Amended in Assembly February 6, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 86

Introduced by Assembly Member Buchanan

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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January 27, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 86—Relative to American Heart Month and Wear Red Day.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 86, as amended, Buchanan. American Heart Month.

This measure would recognize the month of February 2014 as American Heart Month in California and recognize February 7, 2014, as Wear Red Day in California.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women, yet
often is preventable; and

WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease accounts for one in three
deaths nationwide, approximately one woman’s death every
minute; and

WHEREAS, An estimated 43 million women in the United
States are affected by cardiovascular disease; and

WHEREAS, Heart disease kills more women than all forms of
cancer combined, but often the disease goes undiagnosed; and

WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk
factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in five American
women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat; and

WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24 percent of participants
in all heart-related studies; and

WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each
year from heart disease, and the gap continues to widen; and

WHEREAS, Many women are either unaware of the symptoms
of heart disease or may attribute their symptoms to other causes,
and women are less likely to call 911 for themselves when
experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than if someone else were
having a heart attack; and

WHEREAS, The American Heart Association’s Go Red for
Women movement has been positively impacting the health of
women for 10 years, as a result more than 627,000 women’s lives
have been saved, and 330 fewer women are dying each day; and

WHEREAS, In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of National
Wear Red Day on February 7, 2014, Go Red for Women is asking
all women across America to Go Red by wearing red and speaking
red to all of the following: Get Your Numbers, ask your doctor to
check your blood pressure and cholesterol; Own Your Lifestyle,
stop smoking, lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy; Realize Your
Risk; Educate Your Family, make healthy food choices for you
and your family and teach your kids the importance of staying
active; Don’t Be Silent, tell every woman you know that heart
disease is their No. 1 killer; now therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the month of
February 2014 as American Heart Month in California in order to
raise awareness of the importance of the ongoing fight against
heart disease and stroke; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes February 7, 2014, as
Wear Red Day in California, and urges all citizens to show their
support for women and the fight against heart disease by
commemorating this day by wearing the color red; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature urges public support for Go Red
for Women events planned in California during American Heart
Month; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.