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This is the State Assembly Budget Committee's answer to Gov. Brown's mandate to cut 60 million dollars from the State Park Budget. The Budget Committee has proposed a $38 million cut from the 279 CA State Park System as follows: $11 million from the 270 State Parks and $28 million from the 9 OHV parks. That amounts to $40,470 from each of the 270 State Parks and $3,111,111.00 from each of the 9 OHV Parks. Yes, that sounds very equitable to me also. Who elects these guys?
People, this directly affects our sport and the use of public lands as was guaranteed by law passed over 40 years ago which set up the OHV parks. Over the past ten years, use of the State Parks has declined by nearly 20% while in contrast, use of State OHV Parks has increased more than 150% in that same time period as more and more young families get into the Off Highway Recreation sport.
And that's not all. If Governor Brown gets his way, he'd take an additional $21 million out the OHV Parks. But, even without that, the Assembly Budget Committee's OHV Park reduction of $28 million will gut the program and most, if not all OHV Parks will close.
I'm not saying that California does not need to get it's spending in line and start cutting expenses (budgets) but let's be fair about it and not have the Off Road Community bear the entire blunt of the cuts. If $39 million needs to be cut from the Park System, cut it equally from all 279 State Parks.
We all can sit around lamenting the situation or we can phone and write the Assembly members sitting on the Budget Committee as well as our own Assembly persons. I hope you all will choose the former make the call or write the email. The names and addresses are included below. Please read the whole email sent by SDORC and the talking points found below. And, please act now
People, this directly affects our sport and the use of public lands as was guaranteed by law passed over 40 years ago which set up the OHV parks. Over the past ten years, use of the State Parks has declined by nearly 20% while in contrast, use of State OHV Parks has increased more than 150% in that same time period as more and more young families get into the Off Highway Recreation sport.
And that's not all. If Governor Brown gets his way, he'd take an additional $21 million out the OHV Parks. But, even without that, the Assembly Budget Committee's OHV Park reduction of $28 million will gut the program and most, if not all OHV Parks will close.
I'm not saying that California does not need to get it's spending in line and start cutting expenses (budgets) but let's be fair about it and not have the Off Road Community bear the entire blunt of the cuts. If $39 million needs to be cut from the Park System, cut it equally from all 279 State Parks.
We all can sit around lamenting the situation or we can phone and write the Assembly members sitting on the Budget Committee as well as our own Assembly persons. I hope you all will choose the former make the call or write the email. The names and addresses are included below. Please read the whole email sent by SDORC and the talking points found below. And, please act now
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