Bill Text: CA ACR11 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lunar New Year 4707 Celebration.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-29)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 8, Statutes of 2009. [ACR11 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR11-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 11	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        JANUARY 16, 2009

   Relative to the Lunar New Year 4707 celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 11, as introduced, Fong. Lunar New Year 4707 Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year 4707 celebration.

   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, January 26, 2009, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year 4707, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around
the world, including the United States, and especially California;
and
   WHEREAS, California is home to over 4 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 4707 is the Year of the Ox 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 diversity
and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural tolerance; 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 January 26, 2009, as
the beginning of the Lunar New Year 4707 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.