Cal. GOV § 8722
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 8722, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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Official statutory text
The State of California apologizes to those individuals described in Section 8721 for the fundamental violations of their basic civil liberties and constitutional rights committed during the period of illegal deportation and coerced emigration. The State of California regrets the suffering and hardship those individuals and their families endured as a direct result of the government sponsored Repatriation Program of the 1930s.
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