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A town Hall meeting is set for 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in San Rafael to discuss the future of the California state parks system, including soon-to-be-closed China Camp in San Rafael and .
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Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Marin Community Foundation President & CEO Thomas Peters, and the Marin Open Parks Coalition will host the event, set up to provide an update on pending park closures and explore strategies for keeping parks in Marin County and Sonoma County open in the short and long term.
Huffman, who represents San Anselmo and Fairfax in the state Capitol, chairs the state Assembly's Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and also serves as co-chair of the Legislative Environmental Caucus.
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The to close 70 state parks in 2012 because of the budget crisis, including four in Marin. Despite and to save the parks, including the to keep open Tomales Bay and Samuel P. Taylor, which border federal lands, dozens of parks remain on the chopping block.
The town hall is to take place at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael.
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