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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 62
          Author:   Mendoza (D)
          Introduced:5/13/15  
          Vote:     21 

           SUBJECT:   Portugal Day


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution declares June 10, 2015, as Portugal Day  
          to celebrate Portuguese national heritage.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)In September of 1542, Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues  
            Cabrillo sailed a ship into San Diego Bay, becoming the first  
            European to explore the land now known as California. Cabrillo  
            explored the California coast, and is credited with numerous  
            coastal discoveries.


          2)Between 1900 and 1940, as much as one-half of the Portuguese  
            community in California owned or operated a dairy farm, worked  
            on a dairy farm, or worked in a dairy-supporting industry.  
            Applying the Portuguese belief in hard work and thriftiness,  
            along with additional labor from family members, a Portuguese  
            settler could earn enough to reinvest in his business, buying  
            land and more dairy cows.










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          3)Portuguese Americans have truly made valuable and substantial  
            contributions to every facet of California life. Portuguese  
            Americans continue to thrive in agricultural communities of  
            the Santa Clara and San Joaquin Valleys. Today, over 350,000  
            Portuguese Americans reside in California.


          4)Portuguese national literary icon Luís de Camões wrote  
            Portugal's national epic poem, Os Lusíadas, celebrating the  
            15th-century Portuguese explorations which brought fame and  
            fortune to the country. The poem, considered one of the finest  
            and most important works in Portuguese literature, became a  
            symbol for the great feats of the Portuguese Empire.  Dia de  
            Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas, translated  
            as "Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities,"  
            commemorates the death of Luís de Camões on June 10, 1580.


          This resolution declares June 10, 2015, as Portugal Day, a day  
          to celebrate Portuguese national heritage.


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


          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/19/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/19/15)


          None received

          Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          5/26/15 11:33:49
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