THIRD READING 

Bill No: ACR 117

Author: Eduardo Garcia (D), Lackey (R), and Mayes (R)

Introduced: 8/12/19

Vote: 21

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 8/22/19 (Consent) - See last page for vote

SUBJECT: Gang Awareness and Prevention Month

SOURCE: Mothers and Men Against Gangs Coalition

DIGEST:

This resolution designates January 2020 as Gang Awareness and Prevention Month in California and encourages cities and constituents across the state to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to prevent future gang activity and honor those who lost their lives due to gang activity.

ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1. Gang violence is responsible for an average of 2,000 gang-related homicides each year, according to data from the National Youth Gang Center, which causes a concern for Californians everywhere.
2. Californians must work together to ensure first responders do not have to respond to crime scenes and dying victims in dangerous surroundings where they can become the next target.
3. Local communities need to learn and understand that gang affiliation and activity is preventable. The solution to gang violence is within every Californian. Californians have the will, courage, and inner strength to stand up to their moral obligation as citizens of their community to help by deterring youth and their families from violence by educating them how to form stronger family bonds.
4. The Mothers & Men Against Gangs Coalition (MAG Coalition) is an example of an organization formed to prevent gang activity by providing awareness to diminish gang violence throughout the State of California.
5. It is essential to continue to work together by actively organizing events to prevent gang violence and to encourage entities to be involved in gang prevention education that can influence the youth through outreach presentations, teaching the principles of nonviolence, establish programs that will have continuity as times change, and organize events in order to help diminish the number of gang-related crimes and deaths.
6. The State of California expresses its strong public support for all gang awareness and prevention efforts underway across the state and appreciates the work being done by groups and individuals to rid their communities of gangs and change lives by advocating for safer communities and fostering gang prevention efforts.
7. Gang Awareness and Prevention Month is an initial step to rid our communities of gangs, change lives, and teach students how to organize peacefully like the leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This resolution designates January 2020 as Gang Awareness and Prevention Month in California and encourages cities and constituents across the state to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to prevent future gang activity and honor those who lost their lives due to gang activity.

Related/Prior Legislation

ACR 134 (E. Garcia, Resolution Chapter 2, Statutes of 2018) designated the month of January 2018 as Gang Awareness and Prevention Month in the State of California and encouraged cities and constituents across the state to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to prevent future gang activity and honor those who lost their lives due to gang activity.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 9/4/19)

Mothers and Men Against Gangs Coalition (source)

OPPOSITION: (Verified 9/4/19)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 74-0, 8/22/19

AYES: Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Flora, Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, Wood, Rendon

NO VOTE RECORDED: Carrillo, Frazier, Gray, Low, Reyes

Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520

9/4/19 19:25:24

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Date of Hearing: August 19, 2019

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES

Ken Cooley, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:ACR 117 (

Author:Eduardo Garcia) – As Introduced Ver:August 12, 2019

SUBJECT: Gang Awareness and Prevention Month.

SUMMARY: Designates January 2020 as Gang Awareness and Prevention Month in California and encourages cities and constituents across the state to observe the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to prevent future gang activity and honor those who lost their lives due to gang activity. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:

1. Gang violence is responsible for an average of 2,000 gang-related homicides each year, according to data from the National Youth Gang Center, which causes a concern for Californians everywhere.
2. Californians must work together to ensure first responders do not have to respond to crime scenes and dying victims in dangerous surroundings where they can become the next target.
3. Local communities need to learn and understand that gang affiliation and activity is preventable. The solution to gang violence is within every Californian. Californians have the will, courage, and inner strength to stand up to their moral obligation as citizens of their community to help by deterring youth and their families from violence by educating them how to form stronger family bonds.
4. The Mothers & Men Against Gangs Coalition (MAG Coalition) is an example of an organization formed to prevent gang activity by providing awareness to diminish gang violence throughout the State of California.
5. It is essential to continue to work together by actively organizing events to prevent gang violence and to encourage entities to be involved in gang prevention education that can influence the youth through outreach presentations, teaching the principles of nonviolence, establish programs that will have continuity as times change, and organize events in order to help diminish the number of gang-related crimes and deaths.
6. The State of California expresses its strong public support for all gang awareness and prevention efforts underway across the state and appreciates the work being done by groups and individuals to rid their communities of gangs and change lives by advocating for safer communities and fostering gang prevention efforts.
7. Gang Awareness and Prevention Month is an initial step to rid our communities of gangs, change lives, and teach students how to organize peacefully like the leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FISCAL EFFECT: None

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

None on file

Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800