Send a Message to the Capitol

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We’re only a few days away from Park Advocacy Day, and we are very excited. On March 20, 200 park advocates will walk the halls of the state Capitol and lobby for state parks as part of CSPF’s 10th Annual Park Advocacy Day.

Even if you can’t join us in Sacramento in person, we still want to bring your voice with us, and we’ve come up with a cool way to do it. If you share a story or photo with us on our website about why you’re defending state parks, we will deliver it to the Capitol for you on Park Advocacy Day.

Share your photo and story.

With budget cuts and park closures looming, it is imperative that lawmakers realize what’s at stake. As part of our Defend What’s Yours campaign, we want to you to tell your elected officials why you’re defending state parks. We want to bring your voice with us on March 20, and we can do that if you take moment to share a photo and/or story about why you want to help defend our state parks.

Now, more than ever, we all need to help defend and Save Our State Parks. Please take action today. Your fellow park advocates will help deliver your message as part of Park Advocacy Day, so your legislators will hear from you.

Act quickly, the upload options will close on Tuesday, March 13.

Citizens, unite for park legislation!

“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.”
- Alexis de Tocqueville

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead

Let’s take a page or two out of the books of Alexis and Margaret and make sure we are getting involved in the legislative process that is happening before our eyes, Californian citizens.

Gov. Brown is starting to review the nearly 600 bills (!) on his desk. Now is the time to let him know you want to see his signature on Assembly Bill 42. Sign this CSPF-sponsored petition to ask for his support. Here’s an excerpt from the petition:

Dear Governor Jerry Brown,
As a strong supporter of California’s state parks, I’m writing to urge you to sign Assembly Bill 42 by Assemblymember Huffman. AB 42 is an important tool that allows the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to enter into operating agreements with nonprofits to operate state parks. […]

In addition to the online petition, if you are in the Sacramento area, please come sign a petition in real life at CSPF’s (Park)ing Day site! We will have a parking space park on the corner of 16th and J in Sacramento from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. this Friday. Take a couple minutes to sign our oversized park closure petition postcards and enjoy our little PARK(ing) space.

Hope to see you there, citizens.