RESOLUTION CHAPTER _______

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 74—Relative to California Fairground Appreciation Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 74, Bigelow. California Fairground Appreciation Month

This measure would designate June 2015 as California Fairground Appreciation Month and commend the directors, volunteers, staff, local agencies, and nonprofits, as well as the Californians who support and attend fairground events.

WHEREAS, California’s 76 fairgrounds represent an important public asset, providing public recreation, education, and community unity to over twenty million Californians every year; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds provide vital emergency services as fire camps, disaster relief centers, training and staging areas; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds serve as year-round centers for economic activities generating millions of dollars in tax and employment income for the state and local governments; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds provide a unique and unparalleled platform for nonprofit events and charitable efforts which in turn provide a wide variety of important social services, including food drives, blood drives, pet adoptions, scholarships, and educational activities; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds promote both the Golden State’s proud agricultural history and the education of future generations about the connection between food and farming; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds are gathering places for the state’s diverse ethnic populations, veterans groups, and other organizations; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds promote water conservation and the importance of water to California farms and cities; and

WHEREAS, California’s fairgrounds are supported by thousands of volunteers from the boardroom to the parking lot and livestock barns; and

WHEREAS, The 76 fairgrounds within California deserve great respect and admiration for their services to California; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the month of June 2015 as California Fairground Appreciation Month in appreciation for the services given to California by the 76 fairgrounds in the state; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature commends the thousands of directors, volunteers, staff, local agencies, and nonprofits, as well as the millions of Californians who support and attend fairground events year round; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

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