Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 113
CHAPTER 61
Relative to Lunar New Year celebration.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 08, 2016.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 113, Low.
Lunar New Year Celebration.
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration on February 8, 2016.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, February 8, 2016, will mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the world, including in the United States and especially in California; and
WHEREAS, California is home to nearly 6 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 over 2.5 million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California; and
WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is the Year of the Monkey 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 American communities throughout the state in celebrating February 8, 2016, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year 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 author for appropriate distribution.