Bill Text: CA SCR49 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Olympic Games.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-09-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2011. [SCR49 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SCR49-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 49 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 86
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
ADOPTED IN SENATE JULY 1, 2011
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senators Gaines and Steinberg
JUNE 20, 2011
Relative to the Olympic Games.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 49, Gaines. Olympic Games.
This measure would commend and encourage the California Winter
Games Committee to further pursue the opportunity to host the Winter
Olympic Games in the Lake Tahoe region. The measure would also
recognize June 23, 2011, as International Olympic Day.
WHEREAS, The California Winter Games Committee is a nonprofit
organization, comprised of leaders from the business community,
political arena, and nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations,
whose mission is to explore hosting a future Winter Olympic Games in
the Lake Tahoe region; and
WHEREAS, The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) may solicit as
early as next year for the 2022 Winter Games bid process; and
WHEREAS, The California Winter Games Committee will explore how to
best position the state for a bid to host the Winter Games; and
WHEREAS, Competing for a host-city Winter Olympics bid will be a
valuable endeavor for California that will bring together our
communities to highlight our state's best assets on the world stage;
and
WHEREAS, The California Winter Games Committee will work closely
alongside Nevada's Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition to promote both
states' individual and combined interests in a future Winter Olympic
Games; and
WHEREAS, The Winter Olympics in Tahoe are expected to bring
regional economic benefits based on data showing that the Salt Lake
City 2002 Winter Olympic Games brought seventy-six million dollars
($76,000,000) to state and local government, created 35,000 jobs, and
brought one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) in
labor income; and
WHEREAS, The Tahoe region has a rich heritage of Olympic history
for hosting the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic Games; and
WHEREAS, The Tahoe region is equipped to host the Winter Olympic
Games with world class ski resorts, desirable accommodations, and the
recognized ability of the United States to host a very successful
Olympic Games; and
WHEREAS, Early public opinion polling commissioned by the
California Winter Games Committee shows that 90 percent of California
residents polled overwhelmingly support California leaders pursuing
the Winter Olympic Games in the Lake Tahoe region; and
WHEREAS, The public opinion poll also showed that 95 percent of
Californians polled believe hosting the games would have a positive
impact on the economy overall; and
WHEREAS, Hosting the Winter Olympic Games will enhance California'
s international image; and
WHEREAS, Hosting the Winter Olympic Games in California will
increase tourism interest as Olympic attendees will likely travel
through other parts of California taking advantage of the state's
airports, wine countries, museums, hospitality, scenery, and outdoor
activities; and
WHEREAS, The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in the
year 1896; and
WHEREAS, International Olympic Day was first celebrated on June
23, 1948; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature commends and encourages the
California Winter Games Committee to further pursue the opportunity
to host the Winter Olympic Games in the Lake Tahoe region; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes June 23, 2011, as
International Olympic Day; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the United States Olympic Committee and the California
Winter Games Committee, and to the author for appropriate
distribution.
