Bill Text: CA ACR50 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: California Nonprofits Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-11)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 113, Statutes of 2023. [ACR50 Detail]
Download: California-2023-ACR50-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: California Nonprofits Day.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-11)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 113, Statutes of 2023. [ACR50 Detail]
Download: California-2023-ACR50-Enrolled.html
Enrolled
June 23, 2023 |
Passed
IN
Senate
June 22, 2023 |
Passed
IN
Assembly
June 05, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 50
Introduced by Assembly Member Luz Rivas (Principal coauthor: Senator Limón) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Bains, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Calderon, Juan Carrillo, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Megan Dahle, Davies, Dixon, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Vince Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Low, Lowenthal, Maienschein, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Santiago, Schiavo, Soria, Ting, Valencia, Villapudua, Waldron, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wood, and Zbur) |
March 30, 2023 |
Relative to California Nonprofits Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 50, Luz Rivas.
California Nonprofits Day.
This measure would declare June 7, 2023, as California Nonprofits Day in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations are a large and vital part of California’s economy, with nonprofit economic activity contributing 15 percent, or one-sixth, of California’s gross state product; and
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations rank as the fourth largest employer by industry in California, with more than 1,200,000 people employed by nonprofits, accounting for 1 in every 14 California jobs; and
WHEREAS, The number of volunteers mobilized by nonprofit organizations is equivalent to 33,000 full-time jobs in service of communities; and
WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations support the California economy by bringing more than $40,000,000,000 into California each year from out-of-state sources; and
WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations keep jobs local and employ greater percentages of women and people of color than does the overall civilian workforce; and
WHEREAS, California’s nonprofit community includes houses of worship, universities and preschools, local theaters and world-class symphonies, after school sports leagues and senior day centers, health clinics, and other types of organizations that attract people to California and that support the well-being of Californians; and
WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations are trusted institutions that provide services to the needy and vulnerable, improve quality of life, express community values, and promote social change; and
WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, and in the face of intensifying wildfire, drought, and flood conditions, California nonprofit organizations responded quickly, as they always do in a crisis, to the changing needs of their communities; and
WHEREAS, The nonprofit organization community in California is a strong economic power that uses that power for the common good; and
WHEREAS, A vibrant nonprofit sector in California is key to a strong economic resiliency and is an essential partner to government in providing services and support to meet the ongoing needs of Californians; and
WHEREAS, California’s nonprofit organizations are national and international leaders and innovators in the development of environmental protections, access to health care, and safety net services, expansion of civil rights, support of the arts and humanities, and the pursuit of democratic ideals; and
WHEREAS, Since the first California Nonprofits Day in 2016, a total of 662 nonprofit organizations have been honored by their Assembly Members and Senators; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in recognition of the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state, declares June 7, 2023, as California Nonprofits Day; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.