Lazy Daze Owners' Group

It sure would be nice if they went to a Recreation.gov type site, instead of the commercial Reserve America-type site.
I would rather see the State Parks collect the service fees, instead of a private contractor.

The parks in California generate hundreds of millions , if not billion, annually through tourism but the parks funding is minimal.
Look at the un-repaired damage caused to the parks during the last ten years. Some parks were closed, only to be destroy by vandals.
One of our favorites, Mitchell Caverns is good example. Over a million in damages, within weeks of closing the gate, none of the parks managers thought that leaving caretaker on site was a good idea. It still hasn't reopened yet, waiting on funding.
Providence Mountains SRA
Morro Bay, the site of our annual GTG, has not been maintain well over the last decade. Only an major flood event provided the emergency funds to clean and repair the park, as it should have been done all along.

A major reorganizing and revamping of the funding of the California State Park system is order. We have the worse funded, poorly run and most expensive parks in the western US.  All gate receipts go into the general fund and do not come back to the parks. Keep the fees in the parks and there would be much more money for maintenance and improvements .
At $35 to over $50 a night, it adds up to a lot of money,
Other states extensively use groups of senior park hosts to maintain and monitor the parks, while providing full hookup sites for camp hosts. Arizona has done this to many of their parks and the results show positively.

A proud Californian who wants our parks to remain word class.
Larry