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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Richardson</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 425.4 to the Government Code, relating to state government. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>State pinniped.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s emblems, including, among other things, the California Grizzly Bear as the state animal, the California gray whale as the state marine mammal, and the Pacific leatherback sea turtle as the state marine reptile.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would establish the California sea lion as the official state pinniped. The bill would also make related findings and declarations.</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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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</html:p>
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(a)
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Pinnipeds are fin- or flipper-footed marine mammals that have front and rear flippers; the California sea lion is a member of the “eared seal” family.
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(b)
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California sea lions are found along the shore from California to Mexico, including Baja and Tres Marias Islands, in the Galapagos Islands, and in the southern Sea of Japan. They generally live along coastlines but have been found in rivers along the northern Pacific coast. California sea lions often congregate on man-made structures such as jetties, piers, offshore buoys, and oil platforms.
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(c)
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California sea lions have been known to assemble at the mouths of freshwater rivers where there is a steady supply of fish. They also feed on cephalopods, anchovies, herring, Pacific whiting, rockfish, hake, salmon, squid, and octopuses.
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(d)
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The California sea lion, once in severe decline, has rebounded and is abundant today because of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-522).
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(e)
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It is the intent of the Legislature that this recognition helps provide additional protections as California sea lions face a rapidly changing environment.
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Section 425.4 is added to the
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<html:p>The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is the official state pinniped.</html:p>
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