Alert reader Gus sent this link to a Sacramento Bee story of proposed state parks to be closed<\/a>. These are the ones in the Bay Area. Places I’ve been to are bold-faced. Here’s the list of the sites that will remain open.<\/a> Mainly places where revenue covers the costs, and, more disturbingly, almost exclusively devoted to motorized recreation. As long as you’re willing to pony up for the privilege of trashing a state park, you’re in the clear. <\/p>\n
| Diablo Vista District <\/strong><\/p>\n Annadel SP<\/p>\n Bale Grist Mill SHP<\/p>\n Benicia Capitol SHP<\/p>\n Benicia SRA<\/p>\n Bothe-Napa Valley SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Candlestick Point SRA<\/p>\n East Shore SP State Shoreline<\/p>\n Jack London SHP<\/strong><\/p>\n John Marsh Home SHP<\/p>\n Mount Diablo SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Petaluma Adobe SHP<\/p>\n Robert Louis Stevenson SP<\/p>\n Sonoma SHP<\/p>\n Sugarloaf Ridge SP <\/td>\n China Camp SP<\/p>\n Mount Tamalpais SP Samuel P. Taylor SP<\/p>\n Tomales Bay SP<\/p>\n Monterey District Carmel River SB<\/p>\n Fort Ord Dunes SP<\/p>\n Fremont Peak SP<\/p>\n Garrapata SP<\/p>\n Hatton Canyon<\/p>\n Henry W. Coe SP<\/strong><\/p>\n John Little SNR <\/p>\n Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP<\/p>\n Marina SB<\/p>\n Monterey SB<\/p>\n Monterey SHP<\/p>\n Moss Landing SB<\/p>\n Pfeiffer Big Sur SP<\/p>\n Point Lobos Ranch<\/p>\n Point Lobos SNR<\/strong><\/p>\n Point Sur SHP<\/p>\n Salinas River SB<\/p>\n San Juan Bautista SHP<\/p>\n Zmudowski SB<\/td>\n A\u00f1o Nuevo SNR<\/p>\n A\u00f1o Nuevo SP<\/p>\n Bean Hollow SB<\/p>\n Big Basin Redwoods SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Burleigh H. Murray Ranch<\/p>\n Butano SP<\/p>\n Castle Rock SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Castro Adobe (Rancho San Andres)<\/p>\n Gray Whale Cove SB<\/p>\n Half Moon Bay SB<\/p>\n Henry Cowell Redwoods SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Lighthouse Field SB<\/p>\n Manresa SB<\/p>\n Montara SB<\/p>\n Natural Bridges SB<\/strong><\/p>\n New Brighton SB<\/p>\n Pescadero SB<\/p>\n Point Montara Light Station<\/strong><\/p>\n Pomponio SB<\/p>\n Portola Redwoods SP<\/strong><\/p>\n San Gregorio SB<\/p>\n Santa Cruz Mission SHP<\/p>\n Seacliff SB<\/p>\n Sunset SB<\/p>\n The Forest of Nisene Marks SP<\/strong><\/p>\n Thornton SB<\/p>\n Twin Lakes SB<\/p>\n Wilder Ranch SP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n More on the parks closures in the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> and Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\n For now they’re saying the parks will stay open through Labor Day to maximize revenue. <\/p>\n Keep in mind there’s so little to be saved by closing parks — because so little is being spent to begin with — that this is mainly an exercise in political theater to make a point. <\/p>\n |