Amended in Assembly February 19, 2015

Amended in Senate January 27, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10

Introduced by Senator Huff

(Coauthors: Senators Allen, Berryhill, Hall, Hertzberg, Leno, Liu, Mitchell, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, and Wolk)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Travis Allen, Baker, Brough, Chang, Chávez, Gallagher, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Kim, Lackey, Linder, Maienschein, Mayes, Melendez, Obernolte, Olsen, Patterson, Wagner, and Waldron)

January 14, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10—Relative to the Lunar New Year Celebration.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 10, as amended, Huff. Lunar New Year Celebration.

This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, February 19, 2015, will mark the beginning of the
Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities
around the world, including the United States, and especially
California; and

WHEREAS, California is home to over begin delete 5 end delete begin insert 6 end insert 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 the begin delete 1.7 end delete begin insert 2.5 end insert million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents
of California; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is the Year of the begin delete Goat end delete begin insert Ram end insert
and is universally celebrated by these communities as a time to
feast, 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 Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Members join Asian and Pacific
Islander communities throughout the state in celebrating February
19, 2015, 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the authors for appropriate distribution.