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THIRD READING
Bill No: SJR 5
Author: Berryhill (R)
Amended: 4/9/13
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Yosemite National Park: boundary adjustment
SOURCE : Environment California
DIGEST : This resolution declares the Legislature's support
for adjusting the boundary of the Yosemite National Park to
include an approximately 1,575 acre area adjacent to the
southwest boundary of the park, further bounded by the Sierra
National Forest, and owned by two landowners who have expressed
their desire to add that area to the park to protect the
integrity of the Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National
Forest. This resolution urges the United States Congress to act
expeditiously in adjusting the boundary of the park.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.The incomparable Yosemite is a federally designated national
park spanning eastern portions of the Counties of Tuolumne,
Mariposa, and Madera in the central eastern portion of
California. The park covers an area of over 760,000 acres and
reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada
mountain range.
2.A federal park bill was passed by both houses of the 38th
United States Congress and signed by President Abraham Lincoln
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on June 30, 1864, creating the Yosemite Land Grant; while the
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove were initially ceded to
California as a state park, they were returned to the United
States Government by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
3.Rural residential development adjacent to the park creates
resource management challenges for the park, the adjacent
Sierra National Forest, as well as local government because of
the difficulty of providing county services such as fire
protection, water, and road services to such a remote
location.
4.There is an approximately 1,575 acre area adjacent to the
southwest boundary of Yosemite National Park, further bounded
by Sierra National Forest, owned by two landowners who have
expressed their desire to add that area to the park.
5.The inclusion of this area within the national park has been
unanimously supported by the Mariposa County Board of
Supervisors and in 2012 United States Congressman Jim Costa
introduced House Resolution 5709 to adjust the boundary of
Yosemite National Park to allow these willing landowners to
transfer this property to the park.
6.The proposed boundary line adjustment appropriates no funds,
but would allow the future acquisition of these lands using
existing programs such as the Land and Water Conservation
Fund.
This resolution declares the Legislature's support for adjusting
the boundary of the Yosemite National Park to include an
approximately 1,575 acre area adjacent to the southwest boundary
of the park, further bounded by the Sierra National Forest, and
owned by two landowners who have expressed their desire to add
that area to the park to protect the integrity of the Yosemite
National Park and the Sierra National Forest. This resolution
urges the United States Congress to act expeditiously in
adjusting the boundary of the park.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/10/13)
Environment California (source)
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Pacific Forest Trust
RM:ej 4/10/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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