The parks commission serves as an advisory board on state parks administration and development. Newsom, who has served as a trustee or director of several environmental organizations in the course of his career, including the Environmental Defense Fund and Earthjustice Legal Defense, was traveling Monday and unavailable for comment. His resignation comes as the state park system is struggling to fill peace officer vacancies at state parks, which expect to serve nearly 100 million Californians this year. Rangers have said low salaries are keeping the department from filling their ranks. Given the number of positions a governor has to fill, Salazar said there will always be vacancies on state boards.
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It's the unfortunate nature of the process. The Times is examining the difficulties people face in finding doctors to attend to their health care needs. We would be interested in talking to readers who have had trouble hooking up with primary-care physicians or specialists. The Times investigates the condition of East Bay nursing homes .