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          Date of Hearing:   June 13, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    ACR 64 (Allen) - As Introduced:  June 6, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Little Saigon.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes the 25th anniversary of Little Saigon.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)In April 1975, the capitol of South Vietnam, Saigon, fell to  
            the Vietnamese communists, and over 38 years, millions of  
            Vietnamese fled communist oppression in their homeland; and  
            more than 1.5 million Vietnamese refugees became permanent  
            citizens of the United States, and over 600,000 resettled in  
            California.

          2)In June 1988, Governor George Deukmejian recognized the  
            importance of Little Saigon as a major cultural, social, and  
            commercial center of Southern California, and freeway signs  
            officially designated the Vietnamese business district in  
            Garden Grove and Westminster as "Little Saigon."

          3)Little Saigon is the largest Vietnamese community outside of  
            Vietnam and is a destination for tourists and refugees from  
            all over the world; and, the designation of Little Saigon in  
            Orange County represents the first "Little Saigon" in the  
            United States which has led to similar areas all over the  
            United States from Sacramento to Pennsylvania.

          4)Little Saigon offers all types of services and businesses  
            ranging from restaurants, supermarkets, medical clinics,  
            pharmacies and law offices; and because of their industrious  
            drive and effective management, the prices and services in  
            Little Saigon are cheaper than in nearby areas attracting not  
            only Vietnamese Americans, but other residents and immigrant  
            groups to visit.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800