About Cambria

After the overwhelming rejection of the ballot measures on May 19, the Governor has come up with one way to make up some of the multi-billion dollar state budget gap: Close state parks. The Governator made a similar suggestion a little over a year ago. No parks were closed at the time. This time, the campaign to keep the parks open began in earnest – almost before the official announcement.

State Parks (like Hearst Castle and Julia Pfeiffer in Big Sur) don’t take in enough money to sustain their operation. I’d argue that closing them doesn’t eliminate the the expense for running these places – maintenance must be provided and and police patrols have to be stepped up to prevent vandalizaton and theft – and that, too costs money.

To read more about this issue: http://www.savestateparks.org/