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Monday, April 21, 2008

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1. PORN TAX............................................................VO/SOT

2. PARK CLOSURE PROTEST................................VO/SOT

3. COLLEGE FEE RALLY.........................................VO/SOT

4. PERATA LETTER TO SENATORS AND STAFF..............VO/SOT

5. DELTA SMELT LEGISLATION.......................................REQUEST

2. PARK CLOSURE PROTEST VO/SOT

LIVE: OPPONENTS OF GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S BUDGET PROPOSAL TO CLOSE 48 STATE PARKS STAGED A PROTEST MARCH THIS MORNING IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FROM SUTTER'S FORT STATE PARK TO THE CAPITOL. MANY OF THE MARCHERS DRESSED IN COSTUMES FROM CALIFORNIA'S GOLD RUSH PERIOD, THE FOCUS OF THE PARK'S EXHIBITS.

SUPER: TODAY/SUTTER'S FORT STATE HISTORIC PARK/SACRAMENTO

SUPER: STATE CAPITOL

VO: (:30) SEVENTEEN OF THE 48 STATE PARKS LISTED FOR CLOSURE IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, INCLUDING SUTTER'S FORT, ARE WHAT ARE CALLED STATE HISTORIC PARKS OR MUSEUMS. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY DIRECTOR TRACI VERARDO-TORRES SAYS CLOSING HISTORIC PARKS AND MUSEUMS WILL MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THEIR HISTORIC ELEMENTS WILL BE LOST OR VANDALIZED, WHILE SAVING ONLY 13 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF 141 BILLION DOLLARS OF ANNUAL STATE SPENDING. BUT VERARDO-TORRES DECLINED TO OFFER ANY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIFIC TAX INCREASES OR SPENDING CUTS LAWMAKERS SHOULD PASS TO KEEP STATE PARKS OPERATING.

SUPER: TRACI VERARDO-TORRES/STATE PARKS FOUNDATION

SOT: (:14)

SAYS: WE URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. I MEAN, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE SAID EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE; WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO SORT OF KEEP ALL CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE, THAT MEANS LOOKING FOR NEW REVENUES, THAT INCLUDE BROAD-BASED REVENUES IN THIS STATE , THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR SHOULD LOOK AT."

VO TAG: STATE PARK SUPPORTERS SAY THEY PLANNED TO VISIT STATE LAWMAKERS FOLLOWING THEIR MARCH AND A RALLY ON THE CAPITOL STEPS.

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SUPER: TRACI VERARDO-TORRES/STATE PARKS FOUNDATION

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE REALLY GALVANIZED BY THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO CLOSE 48 STATE PARKS, TAKE THE LIFEGUARDS OFF 16 STATE BEACHES. AND EVERYBODY HERE TODAY IS REALLY OUT HERE FOR HISTORIC PARKS. AND THESE ARE PLACES A WHERE WE HAVE SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT, AND IT WOULD REALLY BE A LOSS IF THEY WERE CLOSED."