CA SCR152

Recognizes June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth in California

Urges people of California to celebrate Juneteenth as a day to honor the significant role African Americans have played in United States history and their contributions to promoting unity and equality

Acknowledges Juneteenth's history as the oldest African American holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in America were freed following General Gordon Granger's General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas

Notes that Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, and that all 50 states recognize it as an official state holiday or day of observance as of 2022