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BAY AREA, CA - Beginning Nov. 1, all 279 state parks will adopt some sort of cost-saving measure. California State Parks Web site
Some parks will begin reducing days of operation by two or three weekdays, closing a portion of a campground or outlying day-use areas, closing and consolidating some park offices and/or reducing hours of operation, reducing off-season lifeguard levels at some beaches, removing some trash cans and fire rings from the beach and closing about half of the restrooms at some beaches, and closing many park visitor centers two or more days a week.
In September, Gov. Schwarzenegger announced that roughly 100 state parks, which were slated to close because of last-minute line-item vetoes he made in July and other cuts in the state budget, would remain open.
However, he said service reductions would be essential in saving $14.2 million necessary to help close the budget deficit.
An example of the cutbacks: Mt. Tamalpais State Park's upper mountain will only be open to vehicles on weekends and some holidays through June 30, 2010. The Bootjack parking lot will only be open weekends and some holidays in that time. Restrooms in these areas will also be closed. The Alice Eastwood Group Camp will be closed through March 25, 2010, and the Frank Valley Horse Camp will be closed through June 30, 2010.
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