Amended in Assembly September 11, 2013

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 70

Introduced by Senators Galgiani and Wolk

(Principal coauthor: Senator Cannella)

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Eggman, Olsen, and Yamada)

(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill and Lieu)

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August 20, 2013

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 70—Relative to the University of California, Davis.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 70, as amended, Galgiani. University of California, Davis.

This measure would honor the University of California, Davis’ great achievement in earning the number one ranking in the world for teaching and research in the areas of agriculture and forestry.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, On May 8, 2013, the University of California,
Davis, was ranked number one in the world for teaching and
research in the areas of agriculture and forestry by QS World
University Rankings; and

WHEREAS, QS World University Rankings is widely
considered to be one of the most influential international university
rankings providers; and

WHEREAS, The University of California, Davis, was founded
in 1905 as the University of California’s University Farm; and

WHEREAS, For more than 100 years, the University of
California, Davis, has engaged in teaching, research, and public
service; and

WHEREAS, Currently, the University of California, Davis’
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has 360
faculty members, 5,300 undergraduate students in 27 majors, and
1,000 graduate students in 45 graduate groups and programs; and

WHEREAS, The College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences encompasses more than 5,000 acres, with 3,700 acres
devoted to agricultural teaching and research; and

WHEREAS, The University of California, Davis, is the most
published and cited United States research university in agricultural
sciences, plant and animal sciences, environment and ecology,
food science and nutrition, and soil sciences; and

WHEREAS, Researchers at the University of California, Davis,
lead the nation in extramural funding in agricultural sciences; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature honors the University of
California, Davis’ great achievement in earning the number one
ranking in the world for teaching and research in the fields of
agriculture and forestry; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the authors for appropriate distribution.

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