Relative to Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

Senate Resolution 62, introduced by Senator Valladares, designates November 2025 as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month in California. The resolution highlights pancreatic cancer's high mortality rate (third leading cause of cancer death, with a 13% five-year survival rate) and notes that only 3.3% of National Cancer Institute funding in 2022 supported pancreatic cancer research. It urges all Californians to support efforts to improve early detection and treatments, though the resolution itself has no legal effect or funding mechanisms. This symbolic gesture aims to raise awareness about a disease with significant health impacts but does not change policies or allocate resources.