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State Parks Chief Resigns - Department Found Sitting on $54 Million Surplus
Ruth Coleman resigned this morning and her second in command has been fired. The Sacramento Bee first broke the story. The inciting incident? The department has been sitting on nearly $54 million in surplus money for as long as 12 … Continue reading
Whatever it Takes: City of Benicia Pays Calif. to Keep State Park Maintained
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After a wee bit of wrangling, the city of Benicia has proposed an 11-month donor agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation to keep the Benicia State Recreation Area maintained. As previously noted in this space, no state … Continue reading
Deadline? What Deadline? More State Parks Stay Open
This just in: the state Department of Parks and Recreation says it's got 65 deals going to keep parks open. Forty of those deals are signed; 25 more are still in the negotiation phase. Candlestick Point in San Francisco, recently … Continue reading
Still Slated for Closure: Candlestick Point Recreation Area
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by Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen Less than a week before Candlestick Point State Recreation Area is slated to close, no deep-pocketed savior has emerged to keep open the waterfront park, which is located in one of San Francisco's poorest neighborhoods.Unlike Candlestick … Continue reading
Portola Redwoods State Park Off The List
In case you missed this in last Thursday's Mercury News, the 2,800-acre Santa Cruz Mountains getaway southwest of Cupertino became the 31st park officially saved from the list of 70 parks. The article quotes Ruth Coleman, the head of California's … Continue reading
The Private Solution for State Parks
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Trust the Wall Street Journal to wait until California is close to finalizing park rescue bids from private companies to wade into coverage of pending state park closures here. There are – what – 50-odd deals at this point? (30 … Continue reading
Pio Pico State Historic Park to Stay Open Through 2012
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This just in from the LA Times: The adobe mansion of California's last governor under Mexican rule will remain open through the end of the year with $40,000 from the city of Whittier and private donors. You'll recall Pio Pico … Continue reading
Annadel Deal Brings State Park Closure List to 42
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The latest state park to drop off the closure list is Annadel, east of Santa Rosa. The Press Democrat reports Sonoma County supervisors have just approved a one-year deal with the state to take over the five thousand acre reserve. … Continue reading
Two More State Parks Reprieved From Closure
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In case it flew past you, two more historic state parks have been saved from "The List" of those slated to close July 1st: Los Encinos and Santa Susanna. Both are in Los Angeles County. Both were saved (at least … Continue reading
State Parks' Closure List Whittled Down Again: Grizzly Creek Redwoods Park Saved For a Year
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors has voted to take on Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, which was slated for closure, for at least one year. The Times-Standard reports the county's public works department has a plan to operate the … Continue reading
