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¿UN NUEVO PARQUE EN LA AVENIDA VENTURA?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Ventura County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Ventura en Español. Click here to view other reports [...]

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A New Park on the Avenue in Ventura?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Ventura County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Ventura en Español. Click here to view other reports [...]

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KCET Departures What Is Green Justice? Robert Garcia

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 [...]

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Why Parks Matter: Cultural Heritage

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Click here to see The City Project’s policy report and maps on Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Riverside County in English. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte y mapas del City Project de Parques, Escuelas y Comunidades Saludables: Acceso Verde y Equidad en el Condado de Riverside en Español. [...]

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Coastal Commission imposes $430,000 fine for unearthing Native American artifacts at Bolsa Chica 9,000 year old site

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

State coastal regulators Wednesday criticized and fined a property owner for unearthing artifacts at a 9,000-year-old Native American village site near the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Huntington Beach. In a settlement with the California Coastal Commission, the Goodell Family Trust agreed to pay a $430,000 penalty, rebury artifacts and restore areas disturbed when archaeologists dug [...]

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Tell NPS Why a San Gabriel National Recreation Area Is Important to You

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Children in support of Alternative D at an NPS public hearing in El Monte. The National Park Service (NPS) is currently accepting public comments about creating a National Recreation Area in the San Gabriel Mountains and Watershed. Based on previous public comments, NPS developed four alternative scenarios. Alternative D most closely resembles our vision for [...]

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Environmental Justice, Parks and Health: Department of Interior and National Park Service

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 [...]

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500th Anniversary “I am a voice crying in the wilderness. By what right do you keep these Indians in such a cruel and horrible servitude?” Grito de Montesinos

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Fray Antonio de Montesinos landed with the first band of Dominican friars from Spain in Hispaniola. He was the first, in 1511, to denounce publicly in America the enslavement and oppression of the Indians as sinful and disgraceful, and to call for reform. That sermon launched a Spanish debate about protecting the indigenous people, contributed to [...]

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Los Parques Unen a la Gente

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Click here to read the summary report Parks for Everyone report in English. Haga click aquí para ver el sumario Parques para Todos en Español. Click here to view The City Project’s Policy Report on the nine county region Healthy Parks, Schools and Communities: Green Access and Equity for Southern California. Síga este enlace para ver el reporte del City Project de [...]

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Parks Bring People Together