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Slide the City, an event to be held in Santa Cruz and other California cities, was canceled when the city denied the Utah-based entertainment company a special event permit. The potential for lengthy traffic disruption in an already congested area and lack of sufficient parking were some of the main reasons the permit was denied, but conservation-minded citizens showed their disapproval of the event by signing an online petition opposing the event. The company putting on the events removed all California cities from its website. San Jose Mercury News (Calif.), Feb. 24, 2015 Slide the City promoters have picked Santa Cruz as a potential site for the water slide event in July, but the public is opposed to the activity because water is scarce while the drought persists. An online petition to stop the event got more than 1,200 signatures in the first 48 hours of being posted. San Jose Mercury News (Calif.), Feb. 2, 2015 Some Californians have signed an online petition to ban Slide the City events from major cities while drought exists in the state. A Los Angeles Slip ‘N Slide event with a 1,000 foot vinyl slide was canceled in September 2014 because many people were concerned about the water waste after the governor had previously asked the public to cut water use by 20 percent. There is some question about whether Slide the City will occur in Portland, Oregon this summer. Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com (Ore.), Jan. 29, 2015