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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act relating to state parks. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>State parks: Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation: Tolowa Dunes State Park.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to execute grants to real property belonging to the state in the name and upon behalf of the state, whenever the sale or exchange of real property is authorized or contemplated by law, if no other state agency is specifically authorized and directed to execute the grants. Existing law finds and declares that California’s state parks are a true reflection of the state’s collective history, natural and cultural heritage, and ideals. Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to promote and regulate the use of the state park system in a manner that conserves the scenery, natural and historic resources, and wildlife in the individual units of the system for the enjoyment of future generations. Existing law authorizes the director to transfer specified park property to specified entities, as provided.
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<html:p>This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to return to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation the land the state owns and that is called Tolowa Dunes State Park at no cost to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and to terminate all leases between the state and third parties for grazing and other rights that include the assessors parcel numbers included in the land transfer to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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(a)
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(1)
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The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation’s ancestral lands are located in the County of Del Norte, and include Yan’-daa-k’vt, the Dee-ni’s place of genesis. The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and its people were forcibly and wrongfully removed and dispossessed from those lands due to prior local, state, and federal actions.
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(2)
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In 1862, 44,000 acres, including Yan’-daa-k’vt, were reserved for the Dee-ni’ via Executive Order on May 3, 1862, only for the reservation to be discontinued by the federal government in 1868.
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(3)
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In 1906, a second
reservation was set aside for the Dee-ni’, but it did not include the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation’s place of genesis, Yan’-daa-k’vt.
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(4)
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In 1984, the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation requested that the state return Yan’-daa-k’vt to its ownership.
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(5)
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Currently, Yan’-daa-k’vt is owned by the state and serves as the Tolowa Dunes State Park.
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(6)
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The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation seeks to reclaim its ancestral lands, which include a tribal cemetery from the 1853 massacre at Yan’-daa-k’vt and continues to serve as a place of internment for current generations. The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation intends to keep parts of the state park accessible to the public while protecting its cultural and natural resources.
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(7)
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Executive Order No. N-15-19 apologizes on behalf of the citizens of the State
of California to all California Native Americans for the many instances of violence, maltreatment and neglect California inflicted on tribes. Governor Newsom’s Statement of Administration Policy on Native American Ancestral Lands mandates that the state support and work cooperatively with California tribes that are interested in acquiring natural lands in excess of state needs.
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(b)
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In recognition of the state’s past wrongdoings concerning the violence, maltreatment, and neglect California inflicted on tribes, and in furtherance of its policy to assist tribes interested in acquiring natural lands in excess of state needs, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to accomplish both of the following:
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(1)
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Return to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation the land the state owns and that is called Tolowa Dunes State Park at no cost to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.
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(2)
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Terminate all leases between the state and third parties for grazing and other rights that include the assessors parcel numbers included in the land transfer to the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.
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