It doesn't seem totally necessary to do this anyway, especially given the above:

> Also, for the record, California has a corporate sponsorship program for parks: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25426.

If these companies really felt that they weren't doing enough for their state, they could step up and have the parks "advertise" for them for 33 million... How much did the Facebookers just spend?

That's delusional and never going to happen. Companies don't just give away money.

Because the political climate in California right now is being heavily influenced by a very loud Republican contingent that is strictly opposed to anything that even smells like an increase on taxes for businesses.

(See, for example, the recent article that, in a poll among CEOs, found California to be one of the worst states for business.)

How can they even claim something like that and get away with it? Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Central Coast/Napa vineyards, agriculture production, services, travel industry, world-class hospitals like the Mayo Clinic, Stanford, UCLA, Cedars-Sinai, and on and on.

There are only a handful of places I can imagine would be better for business.

Here's the HN link from 5 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2527140

I didn't say I agreed, I was just answering the question.

I wasn't saying you agreed, my comment was rhetorical.