Green Justice reports The City Project’s Assistant Director and Counsel Ramya Sivasubramanian testified before the California Assembly Committee on Local Government to promote community health, parks and recreation for all through reform of Quimby park funding on May 8, 2013 (AB 1359 – Hernandez). KCET’s SoCal Connected will also air the news story “Quimby and [...]

KCET SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > Full and Fair Funding for Parks and Recreation, and a Healthier, Prosperous City Full and Fair Funding for Parks and Recreation, and a Healthier, Prosperous City by Robert García and Daphne P. Hsu* The budget that outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed for [...]

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UCLA Blum Center on Health and Poverty in Latin America UCLA Blum Center on Health and Poverty in Latin America Inaugural Symposium Prof. Michael Rodriguez, MD MPH, Director

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KCET > SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > Race and Place Do Matter: Economic Hardship, Obesity, and Equal Justice Race and Place Do Matter: Economic Hardship, Obesity, and Equal Justice by Robert García and Ramya Sivasubramanian on April 18, 2013 1:30 PM Child obesity is intolerably high even for children in the best neighborhoods, but children of color suffer first and [...]

INAUGURAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM Informing Responses to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health in Latin America UCLA Deans and Other Leaders Gather for Symposium Discussion On May 1, several deans and leaders from UCLA Schools and Colleges will come together to add their perspectives on making a difference in health outcomes among Latin American populations. The session, [...]

The City Project in a March 28, 2013, letter urged the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to audit compliance with physical education requirements. With others, The City Project has been monitoring physical education since 2010. LAUSD is not fully complying with state and federal laws and its own physical education plan. We encourage others to [...]

Active Living Research Using Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Create Active Communities RESEARCH BRIEF February 2013 Do Policies to Improve Physical Education Work? Introduction Low-income children and children of color are less likely to be physically active and more likely to be overweight or obese. These populations are also less likely to have sufficient [...]

A February 14, 2013 Field poll suggests that California voters will support a soda tax if the proceeds fund school nutrition and physical activity programs. Diverse voters were in strong support. According to the Field poll conducted on behalf of the California Endowment: When voters statewide are initially asked their opinion of the idea of taxing [...]