BILL NUMBER: ACR 126INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Davis (Coauthor: Assembly Member John A. Perez) FEBRUARY 16, 2010 Relative to the El Salvador Community Corridor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 126, as introduced, Davis. El Salvador Community Corridor. This measure would recognize the Los Angeles area located between Adams Boulevard and 11th Street on Vermont Boulevard as the El Salvador Community Corridor. Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, The City of Los Angeles, which represents over three million residents and prides itself in cultural diversity, aims to include all of its citizens in community affairs; and WHEREAS, Located in southern California, Los Angeles is one of the world's major global cities, and is a hub of shipping, manufacturing, and financial industries. Los Angeles is also world-renowned in the entertainment and communications fields; and WHEREAS, Los Angeles is one of only two United States cities without a majority population. People from 140 countries, who speak approximately 86 languages, currently call Los Angeles home; and WHEREAS, Los Angeles is home to over 500,000 El Salvadorans, who have contributed to improving the quality of life in the great City of Los Angeles. A large majority of the city's El Salvadoran population resides in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the State of California recognizes the Los Angeles area between Adams Boulevard and 11th Street on Vermont Boulevard as the El Salvador Community Corridor; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.