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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          ACR 169 (Bonta)
          As Amended  August 4, 2014
          Majority vote 

           RULES               8-0                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Brown,      |
          |     |Ch�vez, Gonzalez, Hagman, |
          |     |Quirk,                    |
          |     |Ridley-Thomas             |
          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Recognizes the month of October 2014 as Filipino  
          American History Month and the 427th anniversary of the first  
          presence of Filipinos in the continental United States.  
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:  

          1)Filipinos and Filipino Americans have been contributing to  
            California and the United States for hundreds of years, ever  
            since October 18, 1587, when the first "Luzones Indios" set  
            foot in Morro Bay, California, on board the Nuestra Se�ora de  
            Esperanza, a Manila-built galleon ship captained by Pedro de  
            Unamuno of Spain.

          2)In the first decades of the 20th century, thousands of  
            Filipinos in California worked in agricultural fields  
            throughout the state, in cities and regions such as the  
            Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the central coast, Imperial  
            Valley, Orange County, the Inland Empire, Delano, Bakersfield,  
            Coachella Valley, and the San Francisco Bay area, and became a  
            critical element in the growth and political economy of the  
            state, often enduring harsh labor conditions and poor wages,  
            but persevering and creating a strong legacy of mutual  
            support, strikes, and organization for farm labor  
            unionization.

          3)The Filipino American population is currently the largest  
            Asian American and Pacific Islander group in California and  
            the third largest Asian American and Pacific Islander group in  
            the United States.









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          4)Preserving our Filipino communities throughout California and  
            the United States is critical to the preservation of Filipino  
            culture, history, traditions, and heritage and to the  
            preservation of our state and national history as well as our  
            state and national future.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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