Herms William Interview 9 24 12 - California Resources Agency

1 ended up being closed, but I no longer work
2 for State Parks, so I'm going to just give you
3 my unvarnished truth to this.
4 MR. PATTON: Okay.
5 MR. HERMS: None of the seventy are
6 being closed because politically it has become
7 impossible to do so. However, many of the
8 volunteer groups that are stepping up, many of
9 the fiscal sources that are being provided in
10 order to keep a park open are not stable.
11 These are groups that do not have the capacity
12 to do what they are saying that they're going
13 to be able to do. And monies that are being
14 donated, many of which are one-year, two-year,
15 three-year -- the twenty-two million dollar
16 cut to State Parks is ongoing.
17 MR. PATTON: And let me just ask
18 you, that shortfall was filled with donations
19 then? That's how --
20 MR. HERMS: No.
21 MR. PATTON: -- we've managed to
22 avoid it?
23 MR. HERMS: No, no, that is not. In
24 the majority of cases, fewer services are
25 being provided, a lot fewer services in some
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