BILL ANALYSIS Ķ ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 66| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ACR 66 Page 2 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) ACR 66 Page 3 None received Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520 8/26/15 16:47:50 **** END ****