BILL NUMBER: SCR 157	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Berryhill, Fuller, Gaines,
Galgiani, Huff, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Runner,
Stone, and Vidak)

                        JUNE 21, 2016

   Relative to June Dairy Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 157, Cannella. June Dairy Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of June 2016 to be Dairy
Month in California and would encourage Californians to continue to
support the American dairy industry by including dairy products as
part of a healthy diet.



   WHEREAS, The annual tradition of National June Dairy Month,
originally known as National Milk Month, began in 1937 and is an
opportunity for Americans to honor dairy farmers, acknowledge dairy
farmers' contributions to the economy, and recognize the importance
of dairy products to a healthy diet for many Americans; and
   WHEREAS, California is America's number one milk-producing state,
the number two cheese-producing state, and dairy is the state's
number one agricultural commodity; and
   WHEREAS, Ninety-nine percent of California dairy farms are family
owned, and dairy farming in California has a 200-year heritage; and
   WHEREAS, One hundred eighty-nine thousand jobs depend on
California's dairy industry, including 55,000 milk production and
processing jobs; and
   WHEREAS, The landscape, economy, health, and nutrition of
California would not be the same without our dairy farms and the
approximately 1,450 families who run them; and
   WHEREAS, Twenty-five percent of Americans do not meet their
recommended intake of calcium; and
   WHEREAS, The Office of the Surgeon General predicts that by 2020,
one-half of all Americans older than 50 years of age will be at risk
for fractures as a result of osteoporosis and low bone density, and
one in five people with a hip fracture dies within a year of their
injury; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Surgeon General's 2015 report on bone
health and osteoporosis reveals that people can improve bone health
and prevent fractures by boosting calcium and vitamin D intake; and
   WHEREAS, Dairy foods provide essential nutrients, including
calcium, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin A, and milk is the number
one source of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamin D in the
American diet; and
   WHEREAS, Obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled
in adolescents in the past 30 years, and more than one-third of
adults are considered to be obese; and
   WHEREAS, Consumption of dairy foods plays a beneficial role in
maintaining a healthy weight, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; and
   WHEREAS, Dairy farming is a leading agricultural commodity in
California, producing $7.6 billion in annual retail sales in 2014;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month
of June 2016 to be Dairy Month in California in honor of the work of
dairy producers in California and encourages all Californians to
continue to support the American dairy industry by including dairy
products as part of a healthy diet; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.