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Tag Archives: state parks
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
List of State Park Closures Shrinks to Around 50
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Come July 1st, more than 50 state parks are slated to close until further notice … That’s a fair drop from the Original 70, but if non-profits are scrambling to ink deals with the state to shrink the list further, … Continue reading
As Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Introduce Plan to Save Calif. Parks
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Two state lawmakers unveiled a plan today they say would save at least 50 California parks from closing this summer. Democratic Senators Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) say they want to shift as much as $40 … Continue reading
