AB 1650, the Iran Contracting Act coauthored by Asm. Bob Blumenfield and Asm. Mike Feuer, passed unanimously out of the Assembly Committee on Business, Professions & Consumer Protection today. Once again, thanks to JPAC’s Sacramento advocates for testifying in support of this important legislation! Next up: the Assembly Appropriations Committee. We will continue to keep you posted on the bill’s progress. [...]
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ACR 144, an Assembly Concurrent Resolution proclaiming April 2010 as the first annual Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month in California, just passed the Assembly today without any “no” votes — and it had 56 new coauthors! The resolution is an extraordinary effort to educate, bring awareness and prevent future genocides and mass atrocities around the globe. The [...] We are thrilled to announce that California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez will be addressing the Annual JPAC Lobby Day on May 11. Speaker Pérez is a true friend to the Jewish community. We hope you can join us - register today! Click HERE for more information and to download a registration form. On March 17th, the University of California Berkeley Student Senate passed a resolution that the University should divest itself of any companies in which it owns stock that do business with Israel. The Student Senate accused Israel of war crimes and is attacking companies that support Israel. The resolution targets over $130m invested in [...] |
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