BILL NUMBER: SCR 101	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        APRIL 19, 2010

   Relative to the Northern California Golf Association Foundation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 101, as introduced, Calderon. The Northern California Golf
Association Foundation.
   This measure would recognize and support the Northern California
Golf Association Foundation's contribution to the underserved youth
of California.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The Northern California Golf Association (NCGA)
Foundation has been supporting underserved and disadvantaged youth
through golf since 1989 as the charitable arm of the NCGA; and
   WHEREAS, More than $2.5 million has been expended in northern
California on behalf of disadvantaged youth across various
communities, stretching from Fresno to San Luis Obispo to Sacramento
and north to Humboldt County; and
   WHEREAS, In 2009 the NCGA Foundation funded scholarships and
grants for youth programs, and subsidized 90,000 experiences on
driving ranges and 60,000 rounds of golf for the young people of
northern California; and
   WHEREAS, Tens of thousands of young people have now experienced
significant increased access to confidence-building exercises,
nutritional education, mentoring, recreational opportunities, life
skills, and core-value training due, to affordable access to this
sport that they can apply throughout their cities; and
   WHEREAS, The NCGA Foundation has now aggressively initiated the
creation of new clinic programs designed to impact at-risk youth and
underserved communities in partnership with community-based
organizations; and
   WHEREAS, The sport of golf has become a beacon of light, with
low-cost opportunities for tens of thousands of young Californians to
excel both personally and professionally through the NCGA Foundation
efforts of supporting a continuum that extends a wholesome,
success-oriented life, through scholarships, internships, and career
opportunities; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
recognizes the NCGA Foundation's contribution to the underserved
youth of California and supports its efforts in teaching life skills
and encouraging a productive and healthy lifestyle through the game
of golf; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit
copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.