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                                 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  








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          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.









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          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.









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          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


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