State Parks seeks ongoing funding to continue library pass program; LAO flags it as a lower priority

Mar 4, 2026

California State Parks asked the subcommittee for $6.75 million in ongoing general fund support to make the library park‑pass program permanent (33,000 passes distributed through libraries); LAO recommended rejecting ongoing funding in the current fiscal context and questioned marginal cost assumptions.

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Director Armando Quintero of California State Parks asked the subcommittee to convert the library park‑pass pilot into an ongoing program with a $6.75 million general‑fund transfer to the State Parks and Recreation Fund.

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