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06/11/09

SAVE OUR STATE PARKS & BEACHES!!
If approved by the Legislature, Governor Schwarzenegger's budget plan will close 220 of 279 State Park and Beaches, including each and every Park and Beach in Santa Cruz County!

1) For every dollar that funds the parks, $2.35 is returned to the state's General Fund through purchases in the local communities surrounding the parks and in the parks themselves. That means eliminating all funding for State Parks ($70 million this year) could actually result in the state losing over $350 million dollars in revenue.
2) On average, with every visit to a state park $56.63 is spent locally. Closing state parks will remove $4.32 billion in park‐related visitor expenditures per year from local economies.
3) Without sufficient State Park staff to patrol, provide public safety and rescues, perform maintenance, provide essential facilities such as restrooms, provide educational programming and protect the plants, animals and cultural and historic resources, our parks would deteriorate and become attractive nuisances for criminal activity.

Fax the attached form to: FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS
(831) 429-6748