{"article":{"id":230014,"heading":"Privatizing California: S.B. 792","author":"Ann Garrison","created":"2009-08-30 14:40:46","modified":"2013-11-11 01:00:57","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:00:57","article":"

Cross post from the \"San Francisco Bay View, National Black Newspaper,\" http:\/\/www.sfbayview.com\/2009\/privatizing-california-senate-bill-792\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.sfbayview.com\/tag\/ann-garrison\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"If the state privatizes our Candlestick Point Park, then, as budget crises worsen at every level, what\u2019s next? What\u2019s to stop the privatization of every park in California? The federal government has, since the Reagan era, championed the privatization of everything from prisons to HUD foreclosure counseling, so, if California joins the rush to privatize, how long will it be before we\u2019re told we have to put up with a coal-fired power plant generating electricity for a uranium mining operation in Death Valley National Monument, just like those in Saharan Niger, because, otherwise, we just can\u2019t afford the park anymore?","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/candlestick-point-state-recreation-area1-3.jpg","filesize":"293.6 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2009\/08\/230014.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/candlestick-point-state-recreation-area1-3.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/candlestick-point-state-recreation-area1-3.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2009\/08\/candlestick-point-state-recreation-area1-3.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}