This measure would declare May 19, 2010, as the 22nd Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all Californians.
This measure would proclaim the month of April of each year as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2010 as California Safe Digging Month.
This measure would recognize April 26, 2010, as California Healthy Schools Day, and would encourage schools and school districts to take proactive and preventative steps to create and maintain healthy school environments.
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2010 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
This measure would proclaim the month of May, each year, as Perinatal Depression Awareness Month in California, and would request the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders to work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local levels, to facilitate increased awareness and education about perinatal depression, clinically referred to as perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, to explore and encourage the use of prenatal screening tools, and to improve the availability of effective treatment and community support services.
This measure would reaffirm the Legislature's commitment to reducing greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020. It would urge the United States Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases and the federal government to persevere in its commitment to leading the world in efforts to address global climate change and ocean acidification, and reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million.
This measure would designate April 24, 2010, as "California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923." It would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
This measure would encourage public education institutions to designate each campus as a "Discrimination-Free Zone" to provide a safe haven from intolerance or discrimination, to enact appropriate procedures that meaningfully address acts of discrimination that occur on campus, to notify parents and the campus community of existing policies and procedures that encourage tolerance of others, and to use existing resources to identify themselves as "Discrimination-Free Zones" to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity and supports the tolerance of others.
