BILL NUMBER: SCR 95	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Huff   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Allen,
  Anderson,   Bates,   Berryhill, 
 Block,   Hall,   Leno,   Liu, 
 Mitchell,   Nielsen,   Wieckowski,  
and Wolk   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Travis Allen,   Baker,   Brough,  
Chang,   Chávez,  Hadley,   Kim, 
 Maienschein,   and Mark Stone   ) 

                        JANUARY 7, 2016

   Relative to the Lunar New Year Celebration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 95, as amended, Pan. Lunar New Year Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, February 8, 2016, will mark the beginning of the Lunar
New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the
world, including the United States, and especially California; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to nearly 6 million Asian and Pacific
Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino,
Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu-Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian,
Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent;
and
   WHEREAS, The Asian and Pacific Islander American community has
contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic
success of the state; and
   WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by over
2.5 million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California;
and
   WHEREAS,  The   This  Lunar New Year is
the Year of the  Fire  Monkey and is universally celebrated
by these communities as a time to renew family ties, and to start the
new year with a clean slate; and
   WHEREAS, The celebration of the Lunar New Year in communities
throughout California illustrates the state's rich cultural history
and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Members join Asian and Pacific Islander
communities throughout the state in celebrating February 8, 2016, as
the beginning of the Lunar New Year   Year, the
Year of the Fire Monkey,  and extend best wishes for a peaceful
and prosperous Lunar New Year to all Californians; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the authors for appropriate distribution.