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          Bill No:  ACR 181
          Author:   Logue (R)
          Amended:  8/20/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 76-0, 08/17/10 - See last page for vote


          SUBJECT  :    California Sikh American Awareness and  
          Appreciation
                        Month

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates November 2010 as  
          California Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month.   
          It also recognizes and acknowledges the significant  
          contributions made by Californians of Sikh heritage to our  
          state and affords all Californians the opportunity to  
          understand, recognize, and appreciate the rich history,  
          shared principles, religion, faith, and role Sikh Americans  
          play in furthering mutual understanding and respect among  
          all peoples.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1. California and our nation are at once blessed and  
             enriched by the unparalleled diversity of our residents.
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          2. Among this unprecedented diversity in California, there  
             reside an estimated 200,000 Americans of Sikh origin,  
             comprising nearly 40 percent of the nation's estimated  
             Sikh population.

          3. Sikh immigrants have resided in California for more than  
             a century, with the first Sikh immigrants believed to  
             have labored on railroad construction projects, in  
             lumber mills, and in the agricultural heartlands of the  
             Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Imperial Valleys.

          4. The first Sikh temple (Gurdwara) in California was  
             established in Stockton in 1912 and Sikh temples have  
             since been established in communities throughout  
             California.

          5. While Sikh Americans have distinguished themselves in  
             numerous areas of endeavor, they have demonstrated  
             particular success in the areas of agriculture,  
             trucking, medicine, and in the creation of small,  
             family-owned businesses.

          6. Yuba City, California, boasts one of the largest  
             confirmed populations of Sikh and Punjabi Americans in  
             the nation.

          7. The Sikh and Punjabi American communities of California  
             continue to make important contributions to our state  
             and nation.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  
          AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Eng,  
            Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani,  
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,  
            Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,  
            Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal,  
            Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,  







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            Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Charles Calderon, Norby,  
            Vacancy


          TSM:nl  8/24/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

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