The California Department of Parks and Recreation has published a study based on the public’s need to become more aware of California’s cultural diversity and its tangible manifestations on the land. Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California (1988) can serve as a best practice example guide for cultural and heritage monuments that celebrate [...]

Colonel Magness sent the attached letter dated April 7, 2008, to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, “to clarify and augment the project’s administrative record before you” “My staff consistently endeavors to render fair and balanced decisions within the bounds of our implementing regulations and based on thebest available information. For this reason, I am compelled to highlight a few areas of the public record where I have found inaccurate statements as well as inferences that misrepresent the Corps preliminary determinations within the context of our CWA and NEPA statutory responsibilities.”

ARMY TACKLES TOLL ROAD

Posted by Alex Brant-Zawadzki in 241 Toll Road, Breaking News
April 9, 2008 4:49 PM
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When supporters of the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road and its builder, the Transportation Corridor Agencies, hear opponents claim they’ll stop the project, the reply is usually along the lines of, “You and what [...]

The California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to stop the toll road on February 6, 2008. The struggle never ends. The toll road agency has appealed to the United States Department of Commerce. United Coalition to Protect Panhe and The City Project are working with a diverse and growing alliance to save Panhe and San [...]

The New York Times notes that racial and ethnic diversity in the United States undermines support for public investment in social welfare. For example, the share of municipal spending devoted to social good — education, roads, sewage, and trash clearance — is smaller in more racially diverse cities. For every four immigrants who arrived [...]

Acjachemen tribal member Louis Robles, Jr., posted the sign featured in the New York Times, and testified emotionally when the Coastal Commission voted 8-2 against the toll road that would devastate the sacred site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach.

Axel Koester for The New York Times
NEWS ANALYSIS
In California, Coastal Commission Wields Vast Power
By JENNIFER [...]

Story by Jeesoo Park
Preservation Online February 20, 2008
A spacious, 3,000-acre state park that runs along the Pacific Ocean, San Diego’s San Onofre State Beach is a popular vacation spot for the 2.4 million who visit each year. It’s also the sacred site of Panhe, an ancient village of the native Acjachemen people who still reside [...]

“Did the State of California enact laws that prohibited California Indians from practicing their religion, speaking their languages or practicing traditional ceremonies and customs? Senator John L. Burton requested that the California Research Bureau research this question.”
This report focuses on early California laws and policies that significantly impacted the California Indians’ way of life. [...]

Click on the image to go to the on line book by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service.
“This report is not about the prehistory of California Indians, nor is it the story of any one Indian group. Rather, it is a commentary on those events, procedures, laws, and [...]

View eleven short YouTube videos of the hearing where the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 against the proposed toll road through the park on February 6, 2008. The road would devastate the Native American sacred site of Panhe and San Onofre State Beach.
Commissioner Mary Shallenberger votes against the toll road because the impacts on [...]