Bill Text: CA ACR96 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: The 150th anniversary of the California State Park

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-22)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 153, Statutes of 2014. [ACR96 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR96-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 96	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  153
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 12, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Rendon)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Buchanan, Donnelly, Hagman, Hall,
Melendez, Quirk-Silva, Rodriguez, Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Harkey,
Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel
Pérez, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Gaines and Jackson)

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2014

   Relative to the 150th anniversary of the California State Park
System.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 96, Olsen. The 150th anniversary of the California State Park
System.
   This measure would recognize the 150th anniversary of the
California State Park System and would urge all Californians to join
in celebrating this important anniversary of our state park system.



   WHEREAS, The first state park was conceived in California in 1862.
Captain Israel Ward Raymond and California's United States Senator
John Conness wanted to have natural land areas at Yosemite set aside
purely for the purpose of preservation and public enjoyment. At
Raymond's request, Senator Conness introduced a bill that quickly
passed though both Congressional houses. President Abraham Lincoln
signed The Yosemite Grant Act on June 30, 1864, which granted the
Yosemite Valley, and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of
California. Governor Frederick Low accepted the grant in September of
that year; and
   WHEREAS, The first state historic monument was a statute of James
Marshall erected in 1890 near his gold discovery site in Coloma, and
other historic sites have since been preserved, including Fort Ross,
Sonoma Mission, Pio Pico's home, and Sutter's Fort; and
   WHEREAS, In recent years, the state park system has expanded to
include off-highway vehicle parks and underwater parks; and
   WHEREAS, California state parks maintain not only the natural
beauty of the state, but provide valuable spaces for recreation,
escape, history, and a special place for contemplation; and
   WHEREAS, The Department of Parks and Recreation currently manages
280 park units, which contain the finest and most diverse collection
of natural, cultural, and recreational resources to be found within
California. These treasures are as diverse as California and include:
(1) the last stands of primeval redwood forests and vast expanses of
fragile desert; (2) the lofty Sierra Nevada and the broad sandy
beaches of our southern coast; and (3) the opulence of Hearst Castle
and the vestiges of colonial Russia; and
   WHEREAS, California's state parks contain the largest and most
diverse natural and cultural heritage holdings of any state agency in
the nation. State park units include underwater preserves, reserves,
and parks; redwood, rhododendron, and wildlife reserves; state
beaches, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and reservoirs; state
historic parks, historic homes, Spanish era adobe buildings,
including museums, visitor centers, cultural reserves, and preserves;
as well as lighthouses, ghost towns, waterslides, conference
centers, and off-highway vehicle parks. These parks protect and
preserve an unparalleled collection of culturally and environmentally
sensitive structures and habitats, threatened plant and animal
species, ancient Native American sites, historic structures and
artifacts, and demonstrate the best of California's natural and
cultural history; and
   WHEREAS, The California state park system is responsible for
almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, which includes
nearly 300 parks, beaches, trails, wildlife areas, open spaces,
off-highway vehicle areas, and historic sites. It consists of
approximately 1.59 million acres, including over 339 miles of
coastline, 974 miles of lake, reservoir and river frontage,
approximately 15,000 campsites and alternative camping facilities,
and 4,456 miles of nonmotorized trails; and
   WHEREAS, Since 1864, grassroots activism and legislation have made
it possible for all Californians to take pride and ownership of
their unique and diverse landscapes. Parks maintain not only the
natural beauty of California, but provide recreation, escape,
history, and a special place for contemplation and reflection; and
   WHEREAS, The California state park system continues as a national
and world leader in conservation and today, and into the future, our
state parks preserve land, biosystems, and historic sites for public
use; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the 150th
anniversary of the California state park system and urges all
Californians to join in celebrating this important anniversary of our
state park system; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.