CA State Parks: list of 70 possible shutdowns
On Friday, California State Parks officials outlined a plan that targets 70 of the 278 State Parks in California for shutdowns resulting from budget problems. Although the LA Times article states that the closure plan is “far from final,” I have seen enough stupidity in California government to worry seriously.
According to Anthony York in the L.A. Times PolitiCal blog:
“State lawmakers passed $33 million in parks cuts earlier this year, but [Gov. Jerry] Brown has not signed them into law. Whether the closures will be included in a final state budget this year is unclear, because the spending plan is still being negotiated. Administration officials said they do not intend to alter the parks budget further.”
California Governor Jerry Brown is scheduled to announce new state revenue projections and his revised budget on Monday.
State Parks Director Ruth Coleman said that if the closures do happen, they would not go into effect until September.
The list of state parks that was released on Friday for possible shutdown follows:
- Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
- Annadel State Park
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area
- Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
- Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
- Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
- Benicia State Recreation Area
- Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
- Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
- Brannan Island State Recreation Area
- California Mining & Mineral Museum
- Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
- Castle Crags State Park
- Castle Rock State Park
- China Camp State Park
- Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
- Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
- Fort Tejon State Historic Park
- Garrapata State Park
- George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
- Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park
- Gray Whale Cove State Beach
- Greenwood State Beach
- Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
- Hendy Woods State Park
- Henry W. Coe State Park
- Jack London State Historic Park
- Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
- Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
- Limekiln State Park
- Los Encinos State Historic Park
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
- Manchester State Park
- McConnell State Recreation Area
- McGrath State Beach
- Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
- Morro Strand State Beach
- Moss Landing State Beach
- Olompali State Historic Park
- Palomar Mountain State Park
- Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
- Picacho State Recreation Area
- Pio Pico State Historic Park
- Plumas-Eureka State Park
- Point Cabrillo Light Station
- Portola Redwoods State Park
- Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
- Russian Gulch State Park
- Saddleback Butte State Park
- Salton Sea State Recreation Area
- Samuel P. Taylor State Park
- San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
- Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
- Shasta State Historic Park
- South Yuba River State Park
- Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
- Tomales Bay State Park
- Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
- Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
- Twin Lakes State Beach
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
- Westport-Union Landing State Beach
- William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
- Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area
- Zmudowski State Beach
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