HR 62
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Date of Hearing: January 16, 2024
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 62 (Quirk-Silva) – As Introduced January 9, 2024
SUBJECT: Korean American Day.
SUMMARY: Proclaims January 13, 2024, as Korean American Day. Specifically, this
resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) On January 13, 1903, the history of Korean immigration to America began when 102
courageous Korean adults and children ventured across the Pacific Ocean aboard the S.S.
Gaelic and landed in Hawaii.
2) While the first Korean immigrants to the United States fought and sacrificed to establish
themselves, their children grew up to be patriotic citizens, served in the Armed Forces of the
United States during World War II, and made other important contributions to mainstream
American society.
3) With diligence, fortitude, and an enduring belief in the American dream, Korean immigrants
have helped to turn emergent areas within the State of California into thriving and
respectable communities, while raising their children.
4) Korean Americans have made important contributions as Californians in the fields of
finance, technology, law, medicine, education, sports, media, the arts, the military, and
government, as well as other areas.
5) The city of Los Angeles is currently home to the largest population of Korean Americans in
the entire United States, with more than 250,000 Korean Americans. And, Korean
Americans are the largest and the fastest growing citizens of Orange County, making Orange
County the second largest Korean population in any county in the nation.
6) As the Korean American community prepares for a new era and creates new history, Korean
Americans must instill in younger generations the proper appreciation for the courage and
values of their forefathers, a deep sense of their roots, and pride in their own cultural heritage
so that they may better contribute to the great State of California.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800