CHAPTER 7. Holidays [6700. - 6735.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.

§§ 6700–6735 · 33 sections

§ 6700 (a) The holidays in this state are: (1) Every Sunday. (2) January 1. (3) The third Monday in January, known as “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.” (4) The date…
§ 6701 (a) If January 1, February 12, March 31, July 4, September 9, November 11, or December 25 falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday. (b) If…
§ 6702 Every Saturday from noon to midnight is a holiday as regards the transaction of business in the public offices of the state and political divisions where laws,…
§ 6703 (a) Public offices of the state, state institutions, and the University of California shall be closed on Admission Day. (b) Public offices of the state and…
§ 6704 The legislative body of any city or district may, by ordinance or resolution, provide that every Saturday is a holiday as respects the transaction of business…
§ 6705 A special or limited holiday is a holiday applying only to a special class or classes of business, or a special class or classes of persons, and not appointed…
§ 6706 Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day which…
§ 6707 When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed upon the next…
§ 6708 The Governor shall proclaim September 28th to be known hereafter as “Cabrillo Day.”
§ 6709 The Governor shall proclaim January 15 to be known hereafter as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
§ 6710 The Governor shall proclaim March 7, to be known hereafter as “Arbor Day.”
§ 6711 The Governor shall proclaim February 19 to be known hereafter as “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation,” to reflect upon that day of February 19…
§ 6712 The Governor shall proclaim annually the fourth Friday in September to be “Native American Day.”
§ 6713 The Governor shall annually proclaim the first Sunday in October to be known as “Stepparents Day.”
§ 6714 The Governor annually shall proclaim April 21st to be “John Muir Day.”
§ 6715 The Governor shall annually proclaim March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.
§ 6716 The Governor shall annually proclaim December 7 as “Pearl Harbor Day.”
§ 6717 The Governor shall annually proclaim March 31 as “Farmworkers Day.”
§ 6718 The Governor shall proclaim the month of February as Black History Month each year.
§ 6719 The Governor shall proclaim the third Saturday in June of each year to be known as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day: A day of observance,” to urge all…
§ 6720 April 24 of each year shall be the “California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide,” and the period beginning on the Sunday before that day through the…
§ 6721 The Governor shall annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day.
§ 6722 The Governor annually shall proclaim January 30 as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.
§ 6723 The Governor shall annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
§ 6724 The Governor shall annually proclaim January 23 as Ed Roberts Day.
§ 6725 The Governor annually shall proclaim October 25 as Larry Itliong Day.
§ 6726 (a) The Governor shall proclaim the first Friday in May of each year to be Space Day and designate that date as having special significance in public schools…
§ 6727 The Governor shall annually proclaim the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 20 or the following day, as Nowrūz Day.
§ 6728 The Governor shall annually proclaim the month of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
§ 6729 The Governor annually shall proclaim April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day.
§ 6731 (a) August 26 of each year shall be designated as California Farmworker Day to highlight, remember, and appreciate the work that farmworkers contribute daily…
§ 6733 The Governor shall annually proclaim November 20 as “Transgender Day of Remembrance.”
§ 6735 The Governor shall annually proclaim December 1 as World AIDS Day.