Bill Text: CA SCR113 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Arizona law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-22 - Introduced. To Com. on RLS. [SCR113 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SCR113-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 113 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Cedillo
(Coauthors: Senators Calderon, Corbett, Correa, DeSaulnier,
Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Padilla,
Pavley, Price, Romero, Steinberg, Wright, and Yee)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Beall, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Charles Calderon, Coto, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans,
Fong, Furutani, Hayashi, Hernandez, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mendoza, Nava,
V. Manuel Perez, Salas, Saldana, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, and Yamada)
JUNE 22, 2010
Relative to Arizona law.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 113, as introduced, Cedillo. Arizona law.
This measure would urge various state and private entities to
withhold financial support of Arizona businesses in response to
recent Arizona state laws relating to illegal immigration.
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, On April 23, 2010, the Governor of Arizona signed into
law Arizona Senate Bill 1070, that permits state and local law
enforcement officials in Arizona to engage in racial profiling,
thereby turning the clock back a generation of civil rights gains;
and
WHEREAS, SB 1070 specifically turns unlawful presence, which is a
civil administrative offense under federal immigration law, into a
state crime, requires Arizona state and local law enforcement to
question people who they "reasonably suspect" of being in the United
States unlawfully, and grants Arizona police the power to arrest
individuals without a warrant if they believe the individuals are in
the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, thereby
giving Arizona police an arrest authority normally limited to
criminal violations; and
WHEREAS, On April 30, 2010, the Governor of Arizona signed into
law Arizona House Bill 2162, modifying SB 1070 (collectively, the
Arizona law) to prohibit racial profiling but still criminalizing
unlawful presence, thus requiring Arizona state and local law
enforcement to engage in immigration enforcement, question
individuals they "reasonably suspect" of being in the United States
unlawfully in the course of any "lawful stop, detention or arrest,"
and arrest individuals without a warrant for federal immigration
violation; and
WHEREAS, The Arizona law undermines fundamental civil rights and
civil liberties, and poses a special threat to people of color who
live in and travel through Arizona; and
WHEREAS, Although the Arizona law states that it prohibits racial
profiling, public officials assert that undocumented immigrants can
be identified by the clothes they wear and the way they speak, and
are therefore using stereotypes as proxies for race that will
inevitably lead to racial profiling; and
WHEREAS, The State of California prohibits the unequal treatment
of its residents and prohibits racial profiling of any kind; and
WHEREAS, According to the United States Census Bureau, an
estimated 68 percent of California residents are people of color and
37 percent are of Hispanic or Latino origin who potentially could be
targeted and harassed by law enforcement officials in Arizona as
"reasonably suspect," if they fall into a stereotype held by law
enforcement officers; and
WHEREAS, The Major Cities Chiefs Association stated in 2006 that
when police engage in immigration enforcement, immigrant community
members are less apt to call them when they witness or suffer a
crime, thereby undermining the ability of police to protect the
entire community and threatening public safety; and
WHEREAS, To the extent the Arizona law threatens public safety in
Arizona, it also threatens public safety in California, as a
neighboring state, and could potentially undermine trust between
California communities and the police that serve them; and
WHEREAS, Civil rights leaders, constitutional rights scholars,
elected officials, and police chiefs across the country condemn the
Arizona law; and
WHEREAS, The City of Los Angeles, City of San Diego, City of
Oakland, and City and County of San Francisco have all passed
resolutions condemning the Arizona law; and
WHEREAS, We need humane and workable solutions, not an irrational
and irresponsible response, to our broken immigration system, and we
need solutions that help our state and country move forward together,
rather than divide us apart; and
WHEREAS, The California Latino Legislative Caucus condemns the
Arizona law and its impact on civil rights; and
WHEREAS, The California Latino Legislative Caucus cautions
California residents from traveling to, or spending time in, Arizona
due to the risk they may face in being subjected to inappropriate and
unlawful scrutiny; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature and the California Latino
Legislative Caucus urge the California Public Employees Retirement
System and the California State Teachers Retirement System to cease
making new investment in Arizona until Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and
House Bill 2162 are repealed; and be it further
Resolved, The Legislature urges Major League Baseball Commissioner
Bud Selig to remove Arizona from consideration for hosting the 2011
All-Star Game until Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and House Bill 2162 are
repealed; and be it further
Resolved, The Legislature urges an economic boycott of Arizona
until Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and House Bill 2162 are repealed and
requests California businesses to evaluate their investments in
Arizona to affirm that business in this state do not directly or
indirectly support any Arizona laws that sanction racial profiling;
and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
