Please Call or Email to Keep California State Parks Open:

[amborin]

Subject line: SAVE STATE PARKS

Dear Friend of the Parks:

The Legislative Budget Conference Committee this week approved a plan to keep the state parks open. Drivers would pay an additional $15 on their vehicle registration. In return, they would receive free admission to California’s state parks.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed closing 80 percent of state parks to help fill the state's $24 billion budget gap. We need to take action now to keep the parks open. The fee proposal could come up for a vote as soon as Monday on the Senate floor. It needs a two-thirds vote to pass. Without your help, we won't have the votes. Please contact the lawmakers listed below and urge them to pass this reasonable proposal for saving our parks. I would also urge you to contact anyone you know who lives in the cities listed below and ask them to call or email their legislators as well.

Thank you for your dedication and help,

Senator Fran Pavley, D-23

Senator Tom Harman
Represents: Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Westminster
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Tony Strickland
Represents: Camarillo, Goleta, Lompoc, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Ojai, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, Stevenson Ranch, Thousand Oaks, Ventura
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Dave Cogdill
Represents: Clovis, Fresno, Lodi, Modera, Modesto, Sonora
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Roy Ashburn
Represents: Bakersfield, Barstow, Porterville, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, Taft, Tehachapi, Tulare, Twentynine Palms, Visalia
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Abel Maldonado
Represents: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Scotts Valley, Carmel Valley, Carmel, Morgan Hill, Morro Bay, Santa Maria, Watsonville, Paso Robles
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Lou Correa
Represents: Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton, Westminster
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

Senator Bob Huff
Represents: Anaheim, Arcadia, Bradbury, Brea, Chino, Chino Hills, City of Industry, Claremont, Diamond Bar, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, LaHabra, LaHabra Heights, LaVerne, Monrovia, Placentia, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, Sierra Madre, Walnut, Yorba Linda
Email address: [email protected]
Capitol phone: [phone]

[billyoc]

1. They'll be lucky if they can keep the State PRISONS open.

[cagesoulman]

2. A lot of the prisons are fucking private

They'll stay open.

[Towlie]

3. Make the car owners pay for your parks while others enjoy them for free?

I don't get the connection. Why would you only have to pay for state parks if you own a car?

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Disgraceful. Another example of how bad GOPers are at governing. n/t