BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 29, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 104 (Wolk) - As Introduced: August 20, 2012
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American community.
SUMMARY : Recognizes October 13, 2012, as the 100-year
anniversary of the Sikh American community, and calls upon the
people of California to commemorate the day with appropriate
celebrations. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)October 13, 2012, will be recognized as the 100-year
anniversary of the Sikh American community who first arrived
in the United States through the Angel Island Immigration
Station in San Francisco in 1899.
2)The Stockton Gurdwara Sahib, which was founded in 1912 by Teja
Singh, is recognized as the first permanent Sikh American
settlement and gurdwara in the United States; and, the
gurdwara furnished provisions to the people of Stockton so
that no one would have to go without.
3)The Sikh Amercian community recognizes the importance of
education and established the Sri Guru Govind Singh
Educational Scholarship for students of the University of
California, Berkeley; and, the first scholarships were awarded
on January 1, 1912, without regard to gender, ethnicity, or
religion to a Christian, to a Sikh, to a Muslim, and to three
Hindus.
4)Within a short time of their arrival to the United States, the
Sikh Americans also started their own newspaper and organized
their own political party, The Ghadar Party.
5)The Sikh American community continues to make significant
contributions to the California and United States' economies
and to society through military service, as business owners,
transportation professionals, doctors, attorneys, engineers,
teachers, farmers, and in a great many other notable
capacities.
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FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800