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          Date of Hearing:   April 10, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                   ACR 90 (Rendon) - As Amended:  February 8, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Wilderness Act of 1964.

           SUMMARY  :   Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness  
          Act of 1964 and proclaims the significance of continuing to  
          protect national wilderness areas.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)In 1964, the United States Congress passed the Wilderness Act  
            of 1964 by an overwhelming bipartisan vote and it was signed  
            by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964.

          2)The Wilderness Act of 1964 made it the "policy of the Congress  
            to secure for the American people of present and future  
            generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness  
            in order to assure that an increasing population accompanied  
            by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not  
            occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its  
            possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and  
            protection in their natural condition."

          3)The Wilderness Act marked a fundamental cultural shift from a  
            need to conquer nature to the need to preserve it and is a  
            modern philosophical expression of the human need to find  
            spiritual solace in nature.

          4)California, inspired by the Wilderness Act of 1964, has  
            established its own exemplary state wilderness system, in  
            which state lands in a natural condition are preserved by law  
            similarly to our state's substantial federal wilderness,  
            allowing Californians to take special pride and additional  
            pleasure in enjoying the benefits of wilderness.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None


           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           








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          None on file

           Opposition 
           
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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800