This needs to happen BY TONIGHT. This comes directly from my good friend Melanie
who is committed to preserving State Parks. This is a BIG DEAL and we
need to take action now! Please follow the link, sign the letter and
send it. It takes less than 2 minutes. Uncheck the little boxes and you
won't get any enviro-spam.
Even if you don't care... do it for me.
You can skip the details and just click here:
TAKE ACTION
And/or read below.
Do any
of these natural lands mean anything to you?
Chino Hills
State Park
Anza-Borrego
State Park
Julia Pfeiffer
Burns State
Park
Malibu Creek
State Park
Prairie
Creek Redwoods
State Park
Salton Sea State
Recreation Area
Torrey
Pines State
Beach
Will Rogers
State Historic Park
If so, you should know the Governor has proposed CLOSING all of
these State Parks beginning July 1st. In fact, he's proposed closing 80%
of all California State Parks. If the Governor is successful, park users will be
trespassing on state property if they continue to use the park while closed.
I am officer on the board of the Chino Hills State Park Interpretive Association, the
official supporting organization of Chino
Hills State
Park, and we are very alarmed by this news. The Association strongly opposes
the Park closures and encourages you to TAKE ACTION immediately. Learn more about this imminent threat
below.
BACKGROUND
Unfortunately,
what he apparently doesn't understand is that by "saving" $143
million with the closures he is passing up $350 million in revenue, according
to the California State Parks Foundation. State Parks core funding is through the State's General
Fund. However, for every dollar that leaves the General Fund for
the Park's Department $2.35 comes back to the General Fund in park
revenues and associated sales.
Sadly,
it won't just be our Parks that will be impacted. Hundreds of
businesses (from gas stations to recreation retailers, grocery stores
to cities) will lose revenue from park-users that buy goods before
entering Parks.
HOW TO TAKE ACTION
If you are
upset about this proposal please take action
immediately.
Please also consider forwarding this email to your family, friends, and other
park supporters so that they may take action too. Learn more on our website or get up to the minute news at www.calparks.org/stopclosures. The Joint Conference Committee of the Senate and Assembly will
hear this item on Tuesday, June 2nd. We'll know more after that hearing.