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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 66
          Author:   Bonta (D), et al.
          Amended:  8/17/15 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 8/17/15

           SUBJECT:   Filipino American History Month


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This resolution recognizes the month of October 2015  
          as Filipino American History Month and the 428th anniversary of  
          the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United  
          States.  
          
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:  


          1)Filipinos and Filipino Americans have been contributing to  
            California and the United States for hundreds of years, ever  
            since October 18, 1587, when the first "Luzones Indios" set  
            foot in Morro Bay, California, on board the Nuestra Seņora de  
            Esperanza, a Manila-built galleon ship captained by Pedro de  
            Unamuno of Spain.


          2)In the first decades of the 20th century, thousands of  
            Filipinos in California worked in agricultural fields  
            throughout the state, in cities and regions such as the  
            Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, th0065 central coast, Imperial  
            Valley, Orange County, the Inland Empire, Delano, Bakersfield,  
            Coachella Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and became a  








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            critical element in the growth and political economy of the  
            state, often enduring harsh labor conditions and poor wages,  
            but persevering and creating a strong legacy of mutual  
            support, strikes, and organization for farm labor  
            unionization.


          3)The Filipino American population is currently the largest  
            Asian American and Pacific Islander group in California and  
            the third largest Asian American and Pacific Islander group in  
            the United States.


          4)Preserving our Filipino communities throughout California and  
            the United States is critical to the preservation of Filipino  
            culture, history, traditions, and heritage.


          This resolution recognizes the month of October 2015 as Filipino  
          American History Month and the 428th anniversary of the first  
          presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.  

          Related Legislation


          SCR 58 (Pan, Resolution Chapter 100, Statutes of 2015)  
          recognized the month of October 2015 as Filipino American  
          History Month and the 428th anniversary of the first presence of  
          Filipinos in the continental United States.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/26/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/26/15)








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          None received





          Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          8/26/15 16:47:50


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