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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 127
Author: Lara (D) and Pan (D)
Introduced:4/5/16
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution recognizes the role that Native
Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have played in the development
of California throughout the state's history and encourages all
federal, state, and local organizations to promote the
preservation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI)
history and culture.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Making up more than 347,000 community members, the NHPI
community in California has one of the largest NHPI
populations in the U.S., and is comprised of a number of
different ethnicities, including, but not limited to,
Guamanian or Chamorro, Native Hawaiian, Marshallese, Fijian,
Samoan, and Tongan.
2)An influx of NHPIs arrived in California in the 1950s after
World War II. Post World War II, military service brought
Pacific Islanders from the U.S. territories of American Samoa
and Guam to California. Ten percent of Native Hawaiians and
12% of Guamanian or Chamorro Americans are veterans, compared
to the statewide average of 8%.
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3)The 2010 Census Bureau data shows that NHPIs are continuing to
become a growing part of our nation's economy. California has
the greatest number of NHPI-owned businesses in the
continental U.S. Between 2002-2007, the number of NHPI-owned
businesses increased 30%. During that same period, NHPI-owned
businesses also saw a 48% increase in revenue.
4)The NHPI community faces unique challenges as a result of its
distinct history and community experience. As a result, the
NHPI community organized and helped institute an update to the
federal Office of Management and Budget's Statistical Policy
Directive No. 15 in 1997 to establish a specific NHPI category
relative to the collection of data.
5)The Legislature recognized the importance of requiring state
agencies, boards, or commissions collecting and reporting
demographic data on major Pacific Islander groups, including
Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian in Sections
8310.5 and 8310.7 of the Government Code.
6)Preserving our NHPI communities throughout California is
critical to our state history and for the preservation of NHPI
culture, history, traditions, and other elements of their
heritage.
This resolution recognizes the role that NHPIs have played in
the social, economic, and political development of California
throughout the state's history and encourages all federal,
state, and local organizations to promote the preservation of
NHPI history and culture, including the preservation of NHPI
communities.
Prior Legislation
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ACR 67 (Furutani, Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2011)
recognized the contributions of NHPI communities to California,
and recognized the importance of preserving NHPI communities and
their traditions.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified4/13/16)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified4/13/16)
None received
Prepared by: Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
4/13/16 16:16:43
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