BILL NUMBER: SCR 10	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 19, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2015

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

   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  5   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 the
 1.7   2.5  million Chinese, Korean, and
Vietnamese residents of California; and
   WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is the Year of the  Goat
  Ram  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.