RAID ON OHV FUNDS help requested

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To All,

Just got this from CORVA, for any interested in writing...not sure it can save our funds, but we have to try....deb

Urgent! - Raid on OHV Funds Planned Again!

CORVA has received word that there will be another run on the OHV Trust Fund, this time aimed at the Grants Program that funds OHV recreation on federal lands. We all know that 80% of OHV recreation in California occurs on federal lands, most of it paid for with California OHV funds.

Please take a few moments to fax and email Governor Schwarzenegger to voice your objection to this raid on our funds.

SEND BOTH A FAX AND EMAIL - please do this today!

Sample Letter below – Please use this to draft your own! `

________________________________________

July 1, 2009

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:

As a resident of the State of California I understand the gravity of the budget

crisis and the difficulty of finding ways to resolve it. I feel very strongly

that what is needed is long term solution, not temporary measures that only put

off dealing with the problem.

I understand that our State Parks are in need of funding and that measures to

redirect funds from the OHV Division to the Parks are being considered. I would like to point out that OHV funds are held in the Fuel Tax Trust Fund. Recent

court cases have upheld the need for repayment if these funds are borrowed and used for anything other than the intended purposes.

OHV recreation areas on federal land are among the most popular in California

and receive millions of visits each year. OHV facilities on federal land such as the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area are for the most part funded by OHV

Trust Fund dollars. The Oceano Dunes and other State Vehicular Recreation Areas are some of the most visited parks in the state. Redirecting funds from these areas to other less visited areas will leave millions of Californians with

nowhere to go.

The State of California has already borrowed $90M from the Trust Fund. The OHV Trust Fund has already contributed more than its fair share. To borrow more

from the Fund is not a solution to the budget problem, only a short term fix.

I urge you to avoid redirecting OHV funds to any other purpose.

Sincerely,

Name

Address

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

State Capitol Building

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-445-2841

Fax: 916-558-3160 (new number)

Email address: governor@governor.ca.gov

Assemblymember Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), Chair

Phone: (916) 319-2007

Fax: (916) 319-2107

assemblymember.evans@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills)

Phone: (916) 319-2040

Fax: (916) 319-2140

Assemblymember.blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles

Phone: (916) 319-2045

Fax: (916) 319-2145

Assemblymember.deLeon@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Roger Niello (R-Sacramento)

Phone: (916) 319-2005

Fax: (916) 319-2105

Assemblymember.niello@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Jim Nielsen (R-Biggs)

Phone: (916) 319-2002

Fax: (916) 319-2102

assemblymember.nielsen@assembly.ca.gov

Senator Denise Ducheny (D-San Diego)

Phone: (916) 651-4040

Fax: (916) 327-3522

Senator.ducheny@sen.ca.gov

Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga)

Phone: (916) 651-4031

Fax: (916) 327-2272

Senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov

Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)

Phone: (916) 651-4003

Fax: (916) 445-4722

Senator.leno@senate.ca.gov

Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)

Phone: (916) 651-4027

Fax: (916) 327-9113

Senator.lowenthal@sen.ca.gov

Senator Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Hills)

Phone: (916) 651-4033

Fax: (916) 445-9754

Senator.Walters@sen.ca.gov

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This is the same thing they are doing to our fishing areas,

MLPA is coming to your fishing spot,

send faxes, hit every offroad site you can, post up these addresses and slam

the faxes and phone line,,, wake em up..