Cal. PRC § 5093.31
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5093.31, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas on state-owned lands within California, leaving no areas designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of California to secure for present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness.
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