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Governor proposed closing 48 state parks.
To help balance the budget Gov. Shwarzenegger has proposed closing 48 state parks. Yet this move will only save $9 million, less than 0.1 percent of the state's budget.
Take Action
E-mail you state legislator and get them to oppose the governor's plan.
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We're not sure why the governor wants to close our parks, but we know that its the wrong thing for California. The budget will be set in July, and untill then we will be working to make sure the parks are taken off the chopping block.
Here’s our plan to protect the parks:
1) Write and release a report about the value of the parks and the need for stable funding.
2) Organize press conferences in state parks around California to help generate widespread public support for our parks.
3) Meet with the governor to convince him to back off his plan to close 48 parks, and present him with a concrete plan to fund the parks.
4) Build a powerful coalition of elected officials who will fight for the parks as the budget is decided in the Legislature.
5) Get thousands and thousands of Californians involved online, letting people e-mail the governor and state lawmakers in opposition to the plan. (We’ve already gotten 31,000 e-mails to the governor, and it keeps climbing.)
Here's the complete list of parks:
Anderson Marsh SHP • Armstrong Redwoods SR • Austin Creek SRA • Benicia Capitol SHP • Benicia SRA • California Citrus SHP • California State Mining & Mineral Museum • Candlestick Point SRA • Clear Lake SP • Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP • Estero Bluffs SP • Fort Ord Dunes SP • Fremont Peak SHP • George Hatfield SRA • Governor's Mansion SHP • Great Valley Grasslands SP • Grizzly Creek Redwoods SP • Harmony Headlands SP • Henry W. Coe SP • La Purisima Mission SHP • Limeklin SP • Los Encinos SHP • Los Osos Oaks SR • Malakoff Diggins SHP • Manchester SB • McConnell SRA • Montana de Oro SP • Morro Strand SB • Mount San Jacinto SP • Petaluma Adobe SHP • Picacho SRA • Pio Pico SHP • Plumas-Eureka SP • Portola Redwoods SP • Providence Mountains SRA • Railtown 1897 SHP • Salton Sea SRA • San Simeon SP • Santa Susana Pass SHP • State Indian Museum • Sutter's Fort SHP • Tomales Bay SP • Topanga SP • Wassama Round House SHP • Will Rogers SHP • William B. Ide Adobe SP • William Randolph Hearst Memorial SB • Woodson Bridge SRA
