Vol. 51, No.38
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
September 11, 2013
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Bill Honoring Civil Rights Leader Cesar E. Chavez Sacramento
Assemblymember Roger Hernandez (D-West Covina) announced today that AB 34 passed the State Senate Floor with a 32-2 vote. AB 34 establishes Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz (La Paz) in Kern County as a state historic landmark. La Paz is the burial site and the home of Civil Rights Leader Cesar E. Chavez. “We are one step closer in realizing a goal that was forgotten for too long. California should have been at
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the forefront of designating La Paz, the burial and home of the great Civil Rights leader Cesar E. Chavez, many years ago. AB 34 properly honors the work of a Latino leader who pushed for justice, dignity and job protection for farm workers,” stated Hernandez. On October 8, 2012 President Obama declared La Paz a National Historic Landmark. The designation honoring a Latino is the first since the 1700s. La Paz covers 187 acres of eastern Kern County, California. The site is significant as the headquarters of the United Farm Workers of America
(UFW). From the site, Cesar E. Chavez met with public officials, labor leaders, community organizations and industry representatives as a voice for the disenfranchised and the less fortunate. “I will continue working with all my colleagues in the Legislature to ensure La Paz deserves the proper recognition on the state level, since the federal government has officially recognized the unique historical significance of La Paz,” concluded Hernandez. AB 34 moves next to the Assembly Floor for a Concurrence vote.
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students who start their day off with a nutritious meal. That’s why the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), the creator of GOT MILK?, has partnered with 22 school districts across the Golden State to continue its annual Breakfast Challenge in support of daily breakfast consumption with milk in school cafeterias. According to the California Department of Education, the California School Breakfast Program grew by more than 60,000 student participants last year. For this year’s challenge, the campuses with the greatest breakfast participa-
tion with milk in each district will win $3,000 towards student activities for a grand total of $63,000 statewide. “Students who eat school breakUnified, Modesto City fast do better Schools, Lodi Unified, Elk in class. They miss fewer Grove Unified, Sequoia school days than students Union and Mount Diablo who don’t eat breakfast,” Unified says State Superintendent of • Central California: Fresno Public Instruction Tom TorUnified, Central Unified and lakson. “Research and comClovis Unified mon sense tell us that better • Southern California: attendance and grades make Huntington Beach Union, teens more likely to Santa Ana Unified, El Monte graduate from high school Union, Fontana Unified, and go on to college and Riverside Unified, Palm careers.” Springs Unified, Coachella The 22 participating high Valley Unified, Desert Sands school districts in the 2013 Unified, Escondido Union, GOT MILK? Breakfast Sweetwater Union and Vista Challenge include: Unified. • Northern California: OakDuring a three-week pe land Unified, Sacramento Arroyo High School continued page pg 8 City Unified, Stockton