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Urban parks and the Santa Monica Mountains debate
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area faces funding freezes and a boundary investigation as Interior Secretary James Watt questions urban park acquisitions from the 1970s. Debate centers on preservation costs, impact on taxpayers, and whether the park system should expand amid a $1.6 billion maintenance backlog.
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California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Delaware
Reagan
Congress
Interior
James Watt
Santa Monica
Watt
Margot Feuer
Sierra Club
Recreation Area Task Force
Park Service
National Parks Advisory Board
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
Cleveland
Santa Monica Mountains
Burton
John Seiberling
Ohio
Cuyahoga Valley
Seiberling