Bill Text: CA ACR183 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: California State Parks Discovery Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-24-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 127, Statutes of 2016. [ACR183 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR183-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 183	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  127
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 16, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown,
Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooper,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher,
Cristina Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove,
Hadley, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and
Wood)

                        MAY 9, 2016

   Relative to California State Parks Discovery Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 183, Cooley. California State Parks Discovery Day.
   This measure would recognize June 30, 2016, as California State
Parks Discovery Day and urge all Californians to celebrate and visit
state parks.



   WHEREAS, California state parks maintain not only the natural
beauty of the state, but provide valuable spaces for recreation,
escape, and history and a special place for contemplation; and
   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, 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, homes, Spanish-era adobe buildings, including
museums, visitor centers, cultural reserves, and preserves; and
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, and historic structures and artifacts and
demonstrate the best of California's natural and cultural history;
and
   WHEREAS, Many California state parks provide venues for
resource-based recreational activities, including hiking, walking,
paddling, biking, camping, fishing, and other activities. Outdoor
recreation provides a range of well-documented benefits, including
mental well-being, an increase in self-esteem, an appreciation for
the natural environment, and health benefits derived from involvement
in physical activities; and
   WHEREAS, Parks and protected public lands are proven to improve
water quality, protect groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the
quality of the air we breathe, provide vegetative buffers to
development, produce habitat for wildlife, and provide a place for
people to connect with nature and recreate outdoors together; 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; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims June 30, 2016, as
"California State Parks Discovery Day," and urges all Californians to
celebrate and visit state parks; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.