Editing Livermore, California (section)

== Parks and recreation ==
{{Independent sources|section|date=July 2024}}[[File:Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery, Livermore, California (14533159001).jpg|thumb|Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery.]]
The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) is a special independent park district that was created by the vote of the public in 1947 and runs the parks and other facilities in the city of Livermore and most of the unincorporated areas of eastern Alameda County. LARPD has its own, five-person board of directors<ref>LARPD Board of Directors [http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/board/board.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512155047/http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/board/board.html|date=May 12, 2013}} Accessed April 6, 2013</ref> that is elected by the citizens to staggered four-year terms.

As of 2013, LARPD operates 42 facilities<ref>LARPD activities 2013 [http://issuu.com/larpd/docs/larpd-fall-winter2013?mode=window] accessed April 6, 2013</ref> over {{convert|1842|acre|ha}}, with {{convert|1432|acre|ha}} open space. It runs an extensive selection of classes on a wide variety of subjects. The 2012-2013 operating budget of LARPD was $16,393,564 plus a capital budget of $3,870,971. LARPD serves an area that encompasses about 115,000 people.

The extensive gravel deposits around Livermore have led to extensive gravel extraction that is still ongoing. Shadow Cliffs Park along Stanley Boulevard west of Livermore is a popular {{convert|266|acre|ha|adj=on}} park that includes an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} lake in an old Kaiser Industries gravel pit and is used extensively today for swimming, boating, and fishing.<ref>Shadow Cliffs Park [http://www.elivermore.com/photos/bike_lvr9.htm] accessed April 23, 2013</ref><ref>Shadow Cliffs Park Recreation Area [http://www.ebparks.org/parks/shadow_cliffs] accessed April 23, 2013</ref>