Bill Text: CA SCR86 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Little Saigon.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2016. [SCR86 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR86-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 86	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Nguyen)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member McCarty)

                        AUGUST 20, 2015

   Relative to Little Saigon.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 86, as introduced, Pan. Little Saigon.
   This measure would recognize California's Vietnamese Americans and
"Little Saigon" communities.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, There are at least four areas in California that have
been officially designated as "Little Saigon"; and
   WHEREAS, The oldest, largest, and most prominent "Little Saigon"
is located in Orange County with over 189,000 Vietnamese American
residents; and
   WHEREAS, The "Little Saigon" in San Jose is comparable to the
"Little Saigon" in Orange County with over 180,000 Vietnamese
American residents; and
   WHEREAS, In February 2010, Sacramento officially named a stretch
of Stockton Boulevard, from Florin Road to Fruitridge Road, "Little
Saigon" due to the growing and thriving Vietnamese American
population; and
   WHEREAS, San Francisco designated Larkin Street, between Eddy and
O'Farrell Streets, "Little Saigon," where more than three-quarters of
the businesses on the two-block stretch are owned by Vietnamese
Americans; and
   WHEREAS, Oakland, San Diego, and communities in the San Gabriel
Valley are seeing a large increase in their Vietnamese American
residents; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the
positive contributions of Vietnamese Americans and "Little Saigon"
communities to California's diverse population and economy; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Legislature encourages the growth of these
cultural and economic hubs that have been established through a rise
in the Vietnamese American population and "Little Saigon"
communities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.