In an effort to see for himself the effects of a proposed 30 percent cut to the California state parks budgets, state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, will go hiking.
Sen. Simitian, whose district covers parts of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, plans to meet with rangers, hike several parks and see where the parks may be impacted.
The 2006-07 state budget included $603 million for state parks, but the 2007-08 proposed budget provides only $422 million, according to Sen. Simitian.
“Year after year our state parks have borne the brunt of our struggle to balance the state budget,” he said. “This longstanding neglect of state parklands has gotten to the point where we have a billion dollar backlog of maintenance and repair.”
— Bay City News Service
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