A study by the East Bay Regional Park District shows that nearby parkland raises property values. It's on their web site. www.ebparks.org.....find and click "downloads"....scroll down to "miscellaneous"...find .. . "quantifying our quality of life"..............pdf file...pages 32-36 and 51. Click the page numbers on tags to the right of the pages; the page numbers on the pages themselves are incorrect.

To find the CA State laws enabling a park:
Go to gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov. Select "California Law", then "Public Resource Code", (wait), then go to Division 5, "Parks and Monuments", Chapter 4, "Recreation and Park districts", sections 5780 and 5791. Or Google "Quantifying Our Quality of Life" to save time. Be sure to put quotes around this title. See pages 32 - 36 and 51.Click the page numbers on tags to the right of the pages; the page numbers on the pages themselves are incorrect.
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