CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 13Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenFebruary 13, 2023 Relative to California Science and Technology Week.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 13, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. California Science and Technology Week.This bill would designate the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, The California Council on Science and Technology is celebrating 35 years of successfully providing scientific and technological expertise to the Legislature since its inception in 1988, established by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162 (Res. Ch. 148, Stats. 1988), when the Legislature foresaw the need for science-informed policy; andWHEREAS, California is the nations preeminent science and technology hub, producing new research and innovations every year; andWHEREAS, California is home to some of the nations most distinguished research and higher education institutions on the states behalf, including the University of California system, the California State University system, the California Community Colleges, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, NASAs Ames Research Center, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The California Council on Science and Technology was created as a unique, independent, nonpartisan organization dedicated to leveraging their expertise; andWHEREAS, The California Council on Science and Technology is fostering engagement with policymakers, scientific experts from academic and research institutions throughout California and beyond, and philanthropists through workshops, roundtables, reports, and expert briefings with in-state and national collaborators on disaster resilience initiatives; andWHEREAS, The council continues to uphold its charge of providing scientific expertise to the Legislature by hosting a variety of activities in the capitol designed to promote scientific understanding, bring to the forefront emerging technological innovations, and exchange expertise between California policymakers and the science and technology community; andWHEREAS, The council is also celebrating 15 years of the Science and Technology Policy Fellows program, in which the organization has deepened its partnership with the Legislature and the executive branch with the expansion of the program and new placements in both the legislative and executive branches; andWHEREAS, Official recognition of the importance and value of science and technology to California will enhance awareness and support for those activities; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 13Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenFebruary 13, 2023 Relative to California Science and Technology Week.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 13, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. California Science and Technology Week.This bill would designate the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 13 Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie NguyenFebruary 13, 2023 Introduced by Assembly Member Stephanie Nguyen February 13, 2023 Relative to California Science and Technology Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 13, as introduced, Stephanie Nguyen. California Science and Technology Week. This bill would designate the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week. This bill would designate the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text WHEREAS, The California Council on Science and Technology is celebrating 35 years of successfully providing scientific and technological expertise to the Legislature since its inception in 1988, established by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162 (Res. Ch. 148, Stats. 1988), when the Legislature foresaw the need for science-informed policy; and WHEREAS, California is the nations preeminent science and technology hub, producing new research and innovations every year; and WHEREAS, California is home to some of the nations most distinguished research and higher education institutions on the states behalf, including the University of California system, the California State University system, the California Community Colleges, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, NASAs Ames Research Center, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The California Council on Science and Technology was created as a unique, independent, nonpartisan organization dedicated to leveraging their expertise; and WHEREAS, The California Council on Science and Technology is fostering engagement with policymakers, scientific experts from academic and research institutions throughout California and beyond, and philanthropists through workshops, roundtables, reports, and expert briefings with in-state and national collaborators on disaster resilience initiatives; and WHEREAS, The council continues to uphold its charge of providing scientific expertise to the Legislature by hosting a variety of activities in the capitol designed to promote scientific understanding, bring to the forefront emerging technological innovations, and exchange expertise between California policymakers and the science and technology community; and WHEREAS, The council is also celebrating 15 years of the Science and Technology Policy Fellows program, in which the organization has deepened its partnership with the Legislature and the executive branch with the expansion of the program and new placements in both the legislative and executive branches; and WHEREAS, Official recognition of the importance and value of science and technology to California will enhance awareness and support for those activities; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the week of February 13, 2023, to February 17, 2023, inclusive, as California Science and Technology Week; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.