California’s Vietnamese-American lawmakers pressured Los Angeles County not to have Jane Fonda Day be on the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon.
Sign up to receive free weekly updates on California issues in your inbox.Assemblymember Tri Ta was one of several California lawmakers of Vietnamese descent who protested Los Angeles County's designation of Jane Fonda Day. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMattersLos Angeles County recently declared the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon “Jane Fonda Day,” outraging California’s Vietnamese-American lawmakers. They’re glad the county is reconsidering the controversial decision.
The decision to honor Fonda on such a solemn day for Vietnamese Americans wasn’t intentional, said Constance Farrell, a spokesperson for Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who chairs the Los Angeles County board. Rather, Farrell said that date was chosen because it fell on a scheduled meeting where board members routinely issue proclamations honoring people and organizations. of Elk Grove, wrote a letter last week signed by nearly every Republican Assemblymember urging the L.A.
Ta and Janet Nguyen said they were relieved the board chose to change the date honoring Fonda, but they said it was nonetheless frustrating how easily the leaders of the state’s most populated county forgot the shared experience of Vietnamese-Americans families that escaped an oppressive communist regime. There are
In 2017, then-Assemblymember Rob Bonta authored legislation that would have repealed a 1953 law that allows California governments to fire communists.
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