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California State Parks Under Stress
Governor Brown has proposed closing 70 of California's 279 state parks to save $22 million. About 30 will be saved, 3 of which will turn operations over to private contractors.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenGovernor Brown has proposed closing 70 of California's 279 state parks to save $22 million. About 30 will now be saved. Three of those will turn campgrounds, restaurants and maintenance operations over to private contractors. Twenty-five more are in negotiations. How can the contractors make a profit? Will the services be a shadow of what the state used to provide? Also, Pomona may shut down all its city libraries, and Tesla is producing electric cars in California -- "from the top down." On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Southern Baptist Convention makes history.
Banner image: Turlock Lake State Recreation Area, one of the parks to be run under a public-private partnership
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Governor Brown likes to sing the praises of California's state parks as "wonderful places… to explore the magnificence of the Golden State." But after years of dwindling support from the general fund, he's proposed to save $22 million by shutting down 70 of the 279 parks in the system.
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