BILL NUMBER: SCR 79INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk) (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Dodd, Levine, and Wood) JULY 6, 2015 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.