BILL NUMBER: ACR 113	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 8, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Low
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Kim,
Ting, Williams, Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Brown, Burke,
Campos, Chávez, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gordon, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein,
Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Weber, Wilk, and
Wood)
   (Coauthors: Senators Liu and Pan)

                        JANUARY 11, 2016

   Relative to Lunar New Year celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 113, Low. Lunar New Year Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration on
February 8, 2016.



   WHEREAS, February 8, 2016, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the
world, including in the United States and especially in California;
and
   WHEREAS, California is home to nearly 6 million Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino,
Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian,
Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent;
and
   WHEREAS, The Asian and Pacific Islander American community has
contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic
success of the state; and
   WHEREAS, The lunar new year is predominantly celebrated by over
2.5 million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California;
and
   WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is the Year of the Monkey and is
universally celebrated by these communities as a time to renew family
ties and to start the new year with a clean slate; and
   WHEREAS, The celebration of the Lunar New Year in communities
throughout California illustrates the state's rich cultural history
and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Members join Asian and Pacific Islander
American communities throughout the state in celebrating February 8,
2016, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year and extend best wishes
for a peaceful and prosperous lunar new year to all Californians; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.