Bill Text: CA AR72 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Resolution 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relative to the Lunar New Year.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-18-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-27 - Read. Adopted. (Page 3886.). [AR72 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AR72-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

House Resolution

No. 72

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Diep, Fong, Gloria, Kalra, Low, Muratsuchi, and Nazarian)

January 14, 2020

Relative to the Lunar New Year.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

HR 72, as introduced, Ting.

WHEREAS, January 25, 2020, marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated in many Asian communities around the world, including in the United States and especially in California; and

WHEREAS, California is home to nearly 6 million Asian and Pacific Islander Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Iu Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent; and

WHEREAS, The Asian and Pacific Islander American community has contributed to the social, cultural, civic, economic, and academic success of the state; and

WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is predominantly celebrated by over 2.5 million Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese residents of California; and

WHEREAS, This Lunar New Year is the Year of the Rat and is universally celebrated by these communities as a time to renew family ties and to start the new year with a clean slate; and

WHEREAS, The celebration of the Lunar New Year in communities throughout California illustrates the state’s rich cultural history and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly joins Asian and Pacific Islander communities throughout the state in celebrating January 25, 2020, as the beginning of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, and extends best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year to all Californians; and be it further

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