1/10/10
The Governor's 2010/2011 budget proposal was again disappointing but we're getting used to it and will be ready for a re-run of 2009 as far as advocating to legislative officials in Sacramento goes.
This year the Governor is proposing to pay for State Parks with funds from oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast! He is pitting two environmental causes against each other and considering the oil-drilling proposal has been voted down twice in the last year, it doesn't give us much hope that he is serious about funding State Parks.
Under the direction of the California State Parks Foundation we are ready to advocate for alternative funding for our parks through letter writing, in-person at Park Advocacy Day on March 8th, and at any legislative meetings we need to attend. We'll do all this in addition to gathering signatures and campaigning for the November 3rd ballot initiative to sustain our State Parks into the future.
Petition Signature Gathering
Volunteers throughout the State have started gathering the 700,000 signatures that are needed to get the California State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2010 on the November ballot. There will be at least two more training workshops in Sonoma County in the next month (Sonoma and Guerneville) so if you are willing to help us please email stewards@mcn.org to sign up.
