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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SCR 32 (Corbett)
          As Amended  June 10, 2013
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :31-0  
           
           RULES               10-0                                        
           
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          |Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Bigelow,    |
          |     |Brown, Donnelly,          |
          |     |Gonzalez, Hagman,         |
          |     |Nazarian, V. Manuel       |
          |     |Pérez, Weber              |
          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Designates the month of October 2013 as California  
          Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month to recognize and  
          acknowledge the significant contributions made by Californians  
          of Hindu heritage to the state.  Specifically,  this resolution  
           makes the following legislative findings:   

          1)Of the over one billion Hindus worldwide, more than two  
            million Hindu Americans live across the nation and the State  
            of California is home to the largest Hindu American population  
            in the United States.  Hindu Americans in California represent  
            diverse ethnic backgrounds, including individuals of Indian,  
            Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Malaysian, Indonesian, Afghani,  
            Nepali, Bhutanese, Sri Lankan, Fijian, Caribbean, and European  
            descent.

          2)Swami Vivekananda is credited with officially introducing  
            Hinduism to the United States in 1893 at the World's  
            Parliament of Religions in Chicago, and in 1900 he arrived in  
            San Francisco and founded the Vedanta Society; Hindu Americans  
            and the Vedanta philosophy have significantly influenced  
            notable American intellectuals such as Henry David Thoreau,  
            Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, J.D. Salinger, Christopher  
            Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, Houston Smith, and Joseph Campbell.

          3)Hindu Americans believe in promoting knowledge and education  
            for all and as a group have the highest education rate in the  
            nation; almost three-quarters of Hindu Americans are college  








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            graduates and nearly one-half of Hindu Americans have  
            postgraduate degrees; Hindu Americans share the  
            entrepreneurial spirit of America, have been pioneers and  
            leaders in the Silicon Valley, and have particularly excelled  
            in the fields of information technology, science, medicine,  
            law, and business.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Mukhtar Ali / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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