This measure would recognize May 2011 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would declare June 26, 2011, a Day in Support of Victims of Torture in California, and would urge the Office of Refugee Resettlement to direct torture treatment funding through the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 so as to reflect California's role as the nation's largest resettlement destination for torture survivors.
This measure would designate the week of April 18 to 24, 2011, as "California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923," and would memorialize the Congress and the President of the United States to observe the California Week of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide by participating in the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Project.
This measure would declare the week of April 10, 2011, to April 16, 2011, inclusive, as Crime Victims' Rights Week.
This measure would declare the week of June 6 through June 12, 2011, to be Dropout Recovery Week and would state the Legislature's intent to encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative assessments, and adequate resources.
This measure would request the President and the Congress of the United States to consider and enact legislation to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of the collection process for a transportation revenue source based on vehicle miles traveled, in order to facilitate the creation of a reliable and steady transportation funding mechanism for the maintenance and improvement of surface transportation infrastructure.
Existing case law declares the public policy of the state against judicial resolution of civil claims arising out of gambling contracts or transactions absent a statutory right to bring those claims. This bill would authorize a tribal gaming operation or a gambling enterprise, or a person acting on behalf of either of those entities, to bring an action in state court to enforce credit instruments that evidence gambling debt, including an action to enforce the debt represented by a credit instrument that is lost or destroyed if the existence of the credit instrument can be proven.
This measure would designate every Sunday as Cooking With Kids Day and would memorialize Congress and the President of the United States to act likewise and adopt a resolution to encourage families across the country to pledge to cook healthy meals with their kids at least once a week and to adopt policies to help improve access to affordable and healthy foods and beverages.
This measure would declare May 2011 and each May thereafter as "Senior Volunteer Month" to honor the contributions of California's senior volunteers.
