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Today is a sanctioned government holiday in California (and six other states), but that depends on who you're talking to. Los Angeles city and state offices are closed, but county and federal remain open. LAUSD kids are in class right now while some Cal State schools get the day off. University of California campuses are also not recognizing the holiday, which signed into law in 2000 by Gov. Gray Davis. Therefore, some are protesting, via the Daily News:

Student activists at UCLA and other schools around the state plan to cut classes today -- Cesar Chavez day -- to protest the failure of schools to close down on the state holiday marking the birthday of the co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America.

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