 Under the bill, the site would become part of the National Park Service but would be maintained by the Mount Soledad Memorial Association.On March 8, 2005 the San Diego City Council voted against a proposal to transfer the land to the National Park Service, a move which proponents believed might avoid the court-ordered removal of the cross.Opponents claimed this would merely shift the church-state issue to federal jurisdiction and would only delay the eventual removal of the cross.