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California Science Center
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The budget proposes to reduce General Fund support to the California Science Center by $12 million and replace the amount with revenues from admissions fees to be deposited into a new Science Center Fund. The Science Center would continue to receive $10.2 million from the General Fund in 2010-11 to pay debt service for Phase I and II of the Science Center expansion and existing operations.
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Recommend approval in concept of charging admissions fees, but withhold recommendation on the amount of General Fund reduction pending the Center’s estimation of fee revenues that could be generated. We believe that support from the Science Center should come from a mix of funding, including admission fees, private donations, and other non-state revenues. However, given the number of annual visitors to the Center, it is not clear whether it can generate $12 million in revenues each year.
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2-02-10
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