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August 12, 2019
In recognition of Indian Independence Day, the Honorable Sanjay Panda, Consul General of India in San Francisco, was welcomed on the Senate floor. | |
| June 6, 2019
The Honorable Andreas Launer, Consul General of Austria in Los Angeles, and a delegation of consular and cultural officals were introduced on the Senate floor by Senator Ben Allen in acknowledgement of the 50th anniversary of the Consulate General of Austria in Los Angeles
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June 3, 2019
The Honorable Maria Joao Lopes Cardoso Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco and Diniz Borges, Director of the California Portuguese American Coalition, were welcomed on the Senate floor and presented a resolution by Senator Henry Stern, recognizing June as Portuguese National Heritage Month. | |
March 7, 2019
His Excellency Wang Donghua, Consul General of China in San Francisco, made his first visit to the Senate floor since assuming his post in August 2018, where he was introduced by Senator Scott Wiener. His protocol visit included a tour of the beautiful State Capitol. | |
 | February 25, 2019
The Senate welcomed Mr. Miguel Fraga, First Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington D.C., who came on a protocol visit to the Capitol. He was introduced on the Senate floor by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, and met with other members of the legislature in order to share information about the new constitution of the island nation of Cuba, as well as the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana happening later this year. |