BILL NUMBER: SCR 103	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  135
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2002
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vasconcellos
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Reyes)

                        AUGUST 19, 2002

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 103--Relative to Declaring Our
Principles of Inclusion for California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 103, Vasconcellos.  Legislative Principles of Inclusion.
   This measure would declare legislative principles of inclusion and
encourage all Californians to consider and adopt these principles
for themselves or define their own separate principles of inclusion.




   WHEREAS, California, as the rest of the United States and the rest
of the entire world, has been experiencing the most remarkable rapid
radical change in history, a period in which the only constant is
change and the greatest inconstant is the ever-increasing rate of
change; and
   WHEREAS, The resulting breakdown of old forms, the disintegration
of community and the disaffection of our people with government and
its institutions has left many, if not most, of us disoriented,
floundering, and desperately in need of discovering a way to regain
our bearings and to re-envision and create new forms to enable us to
come back together in community; and
   WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate for the Legislature to
provide leadership in bringing all Californians together to recognize
the profound changes and challenges that face us, and to take a
long-term big-picture look at how we can cope with these changes and
challenges and discern the most promising strategies for dealing with
them constructively and collaboratively; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature can lead the people of California in a
public dialogue regarding the most profound cross-cutting changes and
challenges, facing us as we move into the 21st Century, including,
but not limited to, race, diversity, technology, learning, families,
health, communities, violence, aging, and environmental
sustainability; and
   WHEREAS, Our Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st
Century was created in 2000 to assist the Legislature in this charge;
and
   WHEREAS, Our Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st
Century chose as our first task an examination of California's most
profound issue:  race, diversity, and inclusion; and
   WHEREAS, Our Joint Committee on Preparing California for the 21st
Century convened an Advisory Team comprising Californians from across
the state to assist us in drafting a set of "Principles of
Inclusion," which were created to help frame public dialogue on the
meaning and implications of our changing demographics and to promote
an inclusive state; and
   WHEREAS, Our Advisory Team provided, and our Joint Committee on
Preparing California for the 21st Century adopted, its "Principles of
Inclusion;" now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares, as our common
aspiration for all Californians--regardless of gender, race, or
national origin--and as its guiding principles, the following
"Principles of Inclusion:"
   1. We Californians affirm in thought and action that we human
beings have the potential to become life affirming, constructive,
responsible, and trustworthy.
   2. We Californians respect, trust, and honor ourselves and each
other, both as unique individuals and as bearers of diverse, rich,
community-based traditions.
   3. We Californians are prepared for employment and
entrepreneurialism on a lifelong basis in our 21st Century
information-based global economy.
   4. We Californians fully and freely participate in political,
economic, and social institutions, to achieve leadership positions,
and to promote the expansion of democratic processes and
decision-making.
   5. We Californians fairly share, without barriers, in the fruits
and burdens of all our economic, social, religious, and political
institutions, programs, and processes.
   6. We Californians regularly work, live, and socialize with people
from other ethnic groups or races.
   7. We Californians recognize and appreciate the awful damage
caused by discrimination, and seek to prevent that conduct and to
reduce that harm.
   8. We Californians have access to high-quality education
throughout our lifetimes, to enable us to become lifelong learners.
   9. We Californians are not excluded from housing options.
   10. We Californians live in neighborhoods that are free from crime
and environmental hazards, and that meet basic health, housing,
telecommunications, transportation, and other needs.
   11. We Californians are treated fairly and equally by our law
enforcement and judicial systems, including our criminal justice
system.
   12. We Californians have the opportunity to age in dignity.
   13. We Californians practice the peaceful resolution of
interpersonal and inter-group conflict.
   14. We Californians enjoy the benefits of racial inclusion
described in these Principles throughout the urban, suburban and
rural regions of our State; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature of the State of California strongly
encourages all citizens and communities in California--both public
and private--to consider these "Principles of Inclusion" for
themselves, and to adopt these, or their own separate "Principles of
Inclusion;" and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.