As part of our role in advancing state parks issues for the last decade, California State Parks Foundation has provided leadership in lobbying the California legislature on relevant bills and budget actions as well as proactively sponsoring legislation. We have sponsored legislation to achieve park protection as well as facilitate fiscal sustainability for the state park system.
In addition to sponsoring legislation, we also maintain regular communication with key policy committee members and provides testimony to legislative hearings and coordinates with other like-minded organizations on policy priorities.
Assembly Bill 3256 proposes a $6.98 billion climate resiliency bond that would go before voters for the November 2020 election. The California Department of Parks and Recreation would receive $50 million that reduce risks of fire in the state park system and $50 million to plan for and implement projects to reduce the risks of sea level rise in state parks.
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Assembly Natural Resources CommitteeOur Position
Support
This bill would prohibit certain joint powers agencies from constructing, funding, or operating a major thoroughfare within a specified area of Southern California, and would restrict the authority of the Department of Transportation to approve, permit, take possession of, or otherwise authorize the construction of a major thoroughfare in that same area, as specified.
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Assembly AppropriationsOur Position
Support
This bill would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020.