The Desert Sun reports
Popular school and library programs that allow free access to California state parks would lose their funding under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-24 budget, released this week.
The passes are part of a “wildly successful” pilot partnership program begun in 2021 between the state’s parks and libraries, aimed at increasing access to the outdoors for low-income residents and others who often haven’t visited wilderness and other parks in the past, including people of diverse backgrounds who may not have historically felt welcomed.
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