Bill Text: CA ACR186 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Nonprofits Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 94, Statutes of 2022. [ACR186 Detail]
Download: California-2021-ACR186-Chaptered.html
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 186
CHAPTER 94
Relative to California Nonprofits Day.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 28, 2022.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 186, Fong.
California Nonprofits Day.
This measure would declare June 8, 2022, as California Nonprofits Day in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations are a large and vital part of California’s economy, with nonprofit economic activity contributing 15 percent, or one-sixth, of California’s gross state product; and
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations rank as the fourth largest employer by industry in California, with more than 1.2 million people employed by nonprofits, accounting for 1 in every 14 California jobs; and
WHEREAS, Each year nonprofit organizations bring more than $40 billion into California from out-of-state sources; and
WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations keep jobs local and employ greater percentages of women and people of color than does the overall civilian workforce; and
WHEREAS, California’s nonprofit community includes houses of worship, universities and preschools, local theaters and world-class symphonies, after school sports leagues and senior day centers, health clinics, and other types of organizations that attract people to California and that support the well-being of Californians; and
WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations are trusted institutions that exist to provide services to the needy and vulnerable, improve quality of life, express community values, and promote social change; and
WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic, California nonprofit organizations have responded quickly, as they always do in a crisis, to the changing needs of their communities, often providing increased services with fewer resources and higher costs; and
WHEREAS, The nonprofit organization community in California is a strong economic power that uses that power for the common good; and
WHEREAS, A vibrant nonprofit sector in California is key to a strong economic recovery; and
WHEREAS, California’s nonprofit organizations are national and international groundbreakers and leaders in the environment, science and health care, safety net innovations, civil rights, the arts and humanities, and the pursuit of democratic ideals; and
WHEREAS, Since the first California Nonprofits Day in 2016, more than 560 nonprofit organizations have been honored by their Assembly Members and Senators; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state, declares June 8, 2022, as California Nonprofits Day; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
