Asm. Joan Buchanan

Co-sponsor ACR 60

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to Korean War Armistice Day.

This measure would proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. It would urge Californians to remember the Korean War and those who fought against communism. It would also urge Governor Jerry Brown to proclaim July 27, 2011, as Korean War Armistice Day and instruct all state departments, agencies, interested groups, organizations, and individuals to fly the United States flag at half-mast on July 27, 2011, in memory of the veterans who died as a result of their service in Korea.

Signed into law Aug 23, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor AJR 3

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to taxation.

This measure would urge Congress to extend the alternative minimum tax holiday for private activity bonds.

Signed into law Aug 22, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor AJR 10

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to school-based health centers.

This measure would memorialize the Legislature's support for the school-based health center program authorized by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an appropriation by the United States Congress to fund this program, policies that include school-based health centers as a partner in creating a medical home for all children, and the inclusion of school-based health centers in the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Signed into law Jul 28, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor ACR 64

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to June Dairy Month in California.

This measure would proclaim the month of June to be June Dairy Month in California, in honor of the work of dairy producers in California, and would encourage all Californians to continue to support the American dairy industry by including dairy products as part of a healthy diet.

Signed into law Jul 18, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJR 1

Signed into law · California Senate · Co-sponsor

Postsecondary education: the Morrill Act.

This measure would memorialize the President and the Congress of the United States to renew the commitment to accessible higher education and the support of research in the interest of the nation.

Signed into law Jul 14, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor ACR 36

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.

This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.

Signed into law Jul 11, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 373

Signed into law · California Senate · Co-sponsor

Retirement: Contra Costa County.

Existing law, until January 1, 2012, authorizes the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to establish different retirement benefits for different bargaining units of safety employees represented by the Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, and the unrepresented groups of safety employees in similar job classifications and the supervisors and managers of those employees, as specified, pursuant to a resolution making those provisions applicable to that county. This bill would delete the January 1, 2012, date thereby extending that authorization indefinitely.

Signed into law Jul 8, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HR 18

Passed · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to the 4th of July.

Passed Jul 5, 2011 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor ACR 42

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day.

This measure declares that Sundays are "Eat Local, Buy California Grown Day," and encourages families, restaurants, and grocers to buy California-grown floriculture, fiber, and foods.

Signed into law Jun 30, 2011 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor ACR 16

Signed into law · California Assembly · Co-sponsor

Relative to a Day of Remembrance.

This measure would declare February 19, 2011, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

Signed into law Jun 27, 2011 1 co-sponsor