Bill Text: CA SCR53 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-16)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2023. [SCR53 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SCR53-Chaptered.html
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 53
CHAPTER 74
Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
May 26, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 53, Allen.
Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.
This measure would encourage all Californians to support the arts and would recognize April 2023 as a significant time to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians.
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WHEREAS, The arts work to heal, build community, educate youth, advance racial justice, and create jobs; and
WHEREAS, Arts are not only an important agent for economic development, but also impact societal issues that include health, corrections, housing, immigration, veterans, transportation, and education; and
WHEREAS, It is imperative for all children and youth in California to have access to arts education in their schools; and
WHEREAS, California employs the highest number of people in creative industries — architecture, entertainment, fashion, media, and publishing — than any other state in the nation; and
WHEREAS, California is now the fourth largest economy in the world with a creative economy in 2021, according to the Otis Report on the Creative Economy of approximately $507.4 billion in direct economic impact and an estimated $978.6 billion in impact when combined direct, induced, and indirect factors are considered, representing a workforce of over 1,800,000 workers and 7.6% of the state’s GDP; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature adopted SCR 33 on April 25, 2019, proclaiming April 2019, and every April thereafter, as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month; and
WHEREAS, In 2021, the Legislature, by adopting SCR 40, recognized artists as second responders who provide solace to our first responders who have suffered stress and trauma that are often not recognized or supported; and
WHEREAS, Efforts must continue to increase funding for the arts, arts education, and cultural bearers; and
WHEREAS, In a state as diverse as California, the arts serve to give a voice to our many communities, spark individual creativity, foster empathy and understanding, spur civic engagement, and serve as a continual source of personal enrichment, inspiration, and growth; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature encourages all Californians to deepen our support for arts in our schools and uplift and expand opportunities in our creative workforce; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes April 2023 as a significant time to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate the arts, culture, and creativity of all Californians; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
