BILL NUMBER: ACR 11	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 24, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 3, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 3, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto,
Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger
Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Morrell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez,
Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Liu and Yee)

                        JANUARY 26, 2011

   Relative to the Lunar New Year 4709 celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 11, Pan. Lunar New Year 4709 Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year 4709 Celebration.




   WHEREAS, February 3, 2011, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year 4709, 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 4709 is the Year of the Rabbit 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 3, 2011, as
the beginning of the Lunar New Year 4709 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.