March 10th, 2010 | Category:
Assembly |
Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D – San Fernando Valley) introduced a resolution today, ACR 144, proclaiming April 2010 as the first annual Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month in California. The resolution is an effort to educate, bring awareness and prevent future genocides and mass atrocities around the globe. The resolution is co-sponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California and supported by Jewish World Watch and several other organizations.
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Click HERE to read the full PRESS RELEASE and to learn more about ACR 144.
March 10th, 2010 | Category:
Uncategorized |
JPAC was proud to cosponsor a recent event at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. On March 7, 2010, newly-inaugurated California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez attended a special Jewish Community Leadership Reception in his honor. Speaker Pérez is a great friend to the Jewish community and the state of Israel (he participated in JPAC’s 2008 Legislators’ Study Trip to Israel). We were thrilled to celebrate his historic election as Speaker and look forward to working with him to ensure a brighter future for all Californians.
L-R: Rabbi Mark Diamond of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, JPAC Chair Marc Carrel, and the Los Angeles Jewish Federation's Andrew Cushnir
L-R: JPAC Representative Cliff Berg and JPAC Chair Marc Carrel
JPAC Board Chair Marc Carrel and JPAC Representative Cliff Berg testified yesterday before a joint oversight hearing of the Assembly and Senate committees that oversee the state’s pension funds. JPAC was integral to the passage of AB 221 in 2007 and will continue to pursue its full implementation — for the sake of California’s public employees and teachers and for the sake of global security.
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February 23rd, 2010 | Category:
JPAC Organizational News |
Welcome to JPAC’s newest Member Organization: 30 Years After!
30 Years After is a robust new organization that seeks to educate, inspire and mobilize the Iranian Jewish community through civic action conferences, quarterly lectures and seminars, a high school mentorship program, voter registration drives, and an anthology of short stories and video interviews to commemorate and shed light on the sacrifice, courage, and resilience of the community’s path to the United States.
February 16th, 2010 | Category:
Assembly,
News |
AB 1650, the Iran Contracting Act coauthored by Asm. Bob Blumenfield and Asm. Mike Feuer, passed the CA Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously this afternoon. JPAC is excited to see this important piece of legislation move forward and thanks our Sacramento advocates for testifying in support of it!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES on AB 1650:
- Click HERE to read the FULL TEXT of the bill.
- Click HERE for a FACT SHEET on the bill.
- Click HERE to read the 01/13/10 PRESS RELEASE announcing the introduction of the legislation.
