{"id":2014,"date":"2008-07-08T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2008-07-08T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T19:59:22","slug":"cool-map-of-east-bay-parks-and-improvement-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/08\/cool-map-of-east-bay-parks-and-improvement-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool map of East Bay parks and improvement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/files\/EBRPD_files\/measureAAmap\/index.html\">This map shows where millions of dollars would be spent if a parks measure passes.<\/a> Among the  highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 million for Sunol Wilderness.<\/li>\n<li>$8.1 million for Coyote Hills Regional Park<\/li>\n<li>$8.3 million for Las Trampas Wilderness<\/li>\n<li>$4.5 million for Black Diamond Mines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also: a bunch of regional trail work including an intriguing Calaveras Ridge Trail from Sunol to Las Trampas. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/node\/672\">More on the parks measure: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On July 1 the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors took the first official step to place a proposition on the November 4 ballot to extend a bond measure passed in 1988 without raising the present property tax rates above the present rate of $10 per year, per $100,000. A final vote will occur at the board meeting on July 15.<\/p>\n<p>If approved by the voters, this $500 million extension will be used to continue to restore urban creeks; to protect wildlife; purchase and save open space, wetlands, and bay shoreline; and to acquire, develop and improve local and regional parks, trails, and recreational facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Of the $500 million, $375 million of the revenue (75%) will fund regional park acquisitions and capital projects, with $26.2 million (7%) of that amount held in reserve for unanticipated future needs and opportunities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder: with $500 mil. on hand, perhaps they&#8217;ll be able to afford getting rid of the cows. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Ann L. for the link. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This map shows where millions of dollars would be spent if a parks measure passes. Among the highlights: $5 million for Sunol Wilderness. $8.1 million for Coyote Hills Regional Park $8.3 million for Las Trampas Wilderness $4.5 million for Black&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/08\/cool-map-of-east-bay-parks-and-improvement-plans\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}