The image, created at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and simply reproduced here, does not represent The City Project’s analyses of data for the Baldwin Hills.  The purpose of teaching the seminar is so Harvard gets it right!  Veritas, indeed.  Robert Garcia, Stanford ‘74, ‘78L.

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9:42 AM, October 18, 2008

There’s been much controversy about the boom in oil drilling around Baldwin Hills, where residents say the oil wells are noisy, unsightly and potentially unhealthy. Well, L.A. County officials now have an idea for dealing with the unsightly part: Plant [...]

The Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance is demanding that the Baldwin Hills oil field regulations be consistent with the Final Environmental Report that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved on October 21, 2008, and the actions of the Regional Planning Commission.  The Board is scheduled to take action on October 28, 2008.
In order to [...]

The County of Los Angeles has published draft regulations — known as the “County Draft Version 4” of the Community Standards District (CSD) — in anticipation of the Board of Supervisors taking action at public hearings on October 21 and 28, 2008.
The diverse Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance continues to advocate for regulations that will put [...]

The beauty of the Baldwin Hills parks and homes is marred by urban oil field blight. Download 22 images of the active oil fields taken from the final Environmental Impact Report published in October 2008. [PDF 2.7 MB]

The City Project is working with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance to help make the dream come true for the transition from active oil fields to the Baldwin Hills Park. The Community Standards District (CSD) regulations and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) should promote these goals.
The Baldwin Hills Park Master Plan envisions a two-square mile park [...]

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The following articles regarding Baldwin Hills oil fields, community, and park, mostly written by Ari Noonan, appear at www.thefrontpageonline.com.
Burke’s Office Memo to Residents: Don’t Get Up Hopes for Delay
For Crest Residents Once More It’s Time to Get Out the Vote on Drilling
Public Relations Operatives Are Fingered– And There is a PXP Link
A Shocker Victory Looms [...]

Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP), the operator of the Baldwin Hills Oil Field, recently distributed a flyer complaining that its plans were being misrepresented at public meetings and in the media, and saying it had received requests “to clarify the record.” PXP then went on to list six “myths” about the oil field, followed [...]

Woody Smeck, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, writes:
Dear Friends:
This past week former U.S. Senators J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La) and
Howard H. Baker (R- TN) announced they are convening a year-long, blue
ribbon commission to recommend policies for the National Park System in the
next century. The system will turn 100 in 2016. The commission (National
Parks [...]