Category Archive: 'Baldwin Hills'
Monday, February 6th, 2012
The South Central Los Angeles Wetlands Park is funded in part through the settlement agreement resolving the Clean Water Justice action to improve the City of Los Angeles sewer system city wide. The action resulted in a $2 billion settlement agreement and court order in 2004. The settlement has also provided funding for revitalizing North [...]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Green Justice What Is Green Justice? by Robert Garcia I am a civil rights attorney. I have represented people on Death Row, helped free Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther leader, from prison after 27 years for a crime he did not commit, prosecuted public corruption and international drug trafficking conspiracies, and litigated international banking cases [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Olmsted Vision, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Click on the text or images for more information. Save Watts Towers! LACMA New York Times Why Didn’t They Just Stop? Public Outcry Stops Excavation at El Pueblo Campo Santo Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County Policy Report / Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el [...]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Los Ángeles County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Los Angeles [...]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Los Ángeles County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Los Angeles [...]
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Park Poor KCET’s SoCal Connected award-winning news series will air “Park Poor” on Friday, October 7, 2011, at 8:30 pm on your local KCET public television station. “Park Poor” will address park access and equal justice in Los Angeles, including Rio de Los Angeles State Park and the work of The City Project with Anahuak [...]
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Vernice Miller-Travis, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), and Charles Lee, Deputy Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, United States Environmental Protection Agency, with Robert Garcia, Founding Director and Counsel, The City Project, do a site tour at the Baldwin Hills Park, a major environmental justice victory. The site tour included Baldwin Hills Park, the Los [...]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Biking, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, Map Justice, Olmsted Vision, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Schools and Communities, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Parties have signed and filed an agreement settling legal challenges to the environmental impact report and oil field zoning regulations or community standards district (“CSD”) and strengthening health and safety protections for residents of and visitors to the Baldwin Hills area of south Los Angeles who are currently affected by drilling operations by the Plains [...]
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Agreement Reached to Reduce Urban Oil Drilling in Los Angeles Settlement Provides Greater Protections to Residents, Drilling Restrictions LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2011) – An agreement reached by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors yesterday strengthens health and safety protections for thousands of residents living near the Baldwin Hills area of south Los Angeles [...]
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