CA ASSEMBLY PASSES GULF COAST CIVIC WORKS PROJECT RESOLUTION

NEWS RELEASE
GULF COAST CIVIC WORKS PROJECT
Monday, September 10, 2007

Contact: Arianna Smith (916) 319-2022, Arianna.Smith@asm.ca.gov
Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton (510) 508-5382, smlipton@sjsu.edu

CA ASSEMBLY PASSES GULF COAST CIVIC WORKS PROJECT RESOLUTION

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Assembly passed Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 22 today in a 44-23 vote. Students from around the state are ecstatic at this victory, as AJR 22 calls upon the California Congressional delegation to support the passing of federal legislation based on the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, which is a national effort to develop a modern-day Works Progress Administration to rebuild the Gulf.

"This vote in the California Assembly is the next step to put pressure on the California Congressional delegation to introduce and support federal legislation creating the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project,"stated Rochelle Jackson Smarr, one of the student leaders from San Jose State University.

The bill now moves on to the California Senate where a vote will hopefully take place before the end of session on Friday.
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