Bill Text: CA ACR19 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Lunar New Year Celebration.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 7, Statutes of 2015. [ACR19 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR19-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 19	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  7
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MARCH 10, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 5, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 23, 2015

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

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2015

   Relative to Lunar New Year celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 19, Low. Lunar New Year Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration on
February 19, 2015.



   WHEREAS, February 19, 2015, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the
world, including in the United States and especially in California;
and
   WHEREAS, California is home to over 5 million Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino,
Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian,
Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent;
and
   WHEREAS, The Asian and Pacific Islander American community has
contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic
success of the state; and
   WHEREAS, The lunar new year is predominantly celebrated by the 1.7
million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California; and

   WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is the Year of the Sheep and is
universally celebrated by these communities as a time to renew family
ties and to start the new year with a clean slate; and
   WHEREAS, The celebration of the lunar new year in communities
throughout California illustrates the state's rich cultural history
and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Members join Asian and Pacific Islander
communities throughout the state in celebrating February 19, 2015, as
the beginning of the Lunar New Year and extend best wishes for a
peaceful and prosperous lunar new year to all Californians; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the authors for appropriate distribution.