Editorial
New York Times March 10, 2010
Providing poor defendants effective appointed counsel is more than a constitutional obligation. It is a concrete measure of the nation’s commitment to equal justice under law. Yet indigent defense offices across the nation have been allowed to sink into crisis. They have fallen victim to insufficient financing, overwhelming caseloads and [...]

A conservative advocacy organization in Washington, Keep America Safe, kicked up a storm last week when it released a video that questioned the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked in the past on behalf of detained terrorism suspects.
But beyond the expected liberal outrage, the tactics of the group, which is run by Liz Cheney, the daughter of [...]

The City Project Celebrate Women’s History Month

Ms. Alice C. Royal, shown here in the Allensworth School House, was born at Allensworth in 1923. She is the author of the book Allensworth, The Freedom Colony. A public health nurse by profession, she chaired the Colonel Allensworth State Park Advisory Committee from 1985 to 1989, [...]

Spending cuts at the grassroots
Bill Boyarsky

Amazingly, the city community building meeting room was filled with anti-spending cut protestors at the inconvenient hour of 6 p.m. Wednesday, and the stars of the evening were the students from Lincoln High School.
The meeting was held at Ramona Hall Community Center on North Figueroa Street by the Los Angeles [...]

Are You or Have You Ever Been a Lawyer?
New York Times Editorial March 8, 2010
In the McCarthy era, demagogues on the right smeared loyal Americans as disloyal and charged that the government was being undermined from within.
In this era, demagogues on the right are smearing loyal Americans as disloyal and charging that the government is [...]

The Center for Health Improvement and California Health Policies Forum highlights The City Project’s work in a Policy Brief on Tackling Obesity by Building Healthy Communities: Changing Policies Through Innovative Collaborations in December 2009.
The Policy Brief reports as follows:
Attacking Obesity Among the Underserved in Los Angeles
The City Project in Los Angeles envisions creating “a comprehensive and [...]

The City Project celebrates Women’s History Month . . .
Almost four decades after the federal education law called Title IX opened the door for girls to participate in high school and college athletics, a crucial question has remained unanswered: Do sports make a long-term difference in a woman’s life?
A large body of research shows [...]

A long awaited audit released by Los Angeles County officials found that the Board of Supervisors often use behind-the-scenes levers to control the inner workings of the Regional Planning Department, whose decisions are key to hotly contested battles over development, environmental protections and code enforcement. . . .
And former Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke’s planning deputy, [...]

The City Project celebrates Black History Month
Gerald M. Boyd’s memoir, “My Times in Black and White: Race and Power at The New York Times,” opens with the author waking from a dream. Heart racing, he reflects on a life — a remarkable Horatio Alger-like rise from “stifling poverty” to a senior post among the newspaper’s [...]

Convening the 2010 Governor’s Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity: Action for Healthy Living, in Los Angeles on February 24, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bill Clinton will bring diverse stakeholders — including members of the California Convergence — to discuss the best policy and practices to combat obesity and
improve the health and physical fitness [...]