BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 58| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SCR 58 Author: Pan (D), et al. Amended: 6/19/15 Vote: 21 SENATE FLOOR: 38-0, 6/1/15 AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Runner, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Hertzberg ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 7/02/15 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Filipino American History Month SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution 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. Assembly Amendments make technical changes and add Senator Mendoza as a co-author. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative SCR 58 Page 2 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 Seńora de Esperanza, a Manila-built galleon ship captained by Pedro de Unamuno of Spain. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Filipinos helped Father Junípero Serra establish the California mission system. 2)Between 1906 and 1935, the first large wave of Filipino immigration to the United States began, as Filipinos were recruited to California, Alaska, and Hawaii to work in the agricultural industries, canneries, and sugarcane plantations, respectively. 3)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 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. 4)During World War II, approximately 200,000 Filipino soldiers battled under the command of the United States to preserve the liberty of our country and win back the liberty of the Philippines from the Japanese occupation. Thousands of these Filipino soldiers came from California, served in the First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments, underwent training at Salinas and at Fort Ord, California, and were stationed at Camp Beale near Sacramento and Camp Cooke near Santa Maria. SCR 58 Page 3 5)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. 6)Filipino Americans have served the public in a wide range of capacities, including, but not limited to, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, representatives to the United States Congress, legislators in the state legislatures of California and other states, and other city, state, and federal leaders of the United States. 7)Throughout the history of the United States, Filipino Americans have made cultural, economic, political, social, and other contributions to our country that have become a vital part of the rich, diverse, and vibrant tapestry of our nation. This resolution 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. Prior Legislation ACR 169 (Bonta, Resolution Chapter 180, Statutes of 2014) recognized the month of October 2014 as Filipino American History Month and the 427th anniversary of the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United States. ACR 77 (Bonta, Resolution Chapter 149, Statutes of 2013) recognized the month of October 2013 as Filipino American History Month and the 426th anniversary of the first presence of Filipinos in the continental United States. SCR 58 Page 4 FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified7/2/15) None received OPPOSITION: (Verified7/2/15) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 7/02/15 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins NO VOTE RECORDED: Brown, Jones-Sawyer Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520 7/2/15 10:58:06 **** END **** SCR 58 Page 5