Newsom Offers Free $50 Historic Parks Pass for 30 Sites as California Marks Juneteenth
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Updated · Santa Barbara Edhat · Jun 17
Newsom Offers Free $50 Historic Parks Pass for 30 Sites as California Marks Juneteenth
3 articles · Updated · Santa Barbara Edhat · Jun 17
Summary
June 17 through July 6, Californians can download a free special-edition Historian Passport for unlimited visits to more than 30 state historic parks through year-end.
The pass normally costs $50 and admits up to four people, with Newsom tying the offer to Juneteenth and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Newsom cast the program as a rebuttal to the Trump administration after it dropped Juneteenth from national parks' free-admission days, saying California would highlight "real history" instead.
Donations from the California State Parks Foundation and the California State Railroad Museum Foundation support the program, which includes sites such as Colonel Allensworth, Marshall Gold Discovery and Weaverville Joss House.
The passport extends California's Outdoors for All push after Newsom in January opened free vehicle day-use at more than 200 state parks following another federal rollback on fee-free days.