Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54

Introduced by Senator Nguyen

(Coauthors: Senators Bates, Huff, and Mendoza)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Travis Allen, Brough, Chang, Daly, Harper, Kim, and Wagner)

May 5, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54—Relative to Disneyland.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 54, as introduced, Nguyen. Sixtieth anniversary of Disneyland.

This measure would declare June 1, 2015, as Disneyland Day.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, When Walt Disney formally dedicated Disneyland
on July 17, 1955, he stated that he envisioned the park would be
“... a source of joy and inspiration to all the world”; and

WHEREAS, The success of Walt Disney’s dream has launched
an industry and sparked an empire of fun that now spans the globe,
attracting approximately 25 million visitors to Anaheim, California,
every year and growing; and

WHEREAS, Disneyland Resort has become an American icon
that has been successfully exported from Anaheim, California to
Disney theme parks in Orlando, Florida; Tokyo, Japan; Paris,
France; Hong Kong, China; and the soon-to-be-opened park in
Shanghai, China; and

WHEREAS, Walt Disney’s original venture in Anaheim,
California, has expanded from a single theme park with one hotel
into a full-scale resort with two world-class theme parks,
approximately 2,500 hotel rooms, 150 restaurants, and 85 retail
locations; and

WHEREAS, Since 1955, Disneyland Resort has become
California’s number one tourist resort destination and its theme
parks are amongst two of the top 10 most visited theme parks in
the world; and

WHEREAS, Walt Disney opened Disneyland with 1,280 cast
members in 1955 and today the resort has grown to become the
largest employer in Orange County and one of the largest single
site employers in California, directly employing 28,000 cast
members; and

WHEREAS, The Disneyland Resort generates an economic
impact of approximately $5 billion annually to the southern
California economy; and

WHEREAS, Environmental conservation efforts by the
Disneyland Resort have been recognized by the state and the
nation, winning a 2009 and 2014 Governor’s Environmental and
Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) and a 2014 Food Recovery
Challenge Award by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency; and

WHEREAS, In the spirit of Walt Disney, the Disneyland Resort
and its cast members annually provide nearly $17 million in cash,
in-kind gifts, and volunteer services to hundreds of nonprofit
groups, touching the lives of thousands of residents; and

WHEREAS, The creation of Disneyland was, perhaps, the single
greatest family entertainment achievement of the 20th
century--introducing an entirely new concept in outdoor
entertainment and establishing an icon of fun and magic known
around the world that continues well into the 21st century; and

WHEREAS, The California State Legislature honors the memory
of Walt Disney and his lasting legacy of quality family
entertainment and hereby congratulates Disneyland Resort and
The Walt Disney Company on the 60th anniversary of Disneyland,
the Diamond Celebration at “The Happiest Place on Earth”; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares June 1,
2015, as Disneyland Day; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.