Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 79

Introduced by Senator McGuire

(Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Dodd, Levine, and Wood)

July 6, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 79—Relative to Trione Annadel State Park.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 79, as introduced, McGuire. Trione Annadel State Park.

This measure would request that the Department of Parks and Recreation rename Annadel State Park in the County of Sonoma as Trione Annadel State Park.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, The Sonoma County Regional Parks Department
serves the social, cultural, and outdoor recreational needs of the
people of Sonoma County through the operation and maintenance
of 49 Regional Parks and Annadel State Park; and

WHEREAS, In 1972, Henry Trione was instrumental in the
creation of Annadel State Park by personally spending more than
$1 million to preserve the 5,000-acre property from development;
and

WHEREAS, When the Department of Parks and Recreation
placed Annadel State Park on the park closure list in 2012, Henry
Trione made a substantial donation to help keep the park open
under the operation of the Sonoma County Regional Parks
Department; and

WHEREAS, Henry Trione’s support made it possible to keep
Annadel State Park open and accessible to the public on an ongoing
basis; and

WHEREAS, Henry Trione also offered a substantial contribution
that created Trione Fields at Tom Schopflin Park, which provides
an outstanding location for children in the community to play
soccer and softball; and

WHEREAS, The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
recognized Henry Trione for his exceptional contributions to
Annadel State Park and other local parks and bestowed upon him
the title of “Honorary Regional Parks Ranger;” and

WHEREAS, In 2012, the State Park and Recreation Commission
voted to rename Eastshore State Park, an 8.5-mile stretch of the
East Bay shoreline, as McLaughlin Eastshore State Park in honor
of Berkeley environmentalist Sylvia McLaughlin; and

WHEREAS, The County of Sonoma and the City of Santa Rosa
are supportive of renaming Annadel State Park to recognize Henry
Trione and his achievements while retaining Annadel in the park’s
name; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature requests that the
Department of Parks and Recreation rename Annadel State Park
as Trione Annadel State Park; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.