NorCal Carnegie AB 1086 - Garamendi's shady backdoor deal

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Those in NorCal, or really anywhere, please be aware of a land grab deal that's screwing a local riding area out of an expansion that everyone worked really hard to pay for and acquire.

Here's a link you can send a quick message to the governor to ask for a veto on AB 1086:
https://cqrcengage.com/amacycle/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=50219…

The backstory is a real long mess, but the current issue is very simple. John Garamendi is using his position in congress to take land from a state motorcycling area to sell to his sister at 1999 real estate prices and they're going to use the land to raise cattle. It's 3,100 acres and at 2 acres per cow and $1000 per head, they stand to make $1.5 million a year, and that's excluding the instant equity from owning 3,100 acres in the bay area.

Garamendi's family is also leasing 7,500 acres from the state on the neighboring property and we need to get that property back into the hands of the state as well.

If anyone happens to be in/near Davis at 3pm on October 14th, John Garamendi is holding a town hall at the Vet's Memorial Center because he'd like to address some of the current issues in Washington. It'd be great if someone were there to call him out on his shady deals taking land from the people to enrich his family.
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JM485
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10/7/2019 3:46pm
Let me talk to our local CORVA representatives and see what they think, I live in Davis and would be able to attend from 4:30 until closing. Public speaking is WAY outside my comfort zone though so if I needed to say anything I want to be damn well prepared.
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byke
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10/7/2019 3:54pm
Please post back if they have some details, or summary. Yeah, I'm not super comfortable with it either, but you can always follow the Squidward School of Thought...

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oldblood
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10/7/2019 6:12pm
Thanks for the heads up

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10/8/2019 8:01am
Thanks for the info and link... We have been riding there for years.
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10/8/2019 9:49am
Jeffmx wrote:
Thanks for the info and link... We have been riding there for years.
I have too and this expansion thing has been going on for over 20 years.

Ive been going there since 1986 my dad used to ride there BEFORE it was a park. It's a shame that stupid green sticker rule keeps a lot of riders with newer bikes from going there to ride.
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10/8/2019 12:27pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2019 12:29pm
Jeffmx wrote:
Thanks for the info and link... We have been riding there for years.
I have too and this expansion thing has been going on for over 20 years. Ive been going there since 1986 my dad used to ride...
I have too and this expansion thing has been going on for over 20 years.

Ive been going there since 1986 my dad used to ride there BEFORE it was a park. It's a shame that stupid green sticker rule keeps a lot of riders with newer bikes from going there to ride.
I heard they even used to have a Trans Am race there way back...
Agreed... The red/ green sticker thing is stupid...Especially when you can load up in the middle of the summer and go rip Forest hill.
byke
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10/8/2019 12:33pm
It's the whole state vs federal thing, so unfortunately not so much based on logic.
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10/8/2019 11:07pm Edited Date/Time 10/8/2019 11:09pm
One of the main purposes of the green sticker fees was to purchase more ohv land. But all I see is government saturation and waste.
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10/8/2019 11:17pm
Ironically, the green sticker program will be ultimately used to dismember and delete off road motorcycle use. Ohv parks will be transformed into nature centers. Possibly with your emtb's peddling around. Bullshit.
10/8/2019 11:40pm
Jeffmx wrote:
Thanks for the info and link... We have been riding there for years.
I have too and this expansion thing has been going on for over 20 years. Ive been going there since 1986 my dad used to ride...
I have too and this expansion thing has been going on for over 20 years.

Ive been going there since 1986 my dad used to ride there BEFORE it was a park. It's a shame that stupid green sticker rule keeps a lot of riders with newer bikes from going there to ride.
Jeffmx wrote:
I heard they even used to have a Trans Am race there way back... Agreed... The red/ green sticker thing is stupid...Especially when you can load...
I heard they even used to have a Trans Am race there way back...
Agreed... The red/ green sticker thing is stupid...Especially when you can load up in the middle of the summer and go rip Forest hill.
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10/9/2019 12:01am

What is the deal with mammoth bar, did they rebuild it? Or are they still just donating the site, road into the canyon, and the parking lot to the (for profit) river rafting companies? Not to mention the ohv staff to maintain it for the river rafting companies.
oldblood
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10/9/2019 12:16am
And, who in the actual, ,,,, decided to let utv's use the motorcycle area at Prarie City when they should be in the 4x4 area?
I feel sorry for parents taking their kid on his or her first trail ride with utv's bombing in on them head on. What a stupid idea.
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