The California Parks and Recreation Department is a kind of Sierra Club with governmental powers. It works closely with the Environmental Left — for example, in their hyperactive opposition to allowing any asphalt to touch one square inch of a state park (like San Onofre State Park, for instance)…
..except when it comes to a road they think is OK for reasons that fail to dissuade them from opposing, say, the completion of the 241 tollroad.
Read this post "Yeah, But This Is OUR Road" on Red County/OC Blog.