Questions Raised Over $200 Million Park Service Grant to Pelosi’s District

Service,” said Rep. Tiffany during a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands oversight hearing. The controversy stems from NPS Director Chuck Sams’ admission that he was ordered by the Interior Department to transfer $200 million in federal funding to a park in Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s district. The Presidio Trust, a federal agency that operates the Presidio, a 1,500-acre former military installation used as a public recreation area, received the funds. Despite the fact that the law did not specify this transfer, Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz directed Sams to make the transfer, violating several agency norms. House Republicans are now raising questions about the transfer, with Rep. Tiffany expressing concern that the NPS is becoming “Nancy’s Park Service.”