, and restricting internet access; and

WHEREAS, Despite that repression, protests have continued to expand for women’s rights and for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in Iran; and

WHEREAS, Across the world, thousands of marchers continue to demonstrate to in support of the people of Iran and to send a message that their bravery in risking their lives to dismantle the status quo enforced by a fanatical, theocratic regime is not in vain; and

WHEREAS, According to the National Organization for Civil Registration, the United States has the highest number of Iranians outside of Iran, close to 1,000,000 people, with over one-half residing in California. Most Iranian Americans reside in the greater Los Angeles area, which has been affectionately referred to as “Tehrangeles” or “Little Persia” among Iranian Americans; and

WHEREAS, Iranians have made important contributions as Californians in the fields of finance, technology, law, medicine, education, sports, media, the arts, the military, and government; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature stands in solidarity with the people of Iran in their fight for self-determination, their opposition to torture, and their resistance to the oppression of their personal liberties; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.