Bill Text


Bill PDF |Add To My Favorites | print page

HR-127 (2021-2022)

SHARE THIS: share this bill in Facebook share this bill in Twitter
HR127:v99#DOCUMENT

Revised  August 22, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

House Resolution
No. 127

Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Mia Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Cervantes, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Daly, Flora, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gray, Grayson, Haney, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kiley, Lackey, Lee, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, McKinnor, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O’Donnell, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, Wilson, and Wood)

August 09, 2022

Relative to the 52nd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


HR 127, as introduced, Carrillo.
WHEREAS, Over 50 years ago, on August 29, 1970, over 20,000 demonstrators, the majority of whom were Chicano, marched through East Los Angeles to protest the disproportionate number of Chicano troops drafted and killed during the Vietnam War. This demonstration became known as the Chicano Moratorium; and
WHEREAS, As part of this demonstration, Chicano protesters demanded changes to conditions leading to decades of institutionalized racism, disparities in public education, and high unemployment rates among Chicanos that resulted in Chicanos dying at twice the rate of any other group in Vietnam; and
WHEREAS, During the demonstrations, beatings from law enforcement resulted in numerous injuries and three deaths, including Los Angeles Times journalist, Ruben Salazar; and
WHEREAS, These community members took a courageous stand, their efforts laid the groundwork for crucial reforms, and they inspired future Chicano and Latino movements, including the Chicano civil rights movement; and
WHEREAS, It is critical for California’s future that we correct the injustice of institutionalized racism and, in doing so, honor the organizing efforts of the community to right these wrongs, including the historic demonstrations organized over 50 years ago; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly of the State of California hereby recognizes August 29, 2022, as the 52nd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium and encourages all Californians to join in commemorating this historic event; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
___________________


REVISIONS:
Heading—Line 2.
___________________