Bill Text: CA ACR10 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Arbor Week.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-9)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-14 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2011. [ACR10 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR10-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 10	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dickinson

                        JANUARY 26, 2011

   Relative to California Arbor Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 10, as introduced, Dickinson. California Arbor Week.
   This measure would proclaim the week of March 7 to March 14 of
each year as California Arbor Week, and would urge California
residents to observe the week with appropriate tree planting
activities and programs.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Arbor Day is celebrated nationally to encourage Americans
to maintain and replenish our country's vast forests, orchards, and
woodlands; and
   WHEREAS, In California, we also observe Arbor Day starting on the
birthday of Luther Burbank, a famed California horticulturalist whose
life's labor produced hundreds of plants and trees that have
contributed to the natural splendor and food production in our state;
and
   WHEREAS, Trees are a vital resource in beautifying our urban
environment and serve as an important psychological link with nature
for California's urban residents and underserved communities; and
   WHEREAS, Trees are a valuable economic asset in our cities that
help maintain or increase property values and attract business and
new residents in urban areas; and
   WHEREAS, Trees play an important role in energy conservation by
modifying temperature extremes with shade and humidity, and are
particularly important in reducing the amount of energy consumed in
heating and cooling buildings and homes; and
   WHEREAS, Trees planted in urban areas play a significant role in
meeting the state's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by
sequestering carbon as well as reducing energy consumption; and
   WHEREAS, Trees directly contribute to improving California's air
quality by reducing air pollution, removing airborne particulates
from the atmosphere, and helping to purify the air; and
   WHEREAS, Trees play a significant role in protecting and purifying
California's limited water resources by reducing surface runoff,
contributing to storm water management activity, and protecting urban
water resources; and
   WHEREAS, Trees provide essential habitat for much of California's
wildlife, including many listed, threatened, and endangered species;
and
   WHEREAS, Trees enhance the aesthetic quality of life in urban
communities by providing a natural buffer for surface noise and a
natural recreational resource for California's children and at-risk
youth; and
   WHEREAS, California has more urban and community forestry
organizations than any other state simply because trees, green
spaces, and the canopy cover are so important to our children, our
residents, and visitors to our state; and
   WHEREAS, Maximizing the benefits of trees through
multiple-objective projects that contribute to public infrastructure
services can provide cost-effective solutions to the needs of
underserved and severely underserved communities, as well as urban
and suburban areas, by harnessing the aforementioned benefits
provided by trees; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the week of
March 7 to March 14 of each year as California Arbor Week, and urges
California residents to observe the week with appropriate tree
planting activities and programs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.