Patty Berg for the trail
Press release:

Berg declares support for a Bay Trail

SACRAMENTO—Assemblywoman Patty Berg declared her support today for a bay trail between Eureka and Arcata.

“I wholeheartedly support the creation of a bay trail between Eureka and Arcata,” said Berg, D-Eureka. “The time is now and this opportunity should not be wasted.”

Berg expressed confidence that the state agencies involved were ready to collaborate on a bay trail plan. “The voters want open space and recreation and that’s why they passed a bond to pay for it,” she said. “The longer we delay, the more likely it is that other communities will get the lion’s share of that bond money.”

In November 2006,California voters approved Proposition 84, which allocated more than $100 million statewide for California Coastal Conservancy programs to conserve natural resources and provide public access along the coast. The Conservancy has roughly $3.5 million statewide this year.

Berg, who serves as a legislative appointee to the Coastal Conservancy, said she would “do her part” in identifying funding sources to pay for a trail.