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ACR-98 Lunar New Year 4708 Celebration. (2009-2010)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  February 16, 2010

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 98

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Tran
 (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Villines, Yamada)

September 11, 2009

Relative to the Lunar New Year 4708 celebration.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACR 98, as amended, Tran. Lunar New Year 4708 Celebration.
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year 4708 celebration.
Fiscal Committee: NO  
WHEREAS, February 14, 2010, will mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year 4708, 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 4708 is the Year of the Tiger 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 February 14, 2010, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year 4708 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.