Amended in Assembly June 13, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 192

Introduced by Assembly Member Gordon

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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May 27, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 192—Relative to California Nonprofits Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 192, as amended, Gordon. California Nonprofits Day.

This measure would designate June 22, 2016, as California Nonprofits Day and recognize the importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and well-being of this state.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations are a large and vital part
of California’s economy, with nonprofit economic activity
contributing 15 percent, or one-sixth, of California’s gross state
product; and

WHEREAS, Nonprofit organizations rank as the fourth largest
industry in California by employment, with nearly one million
people employed by nonprofits, accounting for 1 in every 16
California jobs; and

WHEREAS, Each year nonprofit organizations bring in at least
$40 billion in revenue to California from out-of-state sources; and

WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations employ greater
percentages of women and people of color than the overall civilian
workforce; and

WHEREAS, California nonprofit organizations are trusted
institutions that exist to provide services to the needy and
vulnerable, improve quality of life, express community values,
and promote social change; and

WHEREAS, The nonprofit organization community in California
is a strong economic power that uses that power for the common
good; and

WHEREAS, California’s nonprofit organizations are national
and international groundbreakers and leaders in the environment,
in science, in safety net innovations, in civil rights, in the arts and
humanities, and in the pursuit of democratic ideals; now, therefore,
be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature, in recognition of the
importance of nonprofit organizations to the economy and
well-being of this state, declares June 22, 2016, as California
Nonprofits Day; and be it further

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