By Scott Detrow, KQED News Fix
California’s embattled state parks system is preparing to take a good, long look in the mirror.
On Monday morning, State Parks Director Anthony Jackson and Natural Resources Secretary John Laird announced the formation of a special commission that will spend the next year and a half analyzing the system’s problems and recommending long-term solutions.
The commission will be funded by five major foundations. Only one member has been named so far — investor Lance Conn — but Jackson said the dozen-member panel will be a diverse group. “Some of them nationally known, some of them prominent from within the state,” said Jackson. “Some academics, some from the business community.”
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