California must create climate-resilient state parks

California must create climate-resilient state parks

As Prop 4 moves forward, a key priority for our state leaders must be to ensure these funds are additive to the state budget; they should not be used to backfill and replace General Fund appropriations. To put this more simply, California voters approved Prop 4 with the expectation that these funds would add resources to the state’s climate efforts — not replace existing commitments.