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                                 UNFINISHED BUSINESS


          Bill No:  SCR 62
          Author:   Mendoza (D)
          Amended:  6/9/15  
          Vote:     21 

           SENATE FLOOR:  39-0, 5/28/15
           AYES:  Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Block, Cannella, De León,  
            Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez,  
            Hertzberg, 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:  Berryhill

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  75-0, 6/18/15 (Consent) - See last page for  
            vote

           SUBJECT:   Portugal Day


          SOURCE:    Author


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




          Assembly Amendments revise and recast the resolution with a  
          similar intent as it left the Senate.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:








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          1)In September 1542, Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho  
            sailed a ship into San Diego Bay, thereby becoming the first  
            European to explore the land now known as California.  
            Cabrilho's efforts included exploring the California coast,  
            and he 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  
            these pioneering Portuguese Americans were renowned for their  
            work ethic and ingenuity, often reinvesting in their own  
            businesses by buying more land and dairy cows.


          3)Portuguese Americans have made valuable and substantial  
            contributions to every facet of California life, such as  
            within the thriving agricultural communities of the Santa  
            Clara and San Joaquin Valleys and through service in local,  
            state and federal office. Today, over 350,000 Portuguese  
            Americans reside in California.


          4)Portuguese national literary icon Luís Vaz de Camões wrote  
            Portugal's national epic poem, Os Lusíadas, celebrating the  
            15th century Portuguese explorations that 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 Vaz 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  








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          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/18/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/18/15)


          None received

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  75-0, 6/18/15
           AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, 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, Grove, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,  
            Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Low, Maienschein,  
            Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian,  
            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: Brough, Gray, Hadley, Lopez, Obernolte




          Prepared by:Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          6/18/15 18:31:27


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