Category Archive: 'L.A. River'

UPDATED Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All

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 [...]

Raul Macias Field L.A. River Center

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Raul Macias Field at L.A. River Center Grand Opening Jan. 24, 2009
Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All

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 [...]

Rio de Los Angele State Park “Save Our State Parks Weekend of Action” June 20 and 21, 2009

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 [...]

KCET Webstory the L.A. River Raul Macias Anahuak Youth Sports Association

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, [...]

KCET Webstory L.A. River Sepulveda Flood Control Basin

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 [...]

KCET L.A. River Webstory The Olmsted Plan

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.

California State Park Visitors Spend $4.32 Billion per Year

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 [...]

KCET L.A. River Webstory The Great Wall, SPARC, and Judy Baca

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

  
Visit the coverage the work of Judy Baca and SPARC on the Great Wall of Los Angeles along the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.

KCET L.A. River Webstory The Heritage Parkscape

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Visit the coverage of the Heritage Parkscape along the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Learn more about the Heritage Parkscape here.