Blog post number 12

My community partners do ask for protection from the state because they both need the state to survive. My first community partner city of Belmont it depends on state help to keep the parks and recreational structures going. The other thing is that when times get rough the parks and the natural elements are the first ones to go exempt water especially now with the crisis. The state constitution does protect parks and even the federal constitution protects parks. For example, Yosemite national park, Yellow Stones, and Native American reservations. The state should give more money for parks and recreational area. In the city of East Palo Alto many parks have been created and the state pays for those services. The city of Belmont is wealthy enough to tax themselves to keep the Parks going if it comes to extreme cuts. My second community partner is the Dorothy Stang center and they also are protected by the state because freedom of religion exists. Without this protection any majority religion would be able to overthrow or vandalize the Dorothy Stang center. The state also does not tax religion practice so this is another protection that they have. If the state starts to tax the Dorothy Stang center or any religious center then it would effect every religious temple or practice center in the State. People might start migrating around to other states.