CITY OF FRESNO
Office of Council President Mike Karbassi
WH EREAS, The month of June 2025 has been declared Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month to help educate the public on this debilitating disease and the need to increase efforts to combat its human and economic costs; and
WH EREAS, The summer solstice, June 20, 2024, has been declared The Longest Day, with people around the world coming together to honor the strength, passion, and endurance of people facing Alzheimer's disease with a day of activity and advocacy; and
WH EREAS, Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder, tragically robs individuals of their memories and leads to cognitive decline resulting in functional, emotional, and behavioral impairment; and
WH EREAS, California has 719,700 residents living with Alzheimer's disease, more than any other state in the nation.
Fresno County had 14,643 residents living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019 and that number is expected to grow by 112% by 2040; and
WH EREAS, Research published by the California Department of Public Health in 2021 indicates that over the next 20 years, the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia will increase dramatically. While the population of California will expand by 16 percent, the population of people living with Alzheimer’s will expand by 127 percent, and
WH EREAS, Research on the expansion of people living with Alzheimer’s showed communities of color will shoulder a disproportionate share of the increase in prevalence of Alzheimer’s. The number of Latinx or Hispanic Californians living with Alzheimer’s will more tha n triple, while the number of Black Californians living with Alzheimer’s will nearly triple by 2040. Additionally, the number of Asian American or Pacific Islanders living with Alzheimer’s will more than double, and
WH EREAS, Californians with dementia visit emergency departments nearly one million times per year and are readmitted to the hospital one out of five times after discharge. Alzheimer's disease is always fatal, and dementia is the second leading cause of death in California today; and
WH EREAS, Alzheimer's disease is a family disease impacting 1,373,000 California spouses, partners, children, siblings, grandchildren, and other relatives who provide unpaid assistance to a loved one. California caregivers devote 1,864,000,000 hours of unpaid assistance to family members, valued at over $44,272,000,000 in non -government financial support; and
WH EREAS, California's 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey found that 27.1 percent of people with memory problems in California live alone. On average, a person with Alzheimer's disease lives 4 to 8 years after diagnosis, but may live as long as 20 years, depending on other factors. Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, which has no known cause, cure, or prevention; and
WH EREAS, Individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers need acknowledgment, support, and services to meet their needs over the lengthy progression of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, Mayor Jerry Dyer and the Fresno City Council, do hereby recognize June 2025 to be:
“Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month”
in the City of Fresno.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 12 th
day of June 2025.
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ JERRY DYER, Honorable Mayor MIKE KARBASSI, Council President
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ MIGUEL ARIAS, Council Vice President ANNALISA PEREA, Councilmember District 1
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ TYLER MAXWELL, Councilmember District 4 BRANDON VANG, Councilmember District 5
_____________________________________________ __________________________________________ NICK RICHARDSON, Councilmember District 6 NELSON ESPARZA, Councilmember District 7