Date: 06/15/2009 pstrongBLUERIBBON COALITION CODE RED ACTION ALERT!/strong/p pstrongDear BRCnbsp;Action Alert Subscriber,/strong/p pstrongAttention California Recreationists!/strong/p pAs many of you already know, the State of California is in fiscal meltdown.nbsp; One victim of the current budgetary crisis is the CA OHV program.nbsp; It is one of the very few self-funded quot;user-pay/user-benefitquot; government programs in the state.nbsp; The California legislature has already quot;borrowedquot; and diverted $90 million dollars from the OHV Trust Fund to other non-OHV-related programs.br / br / Now the folks under the dome in Sacramento are considering any number of untenable options, including the borrowing of any remaining funds, gutting the program and moving into quot;regularquot; state parks, or cutting the basic operating budget of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) that funds state OHV parks and provides grants to other land agencies.br / br / If there is one time you send a letter to Sacramento... it is TODAY.nbsp; Send your letter and get as many of your friends to do the same.nbsp; BRC has provided a sample letter that you can cut and paste and FAX to the following legislators, including the chairperson of each committee.nbsp; You may also look up your own state representative using BRC's Rapid Response Center. Just type in your zip code at http://www.sharetrails.org/rapid_response and click GO.br / br / strong2009 Budget Conference Committee Members/strongbr / br / strongAssembly/strongbr / br / Noreen Evans - Fax 916-319-2107 (phone 916-319-2007) (Chair)br / Roger Niello - Fax 916-319-2105 (phone 916-319-2005)br / Bob Blumenfield - fax 916-319-2140 (phone 916-319-2040)br / Kevin de Leon - Fax 916-319-2145 (phone 916-319-2045)br / Jim Nielsen - Fax916- 319-2102 (phone 916-319-2002)br / br / strongSenate/strongbr / br / Denise Ducheny - Fax 916-327-3522 (phone 916-651-4040) (Chair)br / Bob Dutton - Fax 916-327-2272 (phone 916-651-4031)br / Mark Leno - Fax 916-445-4722 (phone 916-651-4003)br / Alan Lowenthal - Fax 916-327-9113 (phone 916-651-4027)br / Mimi Walters - Fax 916-445-9754 (phone 916-651-4033)br / br / strongCut and Paste Sample Letter:/strongstrongbr / /strongbr / Dear (insert name of Legislator):br / br / As a resident of California and a member of the off-highway vehicle (OHV) community, I am asking that you oppose any effort by the legislature to divert OHV trust fund monies to manage state parks that do not allow OHV recreation.br / br / The California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of California State Parks is nationally recognized as a model quot;user-pay/user-benefitquot; department that effectively blends the following core tenets of OHV recreation: 1) trail/facility maintenance; 2) restoration of legally-closed lands; 3) law enforcement of OHV regulations; and 4) safety/education outreach into an ecologically-balanced OHV program.nbsp;nbsp; br / br / I understand the serious nature of Californiarsquo;s budget crisis.nbsp; However, the state has already borrowed $90 million dollars from the OHV Trust Fund. I again urge your office to oppose any effort by the legislature to divert additional OHV Trust Fund dollars to non-OHV-related projects or programs.br / br / br / Sincerely,br / br / Your Name and Addressbr / br / _________________________________________________________________br / br / strongbr / Thanks in advance for your attention to this very serious matter,/strongbr / br / br / Don Amadorbr / Western Representativebr / BlueRibbon Coalition/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BlueRibbonCoalition/~4/cLviUHCw8bU" height="1" width="1"/
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