Category Archive: 'Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities'

National Park Service Blue Ribbon Commission Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area August 25-26, 2008

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Woody Smeck, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, writes:
Dear Friends:
This past week former U.S. Senators J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La) and
Howard H. Baker (R- TN) announced they are convening a year-long, blue
ribbon commission to recommend policies for the National Park System in the
next century. The system will turn 100 in 2016. The commission (National
Parks [...]

Public Comments Draft Environmental Impact Report Baldwin Hills Community Standards District August 19, 2008

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

The City Project, Dr. Robert Bullard and the Environmental Justice Resource Center of Clark Atlanta University, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and NRDC have submitted public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Report concerning the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District to keep the Baldwin Hills green and clean for all for generations to [...]

Keep Baldwin Hills Green and Clean for All for Generations to Come Public Comments August 14, 2008

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The City Project has submitted public comments to the Regional Planning Commission to keep the Baldwin Hills green and clean for all for generations to come.
The City Project is proud to work with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance, the National Latino Congreso, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and a diverse and growing coalition [...]

Keep Baldwin Hills Green and Clean for All for Generations to Come Response to Questions Regarding Baldwin Hills CSD

Friday, August 15th, 2008

In a letter dated August 11, 2008, Kenneth Kutcher of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance addressed several questions to Russell Fricano of Regional Planning relating to the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District. Responses to these questions are listed below.
1. So far, how many CSDs have been established in the County?
As of this date, 23 CSDs [...]

Los Angeles River Film at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival August 17, 2008

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Sarah Lorenzen, AIA, and Plasmatic Concepts produced The Los Angeles River Film. Sarah writes:
Our Los Angeles River Film is being screened at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival this weekend.
The film is part of a series of talks and films entitled “Sustainable L.A.”
Events will take place from noon until 10 pm.
There is also what should [...]

School District Settles Land Dispute for $50 Million - L.A. Downtown News

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Agreement With Meruelo Maddux Comes Four Years After LAUSD Tried to Buy Taylor Yard Site for $27 Million
by Ryan Vaillancourt
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $50 million to settle an eminent domain dispute with Meruelo Maddux Properties over a 23-acre Cypress Park site, Los Angeles Downtown News has learned.
The [...]

Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy: Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The grand opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield on September 23, 2006. The site couuld have been warehouses. Instead, it’s a park. Activists and advocates galvanized community support to create the state park and stop 32 acres of warehouses. The Los Angeles Times called the victory “a heroic [...]

Keep Baldwin Hills Green and Clean for All for Generations to Come Public Hearing August 2, 2008, noon, West Los Angeles College

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

The Baldwin Hills Park alongside active oil fields in the historic heart of African-American Los Angeles will be a two-square mile park, the nation’s largest natural urban park in over 100 years. The Park will provide the diverse and park-poor region with much needed green space for recreation and health, conservation, education, and economic vitality.
The [...]

Keeping Baldwin Hills Green and Clean for All for Generations to Come National Latino Congreso

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Resolution 3.01 - Omnibus Urban Greening Resolution.
This Resolution was Approved By the National Latino Congreso on September 8, 2006, and amended on July 19, 2008, to address keeping the Baldwin Hills Green and Clean for All for Generations to Come. The Amendments provide as follows:
WHEREAS: The Baldwin Hills in the historic heart of African-American Los [...]

EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT EIR ON BALDWIN HILLS OIL FIELD CSD

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
CONTACT: Eric Boyd (213) 745-6656 or Carlota Gutierrez (916) 651-4026
RIDLEY-THOMAS URGES BURKE TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT EIR ON BALDWIN HILLS OIL FIELD CSD
Senator to lead citizens, state agency reps on tour of PXP Oil Field
LOS ANGELES – Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles/Culver City) sent a letter [...]