III 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 211 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 19, 2010 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of 
the East Bay Regional Park District in California, and 
for other purposes. 
Whereas, November 6, 2009, will mark the 75th anniversary 
of the historic passage of a ballot measure to create the 
East Bay Regional Park District (referred to in this pre-
amble as the ‘‘District’’) in California’s San Francisco 
Bay Area by a convincing ‘‘yes’’ vote of a 21⁄2 to 1 mar-
gin in 1934 during the height of the Depression; 
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Whereas with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the 
Works Progress Administration, and private contractors, 
the District began putting people to work to establish the 
District’s first 3 regional parks—Tilden, Temescal, and 
Sibley; 
Whereas over the intervening 75 years, the District has 
grown to be the largest regional park agency in the 
United States with nearly 100,000 acres of parklands 
spread across 65 regional parks and over 1,100 miles of 
trails in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; 
Whereas approximately 14,000,000 visitors a year from 
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond take 
advantage of the vast and diverse District parklands and 
trails; 
Whereas the vision of the District is to preserve the priceless 
heritage of the region’s natural and cultural resources, 
open space, parks, and trails for the future, and to set 
aside park areas for enjoyment and healthful recreation 
for current and future generations; 
Whereas the mission of the District is to acquire, develop, 
manage, and maintain a high quality, diverse system of 
interconnected parklands that balances public usage and 
education programs with the protection and preservation 
of the East Bay’s most spectacular natural and cultural 
resources; 
Whereas an environmental ethic guides the District in all 
that it does; 
Whereas in 1988, East Bay voters approved the passage of 
Measure AA, a $225,000,000 bond to provide 20 years 
of funding for regional and local park acquisition and de-
velopment projects; 
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Whereas in 2008, under the strategic leadership of its Board 
of Directors and General Manager Pat O’Brien, East 
Bay voters approved passage of the historic Measure 
WW, a $500,000,000 renewal of the original Measure AA 
bond—the largest regional or local park bond ever passed 
in the United States; and 
Whereas throughout 2009, the District’s 75th Anniversary 
will be recognized through special events and programs: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the 75th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the East Bay Regional Park District; 
and 
(2) honors the board members, general man-
agers, and East Bay Regional Park District staff 
who have dutifully fulfilled the mission of protecting 
open space and providing outdoor recreation oppor-
tunities for generations of families in the East Bay. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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