THIRD READING

Bill No: ACR 115

Author: Waldron (R), et al.

Introduced: 8/23/23

Vote: 21

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 9/5/23 (Consent) - See last page for vote

SUBJECT: Disc golf

SOURCE: Author

DIGEST:

This resolution recognizes the month of August 2023 as Disc Golf Month, and August 5, 2023, as California Disc Golf Day.

ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:

In the 1920s, the earliest known games of disc golf were played by children at Bladworth Elementary School in Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 1965, George Sappenfield was attending California State University, Fresno, and working as a recreation counselor with a new idea of playing golf with Frisbees.
On August 2, 1974, the American Flying Disc Open was launched and a group of avid golfers turned the City of Rochester Disc Golf Championship into a national tournament. They offered a prize for the winner to gain the attention of the Frisbee community.
In 1975, the first official disc golf course was installed by American toy inventor Ed Headrick at Oak Grove Park in the City of Pasadena, California, where the targets are simply permanent poles.
In 1976, the success of disc golf at the World Frisbee Championships suggested that this sport was the next big thing, and Ed Headrick created the Disc Golf Association (DGA). Even today, it functions as a leader in the sport.
This sport is so popular and rapidly growing that there are 11,300 courses globally, with 75 percent of all disc golf courses being in the United States, and over 400 courses in California.
The sport of disc golf is great for people of all socioeconomic classes, age groups, and demographics, provides a way to exercise and spend time outdoors, and provides a wide range of mental health benefits.
Disc golf is a way to set attainable goals and work to achieve them, and to be part of a community of all ages and all abilities.

This resolution recognizes the month of August 2023 as Disc Golf Month, and August 5, 2023, as California Disc Golf Day, recognizing the teamwork, physical, mental, and emotional well-being the sport provides.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 2/13/24)

Professional Disc Golf Association

OPPOSITION: (Verified 2/13/24)

None received

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 79-0, 9/5/23

AYES: Addis, Aguiar-Curry, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Bains, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Juan Carrillo, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Chen, Connolly, Megan Dahle, Davies, Dixon, Essayli, Flora, Mike Fong, Vince Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Grayson, Haney, Hart, Holden, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Lackey, Lee, Low, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Joe Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Sanchez, Santiago, Schiavo, Soria, Ta, Ting, Valencia, Villapudua, Waldron, Wallis, Ward, Weber, Wicks, Wilson, Wood, Zbur, Robert Rivas

NO VOTE RECORDED: Jim Patterson

Prepared by: Russell Manning / SFA / (916) 651-1520

2/14/24 10:40:19

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ACR 115: Disc golf.

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