Disappointing!!! Nearly all Bay Area state parks would close
Makes us look at that $8 parking fee @ Stafford Lake (for BAM 9) a little differently. A lot of their revenue is from parking fees, so imagine 300 subies @ $8 a car, that's $2,400 from just us alone that goes straight to the park!
It def makes me feel better about that parking fee. Look at it as your way of saving a park.
(Not to mention all the fees we had to pay to rent the place, but parking will still be more expensive then renting the place! 
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It def makes me feel better about that parking fee. Look at it as your way of saving a park.
(Not to mention all the fees we had to pay to rent the place, but parking will still be more expensive then renting the place! )
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Well, through a friend of a friend, I had lunch with someone in the governors lobby - He told me that they will probably NOT close all of the parks for real - though some may close...and he told me if they do, they said closed is closed, however he told me that voluntary meters would most likely be installed at the entrances and in parking lots to pay for sanitation and garbage. He said this is because nobody will pay attention to a closed sign, and the land cannot be allowed to become a public health risk.
He said the other reason is to free up money in other areas, in particular "boating" money is a big target as well as other earmarked monies. The fees etc., gained from boating can only be spent on the waterways. Arnold wants this money for other things, so that if he can get the legislature to release boating money for the parks, he can then take whatever money he wants out of boating and put it into the general fund.
As I understand it, over 75% of fees and taxes are earmarked for very particular products/projects and to break the "earmark" requires the legislature to do it. The Gov cannot. So by attacking popular things like parks, he is trying to get the legislature to shake loose some of the earmarked items and move that money into the general fund.
Note: He did say that there would probably be a lot of park rangers that would lose their jobs in either case.
He said the other reason is to free up money in other areas, in particular "boating" money is a big target as well as other earmarked monies. The fees etc., gained from boating can only be spent on the waterways. Arnold wants this money for other things, so that if he can get the legislature to release boating money for the parks, he can then take whatever money he wants out of boating and put it into the general fund.
As I understand it, over 75% of fees and taxes are earmarked for very particular products/projects and to break the "earmark" requires the legislature to do it. The Gov cannot. So by attacking popular things like parks, he is trying to get the legislature to shake loose some of the earmarked items and move that money into the general fund.
Note: He did say that there would probably be a lot of park rangers that would lose their jobs in either case.
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This sucks. The wedding photographer I work for is married to a State Parks employee - and they live in the park. I wonder what happens to them?
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My best friend's parents do the same thing they live by Annadel state park by spring lake by all the huge houses since his father is one of the main rangers.
Tell Gov. Schwarzenegger: Don't shut down 220 state parks!
Hard times call for extreme measures, but it just doesn't make sense to cut state parks funding to zero. Our state parks bring in critical revenue, and are even more important refuge for Californians in this economy.
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Hard times call for extreme measures, but it just doesn't make sense to cut state parks funding to zero. Our state parks bring in critical revenue, and are even more important refuge for Californians in this economy.
Use the form to email Gov. Schwarzenegger, telling him to protect our state parks.
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