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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 43
Author: Cooley (D), et al.
Amended: 5/9/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 5/9/13
SUBJECT : State Capitol History Month
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims May 2013 as State Capitol
History Month, in order to raise awareness of the importance of
the State Capitol.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. The State Capitol evokes a spirit of pride and confidence in
California. The State Capitol is visited by over one million
tourists each year, approximately 700,000 of which are
children.
2. After fires that destroyed the first State Capitol building,
political issues involved with the building of the second,
and numerous changes to the location of the Capitol city, the
State Capitol was built in Sacramento.
3. Sacramento was a major distribution center, which is why it
was the starting point of the First Transcontinental
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Railroad. With the gold miners came many businesses and
entrepreneurs that gave Sacramento an economic base and more
to offer than other cities.
4. The California Gold Rush began with the discovery of
significant gold deposits near Sacramento in 1848, which
greatly increased Sacramento's population. People from many
different cultures came to California in search of fortune
and many of those people went through Sacramento.
5. The State Capitol was declared unsafe in 1972, but the
Assembly and the Senate refused to move to a new building
because the State Capitol had been their home for over 100
years. The restoration project of the State Capitol was the
most extensive effort of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
The original State Capitol cornerstone was laid on May 15,
1861, and during the restoration the cornerstone was relaid
on May 18, 1978.
This resolution proclaims May 2013 as State Capitol History
Month, in order to raise awareness of the importance of the
State Capitol.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
MW:m 5/15/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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