Proposition 21 would have charged California vehicle owners an $18 tax onto their annual car registration. That money would have been set into a fund to upkeep the State Parks, and in exchange admission for the park visitors would become free. Voters did not go for this one (58% of voters disapproved).
We personally feel that State Parks, nature in general, and the important exchange and necessity humans and nature share with each other, should be a priority. The proposition's premise may not have been the solution, but we hope that voters did not weigh the immediacy of the tax over the urgency of the need to fund the parks. Even during the financial dry spell this funding is important because the well being of the parks is fundamental to our planet. Moving forward, we believe that a more successful approach to achieving this goal is to remind people that the State Parks are there for them and encourage visitation. This would propel visitors into more immediate contact with nature and the money from the admission fees would go back to the park. This way everybody wins!
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