Ukiah leaders, community members and Senator McGuire hold posters and a giant check symbolizing the state funding that will pay for Oak Manor Park's revitalization in Ukiah, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. Oak Manor Park will undergo a major revitalization project backed by a $600,000 state allocation confirmed in California's budget legislation. (Savana Robinson/Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 10/9/26 — California State Senator Mike McGuire led a ceremony on Tuesday at Ukiah’s Oak Manor Park, next to the elementary school of the same name, commemorating an upcoming upgrade to the park made possible by $600,000 in state funding for a permanent bathroom, a new playground and other upgrades.

The park’s only restroom now is a portable toilet. Work could start in 2027. “The City of Ukiah anticipates breaking ground on the revitalization project in Spring or Summer of 2027,” McGuire said in a press release Wednesday.

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Savana Robinson is a staff writer and photographer based in Ukiah, California.