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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]