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Save California State Parks!
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes to cut funding to 80% of California's state parks. We live in southern California and regularly visiting state parks. We are moving toward them for surfing, camping and hiking. We hope that many visiting vacation travel these parks around the state and hate to lose any of them.
California is in a budget crisis, many of whom lack of income is tax Reduction of sales. People buy less, as they try to save more and therefore the state is losing sales tax money. Most people who use to spend their money in malls are more likely to spend more time in California state parks. In a study published in 2008, the University of California at Berkeley found that for every $ 1 in public funds invested in state parks, $ 2.35 is returned to state tourism taxes and other revenues they generate.
It seems, therefore, that California can only get income from keeping state parks open and funded. Most Californians who go on vacation at home this year and residents of another state U.S. has also reduced its holiday trip, we suspect that state parks will become even more popular this year than ever before. Even without funding, visitors enter the park anyway and enjoy the beaches or redwoods or hiking. Park is on the road and walk outside in. However, without funding for these parks may need to reduce the number of guards on duty, and the Rangers have a greater area to patrol. This could lead to environmental damage such as fire, vandalism and erosion due to the difficulty of the Rangers will have to cover a park.
Of course, we hope we can all prevent harm or damage property environment at the end. However, the rangers are there to guide all park visitors and are willing to take appropriate measures to prevent or reduce problems when they occur.
There must be a better way to California to save money and solve their budget problems. The elimination of funding for State Parks does not seem a good solution and can lead to increased costs in the future. You can send a message to the governor and other State legislaters through Action Network Surfrider http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/caparks05_09 and tell them not to cut funds for our state parks.
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