Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan for dealing with a $14.5 billion budget deficit calls for closing Petaluma's Adobe State Historic Park east of town.
The old adobe and Tomales Bay State Park are two of nine Bay Area parks and 48 across the state cited for closure.
The parks would not be sold off, but kept closed to the public.
"This is a budget that doesn't please everybody," Schwarzenegger said. "But the bottom line is, I think this is the fairest way to go."
North Bay Assemblyman Jared Huffman said the governor's park-closure plan is a far-fetched idea that doesn't have a realistic chance of passing.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's dead on arrival," Huffman, D-San Rafael, said Thursday. "I will fight this with every fiber of my being."
After declaring a fiscal emergency Thursday, Schwarzenegger and the state legislature have 45 days to agree on a budget plan.
The Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park on Adobe Road is the home of a mud-brick hacienda built by Gen. Mariano Vallejo beginning in 1836. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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