Bill Text: CA AR52 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to Old Spanish Trail Day in California.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-08-20 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6249.). [AR52 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AR52-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 52	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Nazarian
    and Holden  
Member   Holden 

                        AUGUST 4, 2014

   Relative to Old Spanish Trail Day in California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, In 1829, Antonio Armijo, a merchant from Santa Fe, led 60
men and approximately 100 mules on known Native American and later
Fur Trappers/Traders trails northward through northwestern New
Mexico, southwestern Colorado, southern Utah, northern Arizona, and
southern Nevada, across the Mojave Desert into the San Gabriel
Mission, and finally to the Los Angeles Plaza where their goods were
sold or exchanged; and
   WHEREAS, The Old Spanish Trail was used successfully as a major
Southwestern Trade and Migration Route between 1829 and 1848 in
delivering Native American, Spanish, and Mexican goods along the
approximately 3,500 miles of the trail that helped enable the
settlement of the west; and
   WHEREAS, The Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) is a nonprofit,
tax-exempt organization supported by a broad membership in 27 states
and 13 local chapters in the six Old Spanish Trail States (Arizona,
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah) and England; and
   WHEREAS, The Old Spanish Trail became the 15th National Historic
Trail when Congress adopted S. 1946 in November  2002 and
  2002, which  President George W. Bush signed
 it  into law in December 2002; and
   WHEREAS, It is the  Mission   mission 
of OSTA to study, preserve, protect, interpret, educate, and promote
respectful use of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail and closely
related historic routes,  as well as promoting 
and to promote  public awareness of the Old Spanish National
Historic Trail and its multicultural heritage by encouraging
research, publication, and partnering with governments and private
historical, educational, and tourist organizations; and
   WHEREAS, California recognizes and commends OSTA for its efforts
to study, preserve, protect, interpret, educate, and promote
respectful use of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail and its
multicultural heritage; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly declares Saturday, October 4, 2014, and the first Saturday
in October of each subsequent year, as Old Spanish Trail Day in
California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.