Enrolled June 21, 2022 Passed IN Senate May 16, 2022 Passed IN Assembly June 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 107Introduced by Senator Skinner(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Mia Bonta, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Megan Dahle, Davies, Flora, Fong, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gray, Grayson, Haney, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nguyen, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Seyarto, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, Wilson, and Wood)April 28, 2022 Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 107, Skinner. Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, In 2016, 5,712 missing and murdered indigenous cases were reported to the National Crime Information Center; andWHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homicide is the second to seventh leading cause of death for indigenous women; andWHEREAS, According to a study conducted on behalf of the United States Department of Justice, in some tribal communities, indigenous women face murder rates 10 times higher than the national average. No such study exists for urban areas; andWHEREAS, Little data exists on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people, and data that is available is incomplete and inadequate; andWHEREAS, The data that does exist on this issue focuses primarily on indigenous women living on reservations, despite approximately 70 percent of native people living in urban cities; andWHEREAS, According to the first report conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in 2018 on missing and murdered indigenous women in urban cities:(1) In 27 percent of the missing and murdered indigenous women cases, the victims were 18 years of age or younger.(2) The average age for missing and murdered indigenous women was 29.(3) California has the sixth highest death rate of indigenous women in urban cities; andWHEREAS, According to the most recent census data, California has the largest population of American Indians, more than any other state in the country; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Senate hereby designates the month of May 2022 as Californias Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Enrolled June 21, 2022 Passed IN Senate May 16, 2022 Passed IN Assembly June 16, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 107Introduced by Senator Skinner(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Mia Bonta, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Megan Dahle, Davies, Flora, Fong, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gray, Grayson, Haney, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nguyen, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Seyarto, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, Wilson, and Wood)April 28, 2022 Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 107, Skinner. Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Enrolled June 21, 2022 Passed IN Senate May 16, 2022 Passed IN Assembly June 16, 2022
Enrolled June 21, 2022
Passed IN Senate May 16, 2022
Passed IN Assembly June 16, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 107
Introduced by Senator Skinner(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Mia Bonta, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Megan Dahle, Davies, Flora, Fong, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gray, Grayson, Haney, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nguyen, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Seyarto, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, Wilson, and Wood)April 28, 2022
Introduced by Senator Skinner(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Mia Bonta, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Choi, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Megan Dahle, Davies, Flora, Fong, Mike Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gray, Grayson, Haney, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nguyen, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Seyarto, Smith, Stone, Ting, Valladares, Villapudua, Voepel, Waldron, Ward, Akilah Weber, Wicks, Wilson, and Wood)
April 28, 2022
Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 107, Skinner. Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California.
This measure would designate the month of May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, In 2016, 5,712 missing and murdered indigenous cases were reported to the National Crime Information Center; and
WHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homicide is the second to seventh leading cause of death for indigenous women; and
WHEREAS, According to a study conducted on behalf of the United States Department of Justice, in some tribal communities, indigenous women face murder rates 10 times higher than the national average. No such study exists for urban areas; and
WHEREAS, Little data exists on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous people, and data that is available is incomplete and inadequate; and
WHEREAS, The data that does exist on this issue focuses primarily on indigenous women living on reservations, despite approximately 70 percent of native people living in urban cities; and
WHEREAS, According to the first report conducted by the Urban Indian Health Institute in 2018 on missing and murdered indigenous women in urban cities:
(1) In 27 percent of the missing and murdered indigenous women cases, the victims were 18 years of age or younger.
(2) The average age for missing and murdered indigenous women was 29.
(3) California has the sixth highest death rate of indigenous women in urban cities; and
WHEREAS, According to the most recent census data, California has the largest population of American Indians, more than any other state in the country; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Senate hereby designates the month of May 2022 as Californias Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.