Fiscalini Ranch Preserve is facing another year with a significant drop in its maintenance budget.

The Cambria Community Services District (CCSD) owns and operates Fiscalini Ranch Preserve.

“It's just a place where I can feel a connection with nature,” said Paul Charell, Cambria resident.

In recent fiscal years, the maintenance budget for the ranch was around $50,000, which was spent on contracted work. Last fiscal year, the budget was reduced to $15,000 and is now $16,000 for this fiscal year, according to the CCSD.

“We lowered that amount and then diverted those monies over to salaries and benefits so they could not only do ranch maintenance, but they could do other things within the district, and we found that to be more efficient,” said Matthew McElhenie, Cambria Community Services

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