John Muir's Descendent Joins Local Lawmaker to Save Parks

Robert Hanna, the great-grandson of John Muir joined local lawmaker Kevin Jeffries in a rally supporting legislation that aims to save California state parks from closing.

The rally promoted , which State Assembly members Jeffries, Jared Huffman, Wesley Chesbro, Roger Dickinson and Mike Gatto co-authored, according to an announcement from Jeffries' office.

"This proposal is an important and logical next-step in creating a steady funding source for California’s state parks that is less reliant on unpredictable state revenue,” said Jeffries, R-Lake Elsinore in the announcement. “Particularly in my own district, I’m proud that through community support, we are on the verge of With this bill, we’ll hopefully pave a path to keep other parks across California open as well.”
The bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to develop a plan to increase collection of unpaid user fees at state parks. 

It also would let the DMV offer special fee-based state park license plates to support the park system and allow taxpayers to redirect portions of their tax refunds to the California State Parks Protection Fund in exchange for an annual state park day-use access pass. 

“In every great accomplishment you’ll find togetherness, and I’m proud to stand in solidarity with California’s elected officials to fight for our parks. I’ll forever continue my family’s commitment to protect these treasures and will continue to fight the good fight,” said Hanna, the descendent of the famed naturalist, John Muir.

Since , Hanna has worked to remove state parks from the list.