BILL NUMBER: SCR 95	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  10
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MARCH 10, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 7, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 3, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 23, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Huff)
   (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Anderson, Bates, Berryhill, Block,
Cannella, Hall, Leno, Liu, Mitchell, Nguyen, 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, Pan. Lunar New Year Celebration.
   This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.



   WHEREAS, February 8, 2016, marks 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, 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, 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.