Bill Text: CA SCR8 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Concurrent Resolution 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: The Lunar New Year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-03-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2021. [SCR8 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SCR8-Chaptered.html

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8

CHAPTER 3

Relative to the Lunar New Year.

[ Filed with Secretary of State March 19, 2021. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 8, Pan. The Lunar New Year.

This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year celebration on February 12, 2021.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, February 12, 2021, 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 nearly 6,000,000 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 communities have contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic success of the state; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by the 2,500,000 Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year 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, This Lunar New Year is the Year of the Ox; 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 Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities throughout the state in celebrating February 12, 2021, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year and extends best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year to all Californians; and be it further

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