Bill Text: CA ACR164 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Citrus Strong Month.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 41, Statutes of 2016. [ACR164 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR164-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 164	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  41
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 17, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Vidak)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow, Gray, Lackey, Linder,
Mathis, Olsen, Wagner, Waldron, Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Levine, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Quirk,
Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone,
Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk, and Wood)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Cannella, Huff, and Stone)

                        APRIL 4, 2016

   Relative to Citrus Strong Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 164, Patterson. Citrus Strong Month.
   This measure would recognize the month of April 2016 as Citrus
Strong Month for the purpose of celebrating California's vibrant
citrus industry and the benefits it provides to the state's
environment, economy, and people, and to affirm that California is
citrus strong.




   WHEREAS, Citrus is an iconic symbol of California's heritage,
dating back to the 1840s; and
   WHEREAS, California leads the nation in the production of fresh
citrus fruit; and
   WHEREAS, Eighty percent of the nation's supply of fresh citrus is
grown in California; and
   WHEREAS, Ongoing research shows the many health benefits of
consuming fresh citrus; and
   WHEREAS, California citrus is a $3 billion dollar industry that
supports over 20,000 jobs and fuels over $1.5 billion in economic
activity for the state each year; and
   WHEREAS, Citrus growers are committed to preserving California's
precious natural resources by adopting farming practices that
conserve water, reduce air pollution, and promote healthy soils; and
   WHEREAS, California's citrus growers give back to local
communities and families in need; and
   WHEREAS, In 2015, California's citrus growers donated 19 million
pounds of citrus to the Farm to Family program, which is dedicated to
delivering food to individuals, families, and children in need and
to strengthening communities by providing food security; and
   WHEREAS, The first annual Citrus Stride will take place at the
State Capitol Building on April 6, 2016, and for every registered
participant, the citrus industry will donate 1,000 pounds of citrus
to the Farm to Family program; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the month of
April 2016 as Citrus Strong Month for the purpose of celebrating
California's vibrant citrus industry and the benefits it provides to
the state's environment, economy, and people, and to affirm that
California is citrus strong; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.