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Morrigoon 05-31-2009 02:00 PM
So out of this article on the closures, I found this rather interesting tidbit:

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Laird wrote a proposal to increase vehicle registration fees by $10 a year, which would have raised $260 million for state parks. All California residents would have been given free entry. Montana has a similar plan already in place. The idea passed the Assembly, but died when then-Senate President Don Perata killed it in an attempt to find compromise with Republican leaders on wider budget issues.
What do you think of that idea? Given that park entry costs more than $10, I'd totally be up for this. Provided those funds were guaranteed to go to the parks.

JWBear 05-31-2009 02:30 PM
Sounds like a good idea to me as well.

Betty 05-31-2009 04:10 PM
I'd vote for that - but only as long as the money HAD to go to state parks and they would be guaranteed to remain open.

Snowflake 07-02-2009 09:18 AM
Grants, Land at Risk if CA State Parks Close

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California could lose millions of dollars in federal grants and the National Park Service could seize land in six parks, including Angel Island, if the state goes through with a proposal to close 219 state parks, officials said Wednesday.
Fully story: Link

innerSpaceman 07-02-2009 10:26 AM
Would it be a bad thing if State Parks were converted to National Parks?


It's what happened to Yosemite. Just sayin'

Alex 07-02-2009 10:55 AM
The question is, would they be so converted automatically? Some of these things weren't parks when the Feds handed them over (and a lot aren't really useful all on their own such as one parking lot on Mount Diablo.

I doubt the National Park Services wants management responsibility for many of them.

Morrigoon 07-02-2009 10:58 AM
Our state park facilities (especially as applies to campgrounds) are quite nice compared to the national ones. I would not like to see that change.

Morrigoon 07-02-2009 11:01 AM
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Democrats in the Legislature have proposed keeping state parks open by raising the vehicle license fee by $15, but Republicans have been opposed to that plan.
It doesn't say whether that's the "access pass" plan or not, but if it is, the R's can fvck off. It's a good idea.


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