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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 54
          Author:   Nguyen (R), et al.
          Amended:  5/18/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Sixtieth anniversary of Disneyland


          SOURCE:    Disneyland Resort


          DIGEST:  This resolution declares June 1, 2015, as Disneyland  
          Day.




          Senate Floor Amendments of 5/18/15 add a coauthor and make  
          technical and non-substantive changes.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)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."


          2)The success of Walt Disney's dream has launched an industry  
            and sparked an empire of fun that now spans the world,  
            attracting approximately 25 million visitors to Anaheim,  
            California, every year and growing.









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          3)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.


          4)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.  The  
            Disneyland Resort generates an economic impact of  
            approximately $5 billion annually to the southern California  
            economy.


          5)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.


          This resolution declares June 1, 2015, as Disneyland Day, and  
          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."


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/13/15)




          Disneyland Resort (source)










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          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/13/15)


          None received


           


           


          Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          5/26/15 11:32:17


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