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Gov. Jerry Brown takes jab at GOP senator in veto of parks bill

By Patrick McGreevy
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed a bill aimed at easing public input over the closure of state parks and took a swipe at its Republican author in the process.

With budget cuts forcing some California state parks to close, Sen. Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) introduced a bill requiring the state to post details of closures on a website and respond to any proposals by the private sector or nonprofit groups for partnerships to keep them open.

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Brown said the proposal in SB 386 is a good idea but one that can be put in place without a change in state law.

‘What parks do need is sufficient funding to stay open -- something I feel compelled to note the author and his colleagues refused to let the people vote on,’ Brown wrote in his veto message, referring to Republican opposition to putting an extension of higher taxes on the ballot.

-- Patrick McGreevy

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Patrick McGreevy

Patrick McGreevy covered the California Legislature out of the Sacramento bureau until 2021. He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1998 and worked in the City Hall and San Fernando Valley bureaus, writing about subjects including Valley secession, LAPD reform and city government during the administrations of Mayors Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa. He is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Jose State University.

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