November-December 2006 - California State Park Rangers ...

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To join CSPRA, mail this application
to: P.O. Box 2132
Newport, OR 97365
For all except “Active” member
payroll deduction, please include
check for 1 year’s dues.
Name:
Address
City State Zip
Job Classification
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Active $8/month
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Organization $50/year
Benefactor $1,000/life
I hereby authorize the State Controller to
deduct from my salary and transmit as
designated an amount for membership
dues in the California State Park Rangers
Association. This authorization will
remain in effect until cancelled by
myself or by the organization. I certify I
am a member of the above organization
and understand that termination of my
membership will cancel all deductions
made under this organization.
Signature
Date
10 CSPRAWave, Sept-Oct 2006
LOBBYIST REPORT (continued)
LEGISLATION
TION, from page e 5
session is convened. Specifically this
means that any piece of legislation or
legislative area that was worked on during
this session has now either gone to the
Governor for him to determine its fate or
has died and would need to be
reintroduced next year, if there is a desire
to continue to work on that issue.
One such issue is SB 168 by Senator
Wesley Chesbro which would have ratified
two Tribal-State Gaming Compacts
entered into on September 9, 2005,
between the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla
and Cupeno Indians, and the Big Lagoon
Rancheria, and the State of California.
This compact is important because Big
Lagoon Rancheria has agreed to not build
on their land, which is one of only two
Lagoons in the State of California. Instead
they have fought along with other
environmentalists to protect that land so
they can pass it to their children. CSPRA
is supportive of this compact so we can
continue to protect this valuable land near
Big Lagoon State Park that is at stake.
The compacts that the bill sought to ratify
required the tribes to mitigate local effects
to neighboring communities with
intergovernmental agreements. Despite
extensive testimony given in strong support
of the measure, SB 168 failed passage in
the Assembly Governmental Organization
Committee. It is our understanding that
the measure failed passage due to
opposition from other tribes. We believe
that this measure will return next year in
an effort to allow for the discussions to
continue on the protection of Big Lagoon.
We will keep you informed on this issue as
it continues to be discussed.
AB 2485 by Assembly Member Dave
Jones, was supported by CSPRA and
signed by the Governor. This bill
establishes the California Sea Otter
Fund, to be funded through a voluntary
tax check-off and other sources, to
provide funds for increased enforcement
and research to protect sea otters.
Further, the bill increases the penalties
for illegal taking of sea otters, and
requires disclosures on cat litter sold in
California.
Another measure supported by
CSPRA was AB 2497 by Assembly
Member John Laird, which would
require the Secretary of the Resources
Agency and the Department
of Finance (DOF) to jointly convene
a workgroup consisting of representatives
from specific state agencies
and natural resource organizations to
develop options for improving the
efficiency of state resource land
acquisition transactions for those
departments and conservancies
subject to the jurisdiction of the
State Public Works Board (SPWB).
Finally, SB 1125 by Senator Wes
Chesbro was supported by CSPRA;
however this bill was stalled in the
Assembly Appropriations committee
during the last month of session. If
the bill had passed it would have
eliminated existing sunset provisions
contained in current law and would
have modified the allocation and
priority of the tidelands oil revenue
allocation within the Resources Trust
Fund to various natural resource
purposes to include the following:
--$12 million for fisheries restoration
projects benefiting endangered
salmon and steelhead trout, including
removal of fish passage barriers and
implementation of the Coho salmon
recovery plan.
--$12 million to the Department of
Fish and Game to manage and
protect ocean fisheries and
marine resources pursuant to the
Marine Life Management Act of
1998 and Marine Life Protection Act,
including fishery management plans,
research and related enforcement
activities.
--$12 million to the Department of
Fish and Game for management and
protection of non-game fish and
wildlife trust resources, plus related
law enforcement activities.