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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Contact your CA state <span class=SpellE>Assemblymembers</span>
and Senators and tell them to stop trying to silence advocacy for Palestinian
human rights on campuses</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Tell them to vote no on
ACR 76 and rescind HR 35:</span></b></span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>● <span class=GramE>This</span> week, the California
Assembly is considering ACR 76, which opens the door to condemning advocacy for
Palestinian human rights in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
campuses, while appearing to support free speech. <br>
<br>
● </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'>In August 2012, the Assembly passed HR 35, an even worse measure that
equated criticism of Israeli policies with anti-Semitism, falsely painted a
picture of Jewish students at the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName> system as under attack
and actually called on university administrators to violate the Constitution by
barring certain speech protected by the First Amendment and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> law.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>HR 35 did not improve the campus environment,
nor did it make students any safer. What it did was to provide a club for those
who want to demonize and squelch campus support for Palestinian rights. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ACR 76 leaves HR 35 in place while continuing the
attack on students’ right to free speech.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Text & analysis of ACR
76 is below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'>To find out your CA elected officials:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/">http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- <span class=SpellE>Assemblymember</span>
Roger Dickinson: 916-319-2007; <a
href="mailto:assemblymember.dickinson@assembly.ca.gov">assemblymember.dickinson@assembly.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- <span class=SpellE>Assemblymember</span>
Ken Cooley: (916) 319-2008; <a
href="mailto:assemblymember.cooley@assembly.ca.gov">assemblymember.cooley@assembly.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- <span class=SpellE>Assemblymember</span>
Richard Pan: (916) 319-2009; <a href="mailto:assemblymember.pan@assembly.ca.gov">assemblymember.pan@assembly.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- <span class=SpellE>Assemblymember</span>
Mariko Yamada: (916) 319-2004; <a
href="mailto:assemblymember.yamada@assembly.ca.gov">assemblymember.yamada@assembly.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=SV style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
SV'>- Senator Darrell Steinberg<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b>
(916) 651-4006; <a href="mailto:senator.steinberg@senate.ca.gov">senator.steinberg@senate.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>- Senator Lois <span
class=SpellE>Wolk</span>: (916) 651-4003; <a
href="mailto:senator.wolk@senate.ca.gov">senator.wolk@senate.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Upcoming events:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><br>
</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>► Get your tickets to Room for
Hope, Palestinian youth <span class=SpellE>debke</span> performance, Thurs. Sept.
25, 7pm. </span></font></b><font size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>Guild Theater, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2828 35<sup>th</sup> St.</st1:address></st1:Street><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> </span></b>Tickets at <span class=SpellE>Filco</span>, SALAM or
contact </span></font><font size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:red'><a href="mailto:SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com"><font color=red><span
style='color:red'>SacramentoBethlehem@yahoo.com</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:green'>►</span></font><font
size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'> <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Thurs., Oct 3: <a href="http://whereshouldthebirdsfly.org"><font
color=green><span style='color:green'>Where Should the Birds Fly?</span></font></a></span></b><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>The first film about <st1:City
w:st="on">Gaza</st1:City> made by Palestinians living the reality of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s
siege and blockade.</span> The filmmaker </span></font><span class=SpellE><font
size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Fida</span></font></span><font size=2
color=green><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> <span class=SpellE>Qishta</span></span></font><font
size=2 color=green><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'> will answer
questions after the showing. Crest Theater, 1013 K. FMI: sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>► </span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Wed., Oct 16<span
style='color:000000'>, 7pm, Protecting Children in <st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City></span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: Presentation by <a
href="http://www.dci-pal.org/">Defense of Children International-Palestine</a> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">First</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>,
2100 J St. <font color=green><span style='color:green'>FMI: sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</span></font></span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red'>► </span></font><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=red><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Tues,
Oct 29<span style='color:000000'>, 7pm, <a href="http://www.gazakitchen.com"><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>The Gaza Kitchen</span></font></a>:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> Cuisine &
Resistance in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City></st1:place>.
Presentation by journalist and author <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Laila</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">El-Haddad</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Centennial</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5401 Freeport Blvd.</st1:address></st1:Street>
FMI: SacPeace@dcn.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=GramE><font size=2
color=green face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green'>► <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Fri. Nov 29, International Day in Solidarity with
the Palestinian people</span></b>.</span></font></span><font size=2
color=green><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:green'> Rally at Arden & Heritage, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:place>. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'>► <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Boycott <span class=SpellE>SodaStream</span>
bannering and leafleting</span></b> continues on Saturdays this fall. <span
class=SpellE>SodaStream</span> is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on
stolen <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Palestinian</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Land</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>FMI: <a href="mailto:sacramentobds@gmail.com">sacramentobds@gmail.com</a><br>
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:6.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial'><br>
</span></font><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>More details about these events: <a href="http://www.sac4palestine.org/">www.Sac4Palestine.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>More information on ACR 76:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>For full text of ACR 76:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_76_bill_20130830_amended_asm_v98.htm">http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_76_bill_20130830_amended_asm_v98.htm</a>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>See analysis of National Lawyers Guild below
(FMI: board@nlgsac.org)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Through </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>ACR 76 and HR 35, some CA Legislators
want to stop students from discussing boycotting and divesting from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>’s occupation of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Palestine</st1:City></st1:place>. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Fortunately, the U.S.
Department of Education just stopped another act of legal bullying by
dismissing complaints against UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Irvine that falsely
claimed that pro-Palestinian activism at these campuses created a hostile and
anti-Semitic environment for Jewish students on campus. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>No
students should be in fear of censure, discipline or reputational smear for
criticizing injustice and demanding Palestinian equal rights.</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Tell <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:place>
to stop meddling with free speech on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b><font size=4
color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Analysis of National Lawyers Guild of ACR 76<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3
color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Regarding HR 35 (passed, August 2012) and ACR 76 (proposed,
August 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=Default><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3
color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=Default><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Summary of the damage caused by HR 35 (passed in
2012):<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>It
purported to solve a problem that does not exist: The resolution painted a
false picture of rampant anti-Semitism and harassment of Jewish students on UC
campuses. Had legislators sought participation of actual students in their
hasty deliberation, they would have heard from the vast majority, including
Jewish students, that such allegations are simply not true.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>It
equated campus discourse on political issues relating to Israeli government
policies with anti-Semitism, basing the equation on a purported official
definition of anti-Semitism that was never anything of the sort and has been
widely discredited by experts. In so doing, it trivialized real anti-Semitism
and therefore made more difficult the fight against it where it does occur. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>It
urged <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName> officials to violate the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>
constitutions and state law by cracking down on and denying standard campus
support to legitimate student speech based on its content.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>By
doing so, it contributed to a hostile environment on campus for supporters of
Palestinian rights, as elements in and outside the university frequently cited
“the Legislature’s opinion” in efforts to squelch speech, threaten careers and
reputations and even seek spurious criminal prosecution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>(For more detail, please see the September 2012
letter to legislators sent by 10 civil rights and student activist groups.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>ACR 76,
while not objectionable in and of itself, fails to correct the damage of HR 35<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=whereas><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></span><![endif]>While
it affirms a strong commitment to free speech on campus, it does so only in
general terms, with no reference to the specific issues that made HR 35 so
problematic: Its allegation that criticism of Israeli government policy is
anti-Semitic and should “<span class=whereas><font face=Cambria><span
style='font-family:Cambria'>not be tolerated in the classroom or on campus.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span
class=whereas><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font></span><![endif]><span
class=whereas><font face=Cambria><span style='font-family:Cambria'>By also not
mentioning that HR 35’s problematic are the reason for introducing ACR 76<span
class=GramE>,<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>its</span> passage will
not stop the sponsors of HR 35 and others determined to shut down advocacy for
Palestinian human rights from continuing to claim that HR 35 remains the
opinion of the California Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=Default><span class=whereas><font size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=Default><span class=whereas><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Our hopes for the future<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>That
legislators and staff will retain sufficient institutional memory and know to
read carefully and consult with concerned parties if again presented with
proposed legislation, resolutions or letters purporting to combat
anti-Semitism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>That
any such measure will not be rushed to passage without adequate time and notice
for a full airing of its assertions, implications and possible effects.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=Default style='margin-left:.25in'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 color=black face=Cambria><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Toward these ends, the organizations that objected
to HR 35 and that remain dissatisfied by the corrective measure, ACR 76, pledge
to engage in all possible educational activities to inform legislators and
staff about issues, principles and advocacy regarding efforts to support
achievement of human rights, justice and peace for Palestinians as well as
Israelis and other peoples in the Middle East. In exchange we request a
willingness to listen, learn and act appropriately on behalf of these goals.</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Proposed amendments to ACR 76
(National Lawyer Guild)<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
draft proposal submitted to you by the coalition of civil rights organizations
in late 2012 opens with the following paragraph:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Whereas,
California Education Code § <span class=term><font face="Times New Roman">66301
r</font></span>equires that no state institution of higher education<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> “</span></b>shall make or enforce a rule subjecting a
student to disciplinary sanction solely on the basis of conduct that is speech
or other communication that, when engaged in outside a campus of those
institutions, is protected from governmental restriction by the First Amendment
to the United States Constitution or Section 2 of Article I of the California
Constitution.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>We
urge that this be inserted into ACR 76. That would ground the resolution’s main
goal in existing law and serve as an important reminder that in enacting HR 35
our legislators did not intend to authorize universities to impose unconstitutional
limits on free speech.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
sixth “whereas” clause in ACR 76 as introduced states:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>WHEREAS,
<span class=GramE>Unfortunately</span>, college campuses are also sometimes
home to some of the most vitriolic speech directed at individuals;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>We
urge that this be deleted. If the implication is that speech is particularly
vitriolic on campuses compared to elsewhere, no study that we know of has found
this to be true, and we don’t believe it is. Included, it could perpetuate a
myth advanced by those who falsely describe UC campuses as hotbeds of vicious
anti-Semitism.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
seventh “whereas” clause in ACR 76 as introduced states:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>WHEREAS, Freedom of speech sometimes requires that
society tolerate the intolerant, but not without limitation; <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The
end of this statement is inaccurate and probably not what the authors mean.
Like it or not, “intolerant” speech and even far worse is absolutely protected
by the First Amendment and the state Constitution, on campus and off. Permitted
limitations on free speech in this context occur only in light of true threats
to others and in certain situations where time, place and manner restrictions
are allowed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>We
believe it would better reflect to the intentions of ACR 76’s authors to say:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>WHEREAS, Freedom of speech requires that society tolerate the
intolerant, but we need not remain silent in response;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
eighth “whereas” clause in ACR 76 as introduced states:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>WHEREAS, A positive response to intolerance is for
fair-minded, decent men and women of all political persuasions to exercise
their own constitutionally protected right to free speech to condemn biased,
hurtful, and dangerous speech that is intended to stoke fear and intimidation
in its listeners;</span></font></i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>"Dangerous
speech" (unlike biased, hurtful and intolerant speech) may actually be
banned, when narrowly and objectively defined, but it doesn’t really belong
here, especially without definition or relevance to the issue at hand. Its
inclusion engenders confusion regarding constitutional protection of political
speech. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>“Hurtful
speech” is an almost entirely subjective term, subject to very different views
and sensitivities. Moreover, hurtful speech is clearly protected. To say it
should be condemned could play into the hands of those who have created a
chilling effect on campuses by claiming that certain political views are
hurtful to them and should therefore be suppressed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Similarly,
“biased speech” is ambiguous. Is the intent to refer to bias based on ethnicity
or religion, for instance, which we should condemn because it is <u>demeaning</u>?
Or is it alleged political/ideological bias, which is a natural characteristic
of robust discourse but has been, like “hateful,” invoked to chill the
expression of unpopular views?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font></b><![endif]><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The
last phrase, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>“intended to stoke fear and intimidation in
its listeners,” </span></i>needs a more objective phrasing that makes clear the
object of the intent, to prevent its misuse in a way that could enable the chilling
of legitimate speech.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Therefore, we urge that the clause’s conclusion be
amended to read:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>… to condemn speech that demeans other people or groups and is intended
to intimidate or to stoke a reasonable apprehension of fear in
its listeners or in its intended targets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
second “resolved” clause in ACR 76 as introduced states:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='line-height:normal'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Resolved, <span class=GramE>That</span> the
Legislature hereby condemns biased, hurtful, and dangerous speech intended to
stoke fear and intimidation in its listeners;<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>For
the same reasons explained in 4, above, we urge that it be amended to read:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
line-height:normal'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Legislature hereby
condemns speech that demeans other people or groups and is intended
to intimidate or to stoke a reasonable apprehension of fear in its
listeners or in its intended targets.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=ListParagraphCxSpLast><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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