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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 67
          Author:   Furutani (D), et al.
          Amended:  8/29/11 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 7/7/11


           SUBJECT  :    Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders 
          communities

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST :    This resolution recognizes the role that Native 
          Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have played in the 
          social, economic, and political development of California 
          and its history; and, encourages all federal, state, and 
          local organizations to promote the preservation of NHPI 
          history and culture, including the preservation of NHPI 
          communities.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings: 

          1. According to the 2010 Census Bureau, California has one 
             of the largest NHPI populations in the United States; 
             and, the NHPI community makes up a diverse group 
             including but not limited to, Guamanian/Chamorro, Native 
             Hawaiian, Marshallese, Fijian, Samoan, and Tongan. 

          2. The NHPI community faces unique challenges as a result 
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             of its distinct history and community experience; and 
             the NHPI community helped to institute an update to the 
             Federal Office of Management and Budget's Statistical 
             Policy Directive No. 15 in 1997 to establish a specific 
             Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander category 
             relative to the collection of data. 

          3. Preserving our Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 
             communities throughout California is critical to our 
             state history and for the preservation of Native 
             Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture, history, 
             traditions, and other elements of their heritage.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  9/7/11)

          Pacific Islander Health Partnership
          Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California


          PQ:kc  9/7/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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