BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS!
COME HEAR SUPERVISOR BURKE SPEAK FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON HER PLAN FOR THE BALDWIN HILLS OIL FIELD
Friday – October 11th
9:30 am
Kenneth Hahn Park
The Baldwin Hills Conservancy Board, chaired by Supervisor Burke is meeting this Friday – October 11th .
Supervisor Burke is holding a press conference BEFORE the meeting tomorrow starting at [...]

The City Project is working with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance to help make the dream come true for the transition from active oil fields to the Baldwin Hills Park. The Community Standards District (CSD) regulations and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) should promote these goals.
The Baldwin Hills Park Master Plan envisions a two-square mile park [...]

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Paul Ayers writes:
Hello Save the Altadena Trails (STAT) Supporters –
We hope you have all had an eventful summer, and spent some time on our local trails.
Here is an update on STAT issues and events:
LA COUNTY VS. LA VINA
On April 22, 2008, the Honorable Joseph F. De Vanon ruled in favor of the County in the [...]

The following articles regarding Baldwin Hills oil fields, community, and park, mostly written by Ari Noonan, appear at www.thefrontpageonline.com.
Burke’s Office Memo to Residents: Don’t Get Up Hopes for Delay
For Crest Residents Once More It’s Time to Get Out the Vote on Drilling
Public Relations Operatives Are Fingered– And There is a PXP Link
A Shocker Victory Looms [...]

Woody Smeck, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, writes:
Dear Friends:
This past week former U.S. Senators J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D-La) and
Howard H. Baker (R- TN) announced they are convening a year-long, blue
ribbon commission to recommend policies for the National Park System in the
next century. The system will turn 100 in 2016. The commission (National
Parks [...]

The City Project, Dr. Robert Bullard and the Environmental Justice Resource Center of Clark Atlanta University, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and NRDC have submitted public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Report concerning the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District to keep the Baldwin Hills green and clean for all for generations to [...]

The City Project has submitted public comments to the Regional Planning Commission to keep the Baldwin Hills green and clean for all for generations to come.
The City Project is proud to work with the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance, the National Latino Congreso, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and a diverse and growing coalition [...]

Sarah Lorenzen, AIA, and Plasmatic Concepts produced The Los Angeles River Film. Sarah writes:
Our Los Angeles River Film is being screened at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival this weekend.
The film is part of a series of talks and films entitled “Sustainable L.A.”
Events will take place from noon until 10 pm.
There is also what should [...]

The grand opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield on September 23, 2006. The site couuld have been warehouses. Instead, it’s a park. Activists and advocates galvanized community support to create the state park and stop 32 acres of warehouses. The Los Angeles Times called the victory “a heroic [...]