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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 183
Author: Cooley (D), et al.
Amended: 6/16/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: California State Parks Discovery Day
SOURCE: Author
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 6/16/16
DIGEST: This resolution recognizes June 30, 2016, as California State
Parks Discovery Day and urges all Californians to celebrate and
visit state parks.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)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.
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2)California's state parks contain the largest and most diverse
natural and cultural heritage holdings of any state agency in
the nation.
3)Many California state parks provide venues for resource-based
recreational activities, including hiking, walking, paddling,
biking, camping, fishing, and other activities.
4)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.
This resolution recognizes June 30, 2016, as California State
Parks Discovery Day and urges all Californians to celebrate and
visit state parks.
Related/Prior Legislation
ACR 96 (Olsen, Resolution Chapter 96, Statutes of 2014)
recognized the 150th anniversary of the California State Park
System.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/21/16)
California State Parks Foundation
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/21/16)
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None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: The California State Parks Foundation
writes in support:
ACR 183 recognizes the significance of California's
state park system, and provides an opportunity to
remind California's of the natural, historic and
cultural resources our state parks protect, and the
ample recreational activities they provide.
It is important to continue to raise public awareness
of California's state park system to ensure that our
280 state parks are available for all to enjoy now and
for generations to come.
Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
6/22/16 15:15:26
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