New bid to establish Milk holiday
By 365gay Newscenter Staff
01.22.2009 10:39am EST

http://www.365gay.com/news/new-bid-to-establish-milk-holiday/

(Sacramento, California) State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) is hoping positive publicity over the movie "Milk" encourages Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) to support legislation declaring May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.

Leno was elected to the California Senate in November. Last year as a member of the Assembly, he pushed through a similar bill only to have it vetoed by the governor.

It passed the legislature with little difficulty, but Schwarzenegger  said that while he respected the measure's intent, he thought Milk's "contributions should continue to be recognized at the local level."

May 22 is Milk's birth date. He would have been 79 this year.