April 24, 2017 -- Santa Monica does not have enough parks, and there is not enough money in the budget to increase the number or to upgrade the existing ones.

That is the current state of affairs, according to Karen Ginsberg, Santa Monica’s director of community and cultural services.

What could alter this situation is a new tax, or “local funding measure,” as Ginsberg called it in a report that will be reviewed by the City Council at its meeting on Tuesday.

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