BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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184 (Salas)
As Amended May 16, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Arambula, | |
| | |Brough, Obernolte, | |
| | |Cooley, Gomez, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron | |
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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 dairy, vegetable, and
fruit farms.
2)Historically, California has been a popular destination for
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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
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
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0003016
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