California Education Code

§ 20051

EDC § 20051 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 11 · Ch. 13 · Art. 1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a)Every civilization defines itself in part by its past, and an understanding of its past helps determine its basic values and future aspirations. Understanding of the past is strengthened and deepened through contact with the buildings, physical places, and artifacts of earlier times. Through learning this past, our young and future generations come to better understand the society in which they live and to better understand themselves.

(b)As America’s physical culture and built environment become remarkably similar throughout the country, it is left to the natural environment and the structures of the past to give a unique sense of place to our communities. Preserving these structures is becoming increasingly compelling as the homogeneity of our physical culture increases.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1126, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.