Category Archive: 'KCET Departures Green Justice'
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Health and Equality, KCET Departures Green Justice, Schools and Communities, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Quimby and The Laws That Govern L.A. Parks Fri May 10 at 9:30PM on KCET-HD “An investigation into the little-known Quimby law: Ever wonder why there aren’t more parks in your LA neighborhood? It’s not a lack of money. There are millions of dollars just sitting there ready to be spent, but a little known [...]
Posted in Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, KCET Departures Green Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, KCET Departures Green Justice, Map Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Tens of thousands of acres in and around the San Gabriel Valley are proposed to become part of the National Park Service, according to a plan put forth to Congress last week. It’s the featured recommendation in a 10-year study of the San Gabriel watershed and mountains to identify if any part of the area [...]
Posted in KCET Departures Green Justice, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, April 15th, 2013
If you haven’t voted yet, please VOTE NOW to help The City Project win $100,000 in the LA2050 challenge so Angelenos can discover L.A.’s forgotten landmarks! With your vote, The City Project will be one step closer to creating an interactive online guide and user-friendly smartphone app that maps city, state, and national cultural and historic landmarks in [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, KCET Departures Green Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, The City Project
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > NPS Study Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area Green Justice El Servicio de Parques Nacionales recomienda otorgar reconocimiento oficial al Área Nacional de Recreación San Gabriel y Santa Mónica Por Robert García on April 10, 2013 1:00 PM El [...]
Posted in KCET Departures Green Justice, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > NPS Study Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area. Síga este enlace para ver este mensaje en Español. Green Justice National Park Service Recommends Designation of San Gabriel and Santa Monica National Recreation Area by Robert Garcia on April 10, [...]
Posted in Bike, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, KCET Departures Green Justice, Olmsted Vision, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Thousands of furloughed employees, threats to the federal firefighting workforce, and possible closures at parks. All that and more was detailed in a memo obtained by SoCal Wanderer and sent to 76,000 federal employees under Secretary Ken Salazar this weekend [read it at KCET]. At issue is sequestration, unpopular across-the-board cuts that were postponed during [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Infrastructure Justice, KCET Departures Green Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, February 15th, 2013
The City Project and diverse allies have long fought to keep California state parks for all. We stand ready to work with General Anthony Jackson, the new Director of California Department of Parks and Recreation, to restore public trust in the Department. According to the Associated Press: The Department of Parks and Recreation does not [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Infrastructure Justice, KCET Departures Green Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > From the Mouths of Babes: School Districts Misuse Food Funds, Fail to Provide Physical Education Green Justice From the Mouths of Babes: School Districts Misuse Food Funds, Fail to Provide Physical Education by Robert Garcia on February 7, 2013 12:00 PM Healthy eating and [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Health and Equality, KCET Departures Green Justice, Schools and Communities, The City Project