SACRAMENTO – Senate Resolution 47, authored by Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno), was unanimously approved by the California State Senate on September 7th.
Senate Resolution 47 observes the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic attacks on September 11th, 2001 and honors the almost 3,000 men, women, and children of more than 70 countries who lost their lives at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Twenty-nine members of the California State Senate co-authored SR 47: Senators Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera), Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), Pat Bates (Laguna Niguel), Josh Becker (D-Silicon Valley), Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Steve Glazer (D-Contra Costa), Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), Ben Hueso (D-San Diego), Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), Brian Jones (R-Santee), Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), Monique Límon (D-Santa Barbara), Mike McGuire (D-Sonoma County), Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama), Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa), Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), Richard Roth (D-Riverside), Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), Tom Umberg (D-Orange County), Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), and Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita).