HomeMy Public PortalAbout15-089RESOLUTION NO. 15-089
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO GOVERNOR EDMUND
G. BROWN, JR. FOR SIGNING INTO LAW ASSEMBLY BILL 7 (BONTA)
WHICH ESTABLISHES LARRY ITLIONG DAY IN CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill (AB) 7 was introduced by Assemblymember Rob Bonta in
December 2014; and
WHEREAS, the bill requires the Governor to annually proclaim October 25 as Larry
Itliong Day in California, designates that date of each year as having special significance in
public schools and educational institutions, and encourages those entities to observe that date by
conducting exercises remembering the life of Larry Itliong and the contributions he made to the
state; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law AB 7. -
and
WHEREAS, even before AB 7 was introduced, the City of Carson had already begun its
observance of Larry Itliong Day through Resolution No. 10-108 which was adopted by the City
Council on October 5, 2010, making Carson the first city in the United States to recognize
October 25 as Larry Iltiong Day; and
WHEREAS, Larry Itliong was one of the leaders of the Agricultural Workers Organizing
Committee (AWOC), a union fighting for the right of farmworkers. Led by Iltiong, AWOC was
the first union to strike for improved wages and working conditions in Delano in 1965. This
launched the California farm labor movement.- and
WHEREAS, AWOC and the National Farm Workers Association, led by Cesar Chavez
and Dolores Huerta, joined forces soon thereafter, at the urging of Itliong, to start the now
internationally -famous United Farm Workers of America.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Council of the City of
Carson, California, forinally express their appreciation to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. for
signing into law AB 7; and
RESOLVED FURTHER that a copy of this resolution be sent to Governor Brown.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2 1 " day of July 2015.
Nyor Xlbdrt Robles
ATTEST:
City Clerk Jim Dear
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF CARSON
1, Jim Dear, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council is four; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 15-089 was duly and regularly adopted by said Council at a regular meeting duly and
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regularly held on the 21s' of July, 2015, and that the same was passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mayor Robles, Santarina, Davis -Holmes, and Hilton
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
City Clerk Jim Dear