Amended in Assembly March 11, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22

Introduced by Assembly Member Dickinson

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Holden, Hueso, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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February 21, 2013

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 22—Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 22, as amended, Dickinson. Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

This measure would declare the week of March 11, 2013, through March 15, 2013, as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The week of March 11, 2013, through March 15,
2013, has been declared Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week in
recognition of the importance of finding the cause and cure for
multiple sclerosis and to express appreciation to the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society and its California chapters; and

WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system that affects an estimated 400,000 Americans
across the country, and nearly 200 new cases are diagnosed each
week nationwide; and

WHEREAS, The California chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that more than 40,000 people in California
are affected by this devastating disease. Throughout the years, the
California chapters have been committed to heightening public
knowledge and insight and are currently planning several major
statewide fundraisers and educational programs to raise awareness
about the effects of multiple sclerosis; and

WHEREAS, Twice as many women as men have multiple
sclerosis and most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50,
and while studies indicate genetic factors make certain individuals
more susceptible than others, there is no evidence that multiple
sclerosis is directly inherited; and

WHEREAS, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, founded
in 1946, funds more research, offers more services for people with
multiple sclerosis, and provides more professional education
programs than any other multiple sclerosis organization in the
world. Through its home office in New York and its 50-state
network of chapters, the society services more than one million
people annually; and

WHEREAS, The society is the largest private supporter of
multiple sclerosis research in the world, and for more than 55 years
it has funded innovative research and advocated for government
support of important scientific inquiries; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That March 11, 2013, through March 15, 2013,
is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and that the residents of
the State of California should be encouraged to join together in
raising awareness and heightening public knowledge of this
debilitating disease; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.