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Resolution No. 2022-82 | Resolution Declaring Cesar Chavez Day as Observed Holiday | Adopted 11/07/2022RESOLUTION NO. 2022-82 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DECLARING CESAR CHAVEZ DAY (MARCH 31) AS AN OFFICIAL OBSERVED HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY OF GILROY WHEREAS, Cesar Estrada Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927, to a Mexican American family who lost their farm during the Great Depression; and WHEREAS, Chavez left school and joined his family as a migrant farm worker, traveling throughout California laboring in the fields, orchards, and vineyards; and WHEREAS, Chavez joined the U.S. Navy in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II and served for two years in the Western Pacific; and WHEREAS, Chavez began his career in community organizing in 1952 with the Community Service Organization; and WHEREAS, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association alongside Dolores Huerta in 1962 and collaborated with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee which later merged to become the United Farm Workers of America, which is still active today; and WHEREAS, Chavez supported initiatives to benefit farm workers, such as safe working conditions, fair wages, job-training programs, and affordable housing; and WHEREAS, Chavez passed away in 1993 and later that year he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Clinton; and WHEREAS, in 2000, California Governor Gray Davis endorsed a bill to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a holiday for state employees and schools, and, in 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day to “celebrate his courage, reflect on his lifetime of advocacy, and recognize the power in each of us to lift up lies and pursue social justice;” and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Gilroy wishes to commemorate and honor the life and work of Cesar Chavez. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Council of the City of Gilroy hereby declares Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) as an official observed City holiday. Resolution No. 2022-82 Resolution Declaring Cesar Chavez Day as Observed Holiday City Council Regular Meeting | November 7, 2022 Page 2 of 2 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of November, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ARMENDARIZ, BRACCO, HILTON, LEROE-MUÑOZ, MARQUES, TOVAR, BLANKLEY NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE APPROVED: Marie Blankley, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________ Thai Nam Pham, City Clerk Marie Blankley (Nov 9, 2022 10:47 PST) Marie Blankley CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK I, THAI NAM PHAM, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 2022-82 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city Resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of said held on Council held Monday, November 7, 2022, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this Monday, November 7, 2022. ____________________________________ Thai Nam Pham, CMC, CPMC City Clerk of the City of Gilroy (Seal)