Category Archive: 'Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities'
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
June 29, 2009 UPDATED July 2, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg
Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee
State Capitol Sacramento, CA
re: Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, Senate President Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Hollingsworth, Speaker Bass, and Assembly Minority Leader Blakeslee:
We demand that [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
READ THE UPDATED JULY 2, 2009 LETTER BY CLICKING HERE
June 29, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg
Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA
re: Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, Senate President Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Hollingsworth, Speaker Bass, and Assembly Minority [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Anahuak Youth Sports Association, Urban Semillas, and The City Project invite you to have fun in the park this weekend!
Rio de Los Angeles is a world-class, balanced park with active and passive recreation that meets the needs of
the community as defined by the community. The park is a best practice example [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
“Many people before us [wanted] to preserve this park only with nature. They had the good intention of restoring the park by leaving the trees the flora, and the fauna. And that’s when the problem started, because other people wanted other things, like soccer fields and recreation for our community.” Raul Macia, President and Founder, [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Budget panel wants to keep parks open and keep healthcare for low-income children. GOP leaders scoff at proposed tax hikes and criticize Democratic leaders for addressing only part of the deficit.
By Shane Goldmacher
11:02 PM PDT, June 15, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento — A state budget panel Monday rejected some of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most extreme proposals [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, June 15th, 2009
The California Budget Conference Committee took up the the state parks budget on Thursday, June 11, but did not take action and held the item “open” until this week. At this time, we believe they may take the item up for a vote as early as June 15, Monday.
The governor proposes cutting 87% of the [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, The City Project, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, June 15th, 2009
The Sepulveda Flood Control Basin is a best practice example of a multibenefit green space. The green space includes a park, grass, trees, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, wildlife preserve, birds, rabbits, and flood control. It is a great place for families to visit. The green space naturally filters rain water and run off through natural [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Visit the coverage of the Olmsted Plan by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Learn more about the Olmsted plan Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region here.
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
• SMMC Adds Malibu Bluffs Parkland to Potential Campsites •
The California Coastal Commission followed staff recommendations and denied the proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment submitted by the City of Malibu that included a prohibition on overnight camping on public parkland within its borders.
After almost 10 hours of reports and testimony at the panel’s meeting in [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Everyday Heroes, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Preliminary findings from a recent Sacramento State survey found that visitors to California’s state parks spend an average of $4.32 billion per year in park-related expenditures, based on attendance estimates by state Parks and Recreation of about 74.9 million visitors a year.
The survey, commissioned and funded by the California Parks and Recreation Department and conducted [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
