Posted: December 27th, 2008 http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/1205
Los Angeles Times
Editorial
OUT HERE
The Acjachemen’s victory
The Acjachemen quietly marked the win against the Foothill South toll road by honoring land that will not be disturbed.
December 27, 2008
On the chilly morning of the winter solstice last Sunday, the sun was just cresting the ridgeline of San Mateo Canyon as the Acjachemen talking [...]

Diverse allies working together persuaded the California Coastal Commission in February and the United States Department of Commerce on December 18, 2008, to save the sacred Native American Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and stop the toll road there.
“Our hearts are filled with gratitude today. I am grateful for the support [...]

The City Project and diverse allies are working to diversify access to and support for National Parks by submitting public comments on the Strategic Plan for the United States Department of the Interior for the next five years.
The Department and the National Park Service should include the following in the strategic plan:
1.  Local green jobs [...]

“The California Coastal Commission recently approved efforts by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to improve access to beaches, trails, and camping in Malibu. The City of Malibu and residents have responded with lawsuits. This is the latest chapter in a decades long struggle for the right to reach the beach. . . .
Rio de Janeiro, like Los Angeles, [...]

“KCET and PBS this week are showing the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, while California struggles to keep state parks open during the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. This is a moment to reflect on the values at stake in national, state, and local parks and green space.”
Parks, school [...]

The City Project is carefully evaluating Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s claim that the California “Departments of Finance and Parks and Recreation . . . have successfully found a way to avoid closing parks this year” through “$14.2 million in budget savings.”
We continue to analyze records from the state to determine if this will really avoid closing [...]

Mainstream environmentalists are working on a November 2010 ballot measure that would require a $15 fee per vehicle to generate $400 million dedicated to state parks. That could work. But we should not trust the department with that kind of money, unless it first has a strategic plan to improve parks and recreation for all.
The [...]

Attached is a document purporting to be a leaked legal memorandum by the legal office of the California Department of Parks and Recreation analyzing potential legal liabilities if units of the state park system are closed.  Also attached is a document purporting to be a checklist for state park closures.
The legal memo includes analyses of [...]

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SALVAR LOS PARQUES. Las comunidades de color están entre las que menos acceso tienen a los espacios verdes, incluyendo los parques y los campos escolares. Activistas de derechos civiles y de justicia ambiental [...]

Parks for the People
By Robert Garcia
September 16, 2009 5:48 PM

Robert Garcia is Founder and Executive Director of The City Project, a Southern California based non-profit that “focuses on parks and recreation, playgrounds, schools, health, and transit” in order to “enhance human health and the environment, and promote economic vitality for all communities.” Over the next few weeks, [...]