![]() ![]() This is a big step toward expanding and improving park access. We know the benefits, especially for children, of getting our vitamin N (nature), of planting trees to remove greenhouse gases from the air, and of the fitness opportunities that parks and green spaces offer people in and outside the city. ![]() is one of them) with less than 3 acres of green space nearby, according to the California Natural Resources Agency. One in four Californians don’t have a park or open space within walking distance of their home (think about what that means in the COVID-19 era), and six in 10 Californians live in “park-poor” areas (L.A. An unprecedented $1 billion in a single budget year to up our green-space game? Why? Another $500 million will be spent to improve access and facilities at California State Parks. County and seven in Orange County.īut wait, there’s more. This initiative funds 20 park projects in L.A. The Outdoors for All initiative in the 2021-22 budget awards about $500 million in grants for the sole purpose of creating 112 new and expanded parks statewide, particularly in local communities that desperately lack green space. I got the most wonderful Christmas present from the state of California.
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