Bill Text: CA SCR18 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vietnamese-American Heritage Month.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SCR18 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR18-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SCR 18	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nguyen

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2015

   Relative to Vietnamese-American Heritage Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 18, as introduced, Nguyen. Vietnamese-American Heritage Month.

   This measure would memorialize the month of April 2015, as
Vietnamese-American Heritage Month.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Over the past four decades, Vietnamese immigrants have
enriched the social, cultural, and economic landscape of the United
States and the great State of California; and
   WHEREAS, Many Vietnamese Americans living in the State of
California today came to the United States after the Fall of Saigon
on April 30, 1975, which marked the beginning of an exodus of over
one million Vietnamese who left their homeland fleeing communism in
search of freedom and democracy; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California is home to over 580,000
Vietnamese Americans with the County of Orange having the largest
concentration of Vietnamese residents living outside of Vietnam; and
   WHEREAS, As new immigrants, Vietnamese Americans overcame social,
linguistic, and economic challenges through hard work, achieving
success in a plethora of professional fields, including business,
politics and law, science and education, literature and journalism,
and sports and entertainment; and
   WHEREAS, Society has benefited from a long tradition of Vietnamese
Americans serving in the United States Armed Forces, with 2014
marking the first time that a Vietnamese American was promoted to the
rank of General; from science advanced by the first Vietnamese-born
refugee to conduct experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in
1992; and from entertainment provided by All-Pro NFL athletes, Emmy
Award-winning anchors, acclaimed actors, and talented comedians; and
   WHEREAS, Vietnamese Americans have enhanced California's culture
through the establishment of vibrant Little Saigon communities
throughout the state that preserve Vietnamese heritage, food,
language, and customs for younger generations and allow all
Californians to be immersed in the richness of Vietnamese culture;
and
   WHEREAS, Refusing to forget their historical struggle for freedom
and democracy, Vietnamese Americans throughout the United States and
the State of California continue to speak out against the systematic
assaults on the freedoms of expression and religion perpetrated today
by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and advocate in favor of human
rights and democracy in Vietnam and worldwide; now therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the State of California takes great pleasure
in recognizing April 2015 as Vietnamese-American Heritage Month, and
declares that the immeasurable economic, social, and cultural
contributions of Vietnamese Americans are worthy of recognition by
all Californians and that we should never forget the historic
struggle of the Vietnamese-American people; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.