County budget includes park projects

Most of the Department of Parks and Recreation projects in the County of San Diego’s 2006-07 budget are previously-approved expenditures being carried over into the new fiscal year, but the budget approved June 20 also includes an additional $3 million to

acquire land specifically for the San Luis Rey River Park along with another $5 million for ongoing Multiple Species Conservation Program acquisitions.

Both the San Luis Rey River Park acquisition money and the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) funding were derived from the county’s general fund. Previously approved appropriations...