Ramirez Canyon Park

Ramirez Canyon Park is a public park owned by the state of California. Barbra Streisand donated this estate to the state-run Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in 1993.^[2] The estate has 22.5 acres (9.1 ha) of lush vegetation, streams, and bridges. There are five homes on the estate.^[3]

Ramirez Canyon Park
Former name: Barbra Streisand Center for Conservancy Studies[1]
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Location	Los Angeles County, California, United States
Nearest city	Malibu, California
Coordinates	34°2′19″N 118°47′39″W
Area	22.5 acres (9.1 ha)
Established	1993
Operated by	Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
Website	Official website

An access trail from Kanan Dume Road was approved in 2015.^[3] Trails to connect Ramirez Canyon with Escondido Canyon and Corral Canyon parks are being planned.^[4]

The park was renamed Ramirez Canyon Park in 2009.^[5] In May 2011, Governor Jerry Brown announced a plan to sell the park as part of a budget he has put forward. The sale of the park was opposed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, which owns and manages the park.^[2]

In the 2018 massive California fires, the Peach House, the most famous structure of former Barbra Streisand's Malibu estate, which was donated to the state as open space, was completely destroyed . Four other buildings were saved in what is known as Ramirez Canyon Park (MRCA).^[6]

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States