Bill Text: CA ACR15 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Ronald Reagan Day.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2017. [ACR15 Detail]
Download: California-2017-ACR15-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 15 |
| CHAPTER 14 |
Relative to Ronald Reagan Day.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
March 09, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 15, Acosta.
Ronald Reagan Day.
This measure would declare February 6, 2017, as Ronald Reagan Day.
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Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble background, worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of California, and President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan is the only person in California’s 166-year history to be elected to the offices of both Governor of the State of California and President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction for two terms as the 40th President of the United States of America, in the second of which he earned the confidence of three-fifths of the electorate in 1984, emerging victorious in 49 of the 50 states in the general election—a record unsurpassed in the history of American presidential elections; and
WHEREAS, In 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President, he inherited a disillusioned nation shackled by rampant inflation and high unemployment; and
WHEREAS, President Reagan’s commitment to the nation’s children helped lower crime and drug use in our neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, President Reagan’s commitment to our Armed Forces contributed to the restoration of pride in America, her values, and those cherished by the free world, and prepared America’s Armed Forces to meet 21st century challenges; and
WHEREAS, President Reagan’s vision of “peace through strength” led to the end of the Cold War; and
WHEREAS, In 1987, President Reagan gave a speech at the Berlin Wall where he famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” which became reality in 1989; and
WHEREAS, February 6, 2017, will be the 106th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, and the 12th since his passing; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature takes great pride in honoring Ronald Reagan for his many contributions to our country and in celebrating his life; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes February 6, 2017, as Ronald Reagan Day; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
