ACR 51, Norman Waters.
California Agriculture Day.
This measure would declare Monday, March 20, 1989, as “California Agriculture Day.”
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WHEREAS, Agriculture is the cornerstone of California’s economic strength, providing for, directly or indirectly, hundreds of thousands of jobs, and the stability of California’s continued prosperity; and
WHEREAS, The gross receipts from California Agriculture reached a record high of $16.1 billion in 1988, increasing 4 percent over 1987; and
WHEREAS, California continues to be the leading farm-producing state in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 30 percent of California crops are currently sold in foreign markets from the Pacific Rim to the European Economic Community; and
WHEREAS, The public should be made aware of the important contribution that California agriculture makes to our everyday lives; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares Monday, March 20, 1989, as “California Agriculture Day”; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor and the Director of Food and Agriculture.