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歷史沿革 DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
會(Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los
Angeles)、羅省華埠社區重建局、華埠安
全協會(Chinatown Public Safety Asso-
ciation)、老人營養餐會等。
二戰之後，全美社會福利與服務工作未臻
成熟，中華會館曾接受政府委任，代為簽
發有關社會福利的政府支票，對華人與華
人社區貢獻良多。特別是在十九世紀末、
二十世紀初，華人遭受到美國史無前例的
《排華法案》歧視和排擠，及至1956年之
前，《美國新移民法案》尚未通過的年月
裡，羅省中華會館從各個方面，大至稟公
斷案，小至代寫家書，給予了許許多多身
在異鄉，無依無靠的華人，精神與實質上
的幫助。
After World War II, with the national social
welfare service and delivery systems still
unstructured, the CCBA was authorized
by the US government to sign and issue
governmental welfare checks, which were
a tremendous help to the Chinese com-
munity. Around the end of the 19th and
early 20th centuries, with the passing of
the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese work-
ers in the US were prohibited from bring-
ing their families to America, and they were
not qualified to become US citizens. Un-
til the Immigration and Nationality Act of
1965 was signed into law, the CCBA played
a vital, supportive role for the psychologi-
cal and essential needs of the Chinese resi-
dents of Los Angeles. This included serious
matters such as settling lawsuits and small
but much-needed matters such as penning
letters to families back home.
洛杉磯前市長湯姆‧布萊德雷在任期間一
直與中華會館，以及華埠關係友好，乃
是華人之友。首位墨裔市長維爾萊戈沙參
選洛杉磯市長時，會館也發動華埠社區給
予支持，幫忙籌款。同時，第一位擔任州
府官員的華人，加州州務卿余江月桂曾多
次訪問華埠，是中華會館之友。會館對於
華人參政的支持也並不局限於南加州或加
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州。九○年代，遠在華盛頓州的前美國駐
中華人民共和國大使駱家輝參選州長時，
曾到訪華埠尋求支持，會館發動所屬僑團
熱烈歡迎和支持。多年來，本會館經常接
待華裔民選官員，並號召南加州全僑響應
全球各地支持華人權益的重大活動。
Tom Bradley, the past mayor of LA, kept
building friendships with the CCBA and
Chinatown during his term of service, and
is one of the CCBA and Chinatown’s dear-
est friends. During the current Mayor An-
tonio Villaraigosa’s election, the CCBA
encouraged Chinese communities to con-
tinue participating in politics. At the same
time, the secretary of the state of California
March Kong Fong Eu, the first Chinese to
become a state government official, fre-
quently visited the CCBA and Chinatown,
and is also a dear friend. The CCBA’s sup-
port of government events was not limited
to California. In the 1990s, when the past
American ambassador to China, Gary Fate
Locke, was seeking for support from Chi-
natown during his election to become the
governor of the state of Washington, the
CCBA convened all of its member associa-
tions to support him. The CCBA throughout
the years regularly welcomes government
officials who visit Chinatown and holds
special events to support them.