BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: August 24, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Ted W. Lieu, Chair
SCR 48 (Yee) - As Amended: August 20, 2009
SENATE VOTE : 34-0
SUBJECT : Filipino American History Month.
SUMMARY : Recognizes October 2009, as the 422nd anniversary of
the presence of Filipinos in California as a significant time to
study the advancement of Filipino Americans; a favorable time to
celebrate, remember, reflect and motivate; and a relevant time
to renew efforts toward research, examination and promulgation
of Filipino American history and culture in order that all
Californians may learn and appreciate Filipino Americans and
their historic contributions to California and the United
States. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)The Filipino American National Historical Society recognizes
the year of 1763 as the date of the first permanent Filipino
settlement in the United States in St. Malo Parrish,
Louisiana, although the earliest documented proof of Filipino
presence in the continental United States, as published in
Filipinos in California, by Lorraine Crouchett, was October
18, 1587, when the first "Luzones Indios" set foot in Morro
Bay, California.
2)California is home to over half of the Filipino population in
the United States and the location of historic Filipino
communities such as in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Stockton,
Vallejo, Delano, San Diego, and Salinas among others.
3)It is imperative for Filipino American youth to have positive
role models to instill the importance of education, ethnicity
and the value of their legacy; and efforts must continue to
promote the study of Filipino American history and culture
because the roles of Filipino Americans and other people of
color have been overlooked in the writing, teaching, and
learning of United States history.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
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REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800