HR 114
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Date of Hearing: August 5, 2024
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 114 (Mike Fong) – As Introduced July 3, 2024
SUBJECT: Kimchee Day.
SUMMARY: Celebrates November 22, 2024, as Kimchee Day in California. Specifically, this
resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1) Kimchee is a traditional dish in Korean cuisine with a long, rich history that began over two
millennia ago during the period of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
2) In 2013, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization officially
recognized the Korean traditional process of preparing kimchee, “kimjang,” on its
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
3) Kimchee has been widely acknowledged as a probiotic food item with well-established
positive health benefits that serves as an excellent source of beta-carotene, calcium,
potassium, dietary fiber, and vitamins A, B, C, and K, which can lower rates of heart disease,
cancer, stroke, and diabetes.
4) The growing interest in and popularity of kimchee as a dish in the United States, as
evidenced by an increase in available kimchee-related food products, restaurant menu items,
and interest from non-Korean consumers, represents a positive example of multicultural
exchange.
5) Korean Americans represent a vibrant, growing community in the United States whose
predecessors first arrived in the United States over a century ago and whose members have
gone on to become an indispensable part of the fabric of the United States and made
numerous contributions to science, law, business, art, and many other fields.
6) Kimchee is celebrated in Korea, the land of its origin, each year through the designation of
November 22 as “Kimchee Day.”
FISCAL EFFECT: This resolution is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800