Bill Text: CA SCR55 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Centennial of the founding of Locke, California.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-25-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 142, Statutes of 2015. [SCR55 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SCR55-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 55 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 142
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 26, 2015
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2015
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 16, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 16, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Senator Pan
(Coauthor: Senator Wolk)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Frazier, Achadjian, Alejo, Travis
Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown,
Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooper,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Eduardo
Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez,
Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth,
Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
and Wood)
MAY 5, 2015
Relative to the centennial of the founding of Locke, California.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 55, Pan. Centennial of the founding of Locke, California.
This measure would commemorate the centennial of the founding of
Locke, California, would recognize and honor Locke, California, as
the last remaining Chinatown in North America, and would urge all
Californians to learn about the important history of Locke,
California, and its inhabitants.
WHEREAS, The year 2015 marks the centennial of the founding of
Locke, California; and
WHEREAS, Locke, California, is the only town in the United States
of America built exclusively by the Chinese for the Chinese, and is
the last remaining Chinatown in North America, as all other
Chinatowns are connected to, or lay adjacent to, an existing town or
city; and
WHEREAS, Locke, California, was founded in 1915 after the Chinese
section of Walnut Grove, California, was destroyed by a fire and the
Chinese inhabitants decided that it was time to establish a town of
their own; and
WHEREAS, The inhabitants of Locke, California, have made
tremendous contributions to farming methods that spearheaded
California's leadership in agriculture, especially as it pertained to
pear orchards and asparagus fields; and
WHEREAS, Locke, California, was instrumental in reclaiming swamps
along the Sacramento River Delta and turning them into rich arable
farmlands; and
WHEREAS, Levee construction originally brought the Chinese to the
area, but by the time Locke, California, was built most of the jobs
in the area were in farming, which resulted in Locke, California,
having many businesses that catered to the farmworkers and residents
of the region; and
WHEREAS, From the 1920s through the 1940s, Locke, California, had
a permanent population of 600, which swelled to 1,000 during the
harvest season; and
WHEREAS, In 1970, Locke, California, was added to the Registry of
National Historic Places by the Sacramento County Historical Society;
and
WHEREAS, In 1990, Locke, California, was named as a National
Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature commemorates the centennial
of the founding of Locke, California, and urges all Californians to
learn about the important history of Locke, California, and its
inhabitants; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes and honors Locke,
California, as the last remaining Chinatown in North America; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
