{"id":286479,"date":"2025-10-08T12:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286479\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:18:10","slug":"protect-balboa-park-from-those-who-would-charge-for-parking-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286479\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Balboa Park \u2014 from those who would charge for parking \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re \u201cCity ending free parking at Balboa Park called \u2018almost criminal\u2019\u201d\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2025\/09\/20\/city-ending-free-parking-at-balboa-park-called-almost-criminal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 20<\/a>):\u00a0Our beloved Balboa Park is under siege again by charging fees for parking.<\/p>\n<p>In 1871, a historic statement was issued that stated, \u201cThese lands are to be held in trust forever for the purpose of a free park land and for no other purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Balboa Park is a National Historical Landmark District and deserves our protection and preservation.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Balboa Park magnificent in its second century for the enjoyment of all citizens and visitors is our legacy, and we must strive to uphold our crown jewel without charging fees for parking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cathy O\u2019Leary Carey &amp; John Carey, Rancho Bernardo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re \u201cCity ending free parking at Balboa Park called \u2018almost criminal\u2019\u201d\u00a0(Sept. 20):\u00a0Our beloved Balboa Park is under siege&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,7281,1269,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-286479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-letters-to-the-editor","12":"tag-opinion","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115338510625426975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}