Bill Text: CA SCR33 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2019. [SCR33 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SCR33-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution

No. 33

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Introduced by Senator Allen
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Chu)

March 21, 2019

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Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 33, as introduced, Allen. Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

This measure would designate April 2019, and every April thereafter, as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

Digest Key

Fiscal Committee: NO  

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Bill Text

WHEREAS, Arts are not only an impressive and important agent for economic development, but also impact societal issues that include health, corrections, housing, immigration, veterans, transportation and education; and

WHEREAS, It is imperative for all children and youth in the state to have access to arts education in their schools; and

WHEREAS, California is the fifth largest economy in the world, with a creative economy totaling $407.1 billion in 2017; and

WHEREAS, California employs a higher number of people in creative industries, such as architecture, entertainment, fashion, media, and publishing, than any other state in the nation, according to the 2018 Otis Report on the Creative Economy of California; and

WHEREAS, In a state as diverse as California, the arts serve to give voice to our many communities, spark individual creativity, foster empathy and understanding, spur civic engagement, and serve as a continual source of personal enrichment, inspiration, and growth; and

WHEREAS, State support for the arts, arts education, and cultural institutions is crucial in order to achieve equitable access to the arts throughout California; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes April 2019, as a significant time to recognize and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature designates April 2019, and every April thereafter, as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.