Category Archive: 'L.A. River'
Monday, February 6th, 2012
The South Central Los Angeles Wetlands Park is funded in part through the settlement agreement resolving the Clean Water Justice action to improve the City of Los Angeles sewer system city wide. The action resulted in a $2 billion settlement agreement and court order in 2004. The settlement has also provided funding for revitalizing North [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Green Justice What Is Green Justice? by Robert Garcia I am a civil rights attorney. I have represented people on Death Row, helped free Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther leader, from prison after 27 years for a crime he did not commit, prosecuted public corruption and international drug trafficking conspiracies, and litigated international banking cases [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, Map Justice, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Olmsted Vision, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, January 9th, 2012
L.A. River for Sale…Again? by Juan Devis Taylor Yard for Sale The community coalition that made El Rio De Los Angeles State Park a reality in 2007 and brought the river revitalization efforts one step closer to fruition are being called into action one more time. As we reported on an earlier post, a parcel [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, L.A. River, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
We are proud and happy to work with diverse allies, the United States Department of the Interior, and the National Park Service as these agencies increasingly recognize that access to parks and green space is an environmental justice and human health issue nation wide. Recent reports focus on parks, health and equal justice; the Los [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Indigenous Values and Native American Sites, Infrastructure Justice, L.A. River, San Gabriel Mountains Forever, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Click on the text or images for more information. Save Watts Towers! LACMA New York Times Why Didn’t They Just Stop? Public Outcry Stops Excavation at El Pueblo Campo Santo Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Orange County Policy Report / Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el [...]
Posted in Baldwin Hills, Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Employment Opportunities, Everyday Heroes, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Read the appeal by diverse allies to stop an industrial development that threatens the community vision for a 100 acre Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard.
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Read the appeal by diverse allies to stop an industrial development that threatens the community vision for a 100 acre Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard. The pictures shows an aerial view of Taylor Yard. The 40 acre parcel of Rio de Los Angeles State Park lies between San Fernando Road and [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
The community celebrated the grand opening of the first 40 acre parcel of Rio de Los Angeles State Park on Earth Day 2007 to give children a place to play, after the Coalition for a State Park at Taylor Yard stopped a commercial project there. Since that day the Los Angeles Unified School District has [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
The North Broadway bridge stands on the site where members of the Portola expedition originally forded the Los Angeles River. Built in 1910 and recently reinforced, it is one of twelve bridges across the Los Angeles River that have been named to the National Register of Historic Places. Learn more about Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom.
Posted in L.A. River, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The Great Wall of Los Angeles is the largest monument to inter-racial harmony in the United States. The Great Wall was created and directed by Judy Baca, California Chicana muralist and the Founder and Artistic Director of SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center, Debra J.T. Padilla, Executive Director). The Great Wall is a half-mile [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, L.A. River, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Public Art