Bill Text: CA ACR89 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lunar New Year Celebration.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-19)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 38, Statutes of 2012. [ACR89 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR89-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 89	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Eng, Fong, Furutani, Hayashi, Ma,
Pan, Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Lieu and Liu)

                        JANUARY 11, 2012

   Relative to the Lunar New Year celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 89, as introduced, Ammiano. Lunar New Year Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, January 23, 2012, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the
world, including the United States, and especially California; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to over 5 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 is the Year of the Dragon 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 history
and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; 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 23, 2012, as
the beginning of the Lunar New Year 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.