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          Date of Hearing:   June 9, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    ACR 55 (Skinner) - As Introduced:  May 5, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   Eastshore State Park

           SUMMARY  :   Honors Sylvia McLaughlin by requesting that the 
          Department of Parks and Recreation rename the Eastshore State 
          Park as the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.  Specifically,  this 
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings: 

          1)Cofounded by environmentalist Sylvia McLaughlin, Citizens for 
            East Shore Parks is one of the most influential organizations 
            involved with the creation of Eastshore State Park; and, the 
            allocation of $25 million in state funds, combined with 
            funding from Eastbay Regional Park District's Measure AA, 
            provided the monetary assistance needed to secure the 
            acquisition of land known as Eastshore State Park.

          2)Eastshore State Park encompasses 2,002 acres of tidelands and 
            260 acres of upland area in the cities of Oakland, Emeryville, 
            Berkeley, Albany, and Richmond. 

          3)Sylvia McLaughlin also cofounded Save the San Francisco Bay 
            Association in 1961, which was critically involved with 
            protecting the San Francisco Bay area's 2,000 acres from 
            becoming a proposed dumpsite and lead to the signing of the 
            McAteer-Petris Act of 1965, which mandated the preservation 
            and protection of the San Francisco Bay and established the 
            San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.

          4)As a tribute to Sylvia McLaughlin's extensive environmental 
            activism and her strong role in saving the San Francisco Bay, 
            and in recognition of her efforts in creating Eastshore State 
            Park, the Legislature urges the Department of Parks and 
            Recreation to rename the Eastshore State Park as the 
            McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Minor costs for replacing signage and printed 
          materials.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   









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           Support 
           
          Bruce Bayaert, Chair, Trails for Richmond Action Committee
          Golden Gate Audubon Society

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800