Bill Text: CA ACR154 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-08-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2022. [ACR154 Detail]
Download: California-2021-ACR154-Chaptered.html
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 154
CHAPTER 133
Relative to women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
August 19, 2022.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 154, Seyarto.
Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
This measure would honor 100 years of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics during the month of June 2022.
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WHEREAS, Julia Morgan was born on January 20, 1872, 150 years ago this year; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Morgan designed more than 700 buildings in California, most famously the Hearst Castle and many other Hearst buildings across the state, along with buildings on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Morgan’s early reputation was built on her use of steel-reinforced concrete and the building of the 72-foot bell tower at Mills College, which survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake unscathed; and
WHEREAS, Raised in the City of Oakland, Ms. Morgan attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated as the first woman with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. She later attended the prestigious Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she was the first woman to receive a certificate in architecture, which she did in three years while the usual time to receive that certificate was five years; and
WHEREAS, In 1904, Ms. Morgan was the first woman to obtain an architecture license in California, where she then opened her own office in the City of San Francisco. The 1906 earthquake and fire promoted Ms. Morgan to the front of the rebuilding and architecture world, as her tower had remained after the devastation and her use of steel-reinforced concrete was revolutionary; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Morgan then went on to serve the Hearst family through three generations, building and designing most of the family’s buildings still standing today, including the Hacienda, the Los Angeles Examiner Building, Hearst Castle, Wyntoon, and five Young Women’s Christian Association buildings in southern California. Ms. Morgan also built the famous North Star House in the City of Grass Valley, the Chapel of the Chimes in the City of Oakland, and the Berkeley Playhouse; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Morgan died on February 2, 1957, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in the hills of the City of Oakland. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger inducted Ms. Morgan into the California Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2014, Ms. Morgan was awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; and
WHEREAS, While not much is known about Ms. Morgan’s personal life, she is quoted as saying, “my buildings will be my legacy ... they will speak for me long after I’m gone”; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature honors 100 years of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics during the month of June 2022; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the authors for appropriate distribution.
