The first picture is what the State Park service currently considers protecting the viewshed of scenic Mulholland Highway and maintaining a fire safe environment. The picture was taken from Mulholland Highway at the southern end of the Reagan Meadow. Can you see why we are concerned?Click Here for the park's detailed plan. (Be patient, the link is a slow loading .pdf file) Note the picture at the end and you get the idea what the Ronald Reagan Equestrian Campground/RV Park will look like except subtract out the trees. There will be 30 to 75 RV/Campground spaces & 60 horse corrals. (The numbers keep changing but so far none of the numbers are small)
Hey Zev? What's the hurry? This has been in the General Plan of Malibu Creek State Park Since 2005.
ReplyDeleteVentura County Star Sept 24:
said Ron Schafer, district superintendent of the California State Parks. “The Reagan Equestrian Center has been in the general plan of Malibu Creek State Park since 2005.”
It's because this plan gets more expensive the more people know about it.
ReplyDeleteRuth Gerson Malibu Times Sept 16:
But now, the only problem is: where to get the $1.5 million needed to build it? “I need a couple years just to raise the money,” Gerson said. “Unless I find a sugar daddy!”
Ruth Gerson Ventura County Star Sept 24:
ReplyDelete“I need to raise $2.5 million,” Gerson said. “It’ll probably take me a year and a half or two years to get there. I don’t expect to raise all the money at one event,” she said. “But I do want to raise awareness and get people thinking about the campground.”
The Acorn Oct 1st:
ReplyDeleteEquestrian Trails Inc. Corral 63 partnered with the California Department of Parks and Recreation and raised an estimated $3 million for the facility’s construction.
Well it looks like Ruth found her sugar daddy:
ReplyDeleteThe Acorn Oct 1st: “I am confident that it will be done right,” said Yaroslavsky, who pledged to try to make the campground “happen sooner rather than later.”
Good thing fund raising didn't drag on more than a week. We wouldn't want any more public comment than necessary, now that people actually know what's going on. I urge everyone to ask Zev
ReplyDeleteYaroslavsky 3rd District Supervisor, what the hurry is zev@bos.lacounty.gov
UPDATE: Sugar Daddy Gets Cold Feet, The Acorn has changed it's online article. 3 million NOT raised at the fund raiser. Strike 3 for the Acorn on issues regarding the RREC
ReplyDeleteUpdate: We Love Zev, 3rd District Supervisor
ReplyDeleteGo to bottom of the blog for details. I don't use his full name because it's long and I have a hard time pronouncing it. (no disrespect) Zev is a term of affection. We love Zev. The deer at the top of the blog is now named Zev. He will be on t-shirts shortly.
Nan: Thanks for your e-mail regarding the Reagan ranch. While I have expressed support for the concept of horse camping, I have not endorsed any particular proposal since no proposal has been finalized. Any final plan will be the product of conversations with community and environmental stakeholders. In fact, the process is only beginning. I have asked State Parks to work with the communities of the area---residents and environmentalists---to insure that what is done is done with the concerns of ALL stakeholders in mind. My mind is completely open to comments and criticisms of the State proposal. I would recommend that you make your views known to Ron Schaefer of the State Department of Parks and Recreation. They are the lead on this project.
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