Michael Bauer of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance writes: Please attend the Baldwin Hills Community Advisory Panel (CAP) meeting: · Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011 · Time: 7 pm · Location: Kenneth Hahn State Park · Address: 4100 South La Cienega Boulevard · Map: bit.ly/gKdbEn · Why: 600 new wells? No air monitoring stations around [...]

Lark Galloway-Gilliam of CHC holds the “Freedom from Fear” Gas Mask Award The Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance Calls on the People and Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to Improve Oil Field Regulations and Publish Study January 9 marked the fifth anniversary of the release of noxious fumes from the Baldwin Hills Oil Field that led dozens of [...]

Please join members of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance to Mark the 5th Anniversary of Uncontrolled Hazardous Emissions from Oil Field. January 9th marked the fifth anniversary of the release of noxious fumes from the Baldwin Hills Oil Field that led dozens of area residents to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night. [...]

Click on each image to see more details. ASCOT HILLS PARK WATCH AND COUNTDOWN! ENFORCING PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1956 President’s Council on Physical Fitness COCHABAMBA WORLD PEOPLE’S CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL WARMING AND RIGHTS OF MOTHER EARTH “KEEP BALDWIN HILLS CLEAN AND GREEN FOR GENERATATIONS TO COME” KRESGE FOUNDATION “A REMARKABLE MOMENT IN [...]

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The survey examined attitudes on such issues as global warming, air pollution and tainted soil and water. California’s Latino and Asian voters are significantly more concerned about core environmental issues, including global warming, air pollution and contamination of soil and water, than white voters, according to the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll. For example, 50% [...]

Children playing in a soccer field against a background of oil wells in the Baldwin Hills. Much work still needs to be done to Keep Baldwin Hills Clean and Green for Generations to Come.

The City Project working with the community in South Central Los Angeles and Baldwin Hills is ensuring compliance with the Clean Water Act to eliminate persistent and offensive sewer odors that have long plagued residents in the historic heart of African-American Los Angeles. The Los Angeles sewer system is one of the largest in the [...]

Founding Director of The City Project Earns Prestigious Public Health Honor November 9, 2010 DENVER — Robert García, founding director and counsel of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit The City Project, has received the American Public Health Association’s prestigious Presidential Citation, recognizing García’s work empowering underserved communities throughout California. Past recipients of the award include Nelson [...]

http://witnessla.com/environment/2010/admin/can-we-keep-our-state-parks-healthy-post-prop-21/ On Tuesday, voters rejected Prop. 21, the ballot measure that would have added $18 to most vehicle registrations and allocated that money to support California’s state parks. And not only did the voters of California nix Prop 21, they did so by a healthy margin—with 58 percent voting NO. So what does that mean? [...]