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Schwarzenegger changes course: Far fewer than 100 parks to close
- Mercury News (new window)
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2009-09-23 |
| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will close far fewer than 100 state parks as his administration had previously planned, and he has dropped plans to release a list of targeted parks this month. | |
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Leaked memo: California could face major lawsuits if Schwarzenegger closes state parks
- Mercury News (new window)
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2009-09-18 |
| California taxpayers could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages if the Schwarzenegger administration moves ahead with plans to close as many as 100 state parks, according to an internal memo drafted by the state parks department's attorneys. | |
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VIDEO: State parks may close from budget cuts
- ABC 7 (new window)
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2009-09-09 |
| 100 state parks are scheduled to close around California. Environment California held events around the state to protect the parks. | |
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At least 5 L.A.-area state parks could be shut down
- Los Angeles Times (new window)
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2009-08-13 |
| At least five state parks in the Los Angeles area, including Pio Pico State Historic Park in Whittier and Los Encinos State Historic Park in Encino, are under consideration for closure as part of an effort to offset budget reductions, officials say. | |
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State Parks Pay For Themselves - So Why Close Them?
- Calitics (new window)
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2009-06-09 |
| Another day, another example of the economic senselessness that is Arnold's budget. In this case it's a major study from Sac State showing that state parks pay for themselves: | |
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Memories are wrapped up in Topanga State Park
- Los Angeles Times (new window)
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2008-02-04 |
| I'm not talking about the presidential race but about the governor's plan to close 48 California state parks and beaches in a misguided effort to help balance next year's bloated budget. | |
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Closing parks and monuments would erode California heritage
- The Mercury News (new window)
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2008-01-21 |
| History will no doubt judge us by how we grapple with this year's budget crisis, but must we destroy history in the process? I am extremely concerned with the proposal to close 48 of our world-famous state parks, beaches and historical landmarks. | |
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State parks we'll miss if the budget cuts go through
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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2008-01-17 |
| The public needs more parks in the Bay Area, not fewer. Yet Portola, which provides hiking and camping amid redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of La Honda, is on the closure list. | |
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Park pain: Nature lovers fear losing treasured spots to budget cuts
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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2008-01-12 |
| The trees glistened with dew and a bobcat foraged around on Heart's Desire Beach as Rick Pond walked silently and reverently Friday through the quiet wilderness of Tomales Bay State Park. | |
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Closing state parks won't be easy, carries risks
- The Mercury News (new window)
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2008-01-12 |
| Friday, as the news was sinking in, environmental groups vowed to mobilize tourism officials, school groups, historical preservation advocates and parks lovers to fight the plan in the state Legislature over the coming months. | |
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No place to build roads
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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2006-09-25 |
| TWO-THIRDS of our national forests are crisscrossed by roads that allow logging, mining and off-road driving. It's not unreasonable that these lands, classified a notch below national parks, are available for a variety of active uses. | |
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Judge overturns Bush policy on new forest roads
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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2006-09-21 |
| In a rebuke of one of the Bush administration's first environmental policies, a federal judge has overturned a rule that would have allowed roads to be built through nearly 60 million acres of national forest land, including 4.4 million acres in California. | |
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Schwarzenegger Asks Bush To Protect Forests
- ABC 7 News (new window)
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2006-07-11 |
| You could call it the war of the woods. The state's super-movie-hero turned environmentalist governor versus Washington regulators of the Federal lands empire. At issue: vast tracts of untouched forest land and open space. | |
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Ventura County Supervisors Assail President Bush's Energy Plans
- Los Angeles Times
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2005-09-21 |
| Ventura County supervisors Tuesday waded into the controversy over oil and gas drilling in the county's backcountry and off its coast by opposing the Bush administration's energy-development plans. | |
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