BILL ANALYSIS Ķ
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Date of Hearing: June 25, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard Gordon, Chair
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58 (Pan) - As Amended June 19, 2015
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
SUBJECT: Filipino American History Month.
SUMMARY: Recognizes the month of October 2015 as Filipino
American History Month and the 428th anniversary of the first
presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Filipinos and Filipino Americans have been contributing to
California and the United States for hundreds of years, ever
since October 18, 1587, when the first "Luzones Indios" set
foot in Morro Bay, California, on board the Nuestra Seņora de
Esperanza, a Manila-built galleon ship captained by Pedro de
Unamuno of Spain.
2)In the first decades of the 20th century, thousands of
Filipinos in California worked in agricultural fields
throughout the state, in cities and regions such as the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the central coast, Imperial
Valley, Orange County, the Inland Empire, Delano, Bakersfield,
Coachella Valley, and the San Francisco Bay area, and became a
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critical element in the growth and political economy of the
state, often enduring harsh labor conditions and poor wages,
but persevering and creating a strong legacy of mutual
support, strikes, and organization for farm labor
unionization.
3)The Filipino American population is currently the largest
Asian American and Pacific Islander group in California and
the third largest Asian American and Pacific Islander group in
the United States.
4)Preserving our Filipino communities throughout California and
the United States is critical to the preservation of Filipino
culture, history, traditions, and heritage and to the
preservation of our state and national history as well as our
state and national future.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
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Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916)
319-2800