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          Date of Hearing:   May 19, 2016


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair


          ACR  
                         184 (Salas) - As Amended  May 16, 2016


          SUBJECT:  Portuguese National Heritage Month


          SUMMARY:  Recognizes the month of June 2016 as Portuguese  
          National Heritage Month.  Specifically, this resolution makes  
          the following legislative findings:


          1)In the early 19th century, the first Portuguese settlers came  
            to California from the Azores Islands.  The largest wave of  
            Azorean immigrants moved to California just before and after  
            the turn of the 20th century and industriously set up  
            agricultural operations, especially diary, vegetable, and  
            fruit farms.

          2)Historically, California has been a popular destination for  
            immigrants from the Azores Islands, creating strong cultural  
            ties between two regions: currently there are more than  
            381,000 persons of Portuguese heritage living in California.

          3)In 1994, The University of California, Berkeley, established  
            the Portuguese Studies Program with the goal "to spotlight the  
            crucial and complex but often overlooked experience and  
            contributions of the Portuguese-American Community."

          4)Portuguese Americans continue to thrive in agricultural  
            communities of the San Joaquin Valley, including Hanford and  
            Lemoore in Kings County and Shafter, Wasco, and Bakersfield in  
            Kern County; they have contributed greatly to making market  








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            milk the leading agricultural product by value in both the  
            Counties of Kings and Kern.

          5)The Portuguese Heritage Society has designated the second  
            Saturday of June as a day to celebrate Portuguese culture  
            through music, dance, art, cooking, parades, and other  
            festivities.

          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:


          Support


          None on file


          Opposition
          None on file


          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800