CA ACR90

Recognizes June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth in California, marking 160 years since the last enslaved people in America were freed when General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865

Urges Californians to celebrate Juneteenth as a day to honor African Americans' significant contributions to U.S. history and their commitment to promoting unity and equality

Notes that Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983

References California law requiring the Governor to proclaim the third Saturday in June as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A day of observance"

Commemorates the historical context including the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery (January 31, 1865), and the 400-year history of African Americans in the United States since 1619