February 6 is the anniversary of the California Coastal Commission’s 8-2 vote to save the sacred Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and stop the toll road there.  Coastal Commission member Mary Shallenberger explicitly concluded that the impact on the Native American people alone was reason enough to vote against the toll [...]

San Onofre looking north from Trail 6 towards nuclear reactor
The United States Department of Commerce on December 18, 2008, upheld the California Coastal Commission decision to stop the toll road through the sacred Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofore State Beach.
With 2.7 million visitors a year, San Onofre is the fifth-most popular destination in [...]

Posted: December 27th, 2008 http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/1205
Los Angeles Times
Editorial
OUT HERE
The Acjachemen’s victory
The Acjachemen quietly marked the win against the Foothill South toll road by honoring land that will not be disturbed.
December 27, 2008
On the chilly morning of the winter solstice last Sunday, the sun was just cresting the ridgeline of San Mateo Canyon as the Acjachemen talking [...]

Diverse allies working together persuaded the California Coastal Commission in February and the United States Department of Commerce on December 18, 2008, to save the sacred Native American Acjachemen site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach and stop the toll road there.
“Our hearts are filled with gratitude today. I am grateful for the support [...]

New York Times
November 6, 2009
EDITORIAL
White House receptions of American Indian leaders have too often been patronizing historical footnotes. President Obama opened what we hope will be a more promising chapter on Thursday when he met with the leaders from all 564 federally recognized tribes. He vowed that there would be no more “going through the [...]

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SALVAR LOS PARQUES. Las comunidades de color están entre las que menos acceso tienen a los espacios verdes, incluyendo los parques y los campos escolares. Activistas de derechos civiles y de justicia ambiental [...]

More details emerged Thursday.
A new Assembly report said the state could close 50 parks because of an $8-million reduction in funds.
“It’s a certainty some parks will close with these reductions,” said Roy Stearns, a spokesman for the Department of Parks and Recreation. “What we don’t know is what parks and where.”
Other administration officials said the [...]

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 [...]

CHICANO PARK

Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 — the same day as the first Earth Day — when the community of Barrio Logan joined activists to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the 8 acre park. The community had already been degraded by the demolition of [...]

For more information, contact Rebecca Robles, rebrobles1@gmail.com, or Angela Mooney D’Arcy, at angela.ucpp@gmail.
Save Panhe and San Onofre.
 

Sunday, April 19th11am to 5pmPANHEEarth Day CelebrationFeaturing Native Singers, Dancers, SpeakersStorytelling, Basketry, Native Plant Demonstrations,and lots more!!Flute Circle9:30 am to 11:30am
PANHE: From CA I-5, exit at Cristianitos in San Clemente and go East towards Camp Pendleton for 1 mile to the [...]