BILL NUMBER: SCR 54	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

   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.