Green Justice reports The City Project’s Assistant Director and Counsel Ramya Sivasubramanian testified before the California Assembly Committee on Local Government to promote community health, parks and recreation for all through reform of Quimby park funding on May 8, 2013 (AB 1359 – Hernandez). KCET’s SoCal Connected will also air the news story “Quimby and [...]

The City Project in a March 28, 2013, letter urged the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to audit compliance with physical education requirements. With others, The City Project has been monitoring physical education since 2010. LAUSD is not fully complying with state and federal laws and its own physical education plan. We encourage others to [...]

Active Living Research Using Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Create Active Communities RESEARCH BRIEF February 2013 Do Policies to Improve Physical Education Work? Introduction Low-income children and children of color are less likely to be physically active and more likely to be overweight or obese. These populations are also less likely to have sufficient [...]

A February 14, 2013 Field poll suggests that California voters will support a soda tax if the proceeds fund school nutrition and physical activity programs. Diverse voters were in strong support. According to the Field poll conducted on behalf of the California Endowment: When voters statewide are initially asked their opinion of the idea of taxing [...]

Ventura City Council voted unanimously to purchase property for a new park on February 4, 2013. The 2.4 acre property located between Ventura Avenue and Kellogg Street will provide people with open green space in a community that has lacked park and recreation space. Residents and community activists literally applauded Ventura City Council’s decision. Community [...]

SoCal > Departures > Land of Sunshine > Green Justice > From the Mouths of Babes: School Districts Misuse Food Funds, Fail to Provide Physical Education Green Justice From the Mouths of Babes: School Districts Misuse Food Funds, Fail to Provide Physical Education by Robert Garcia on February 7, 2013 12:00 PM Healthy eating and [...]

Click on the text or images for more information.  KCET Departures Launches Green Justice Column by Robert Garcia   Diversifying Access to and Support for Proposed San Gabriels National Recreation Area   Diverse Allies Support Equal Access to the L.A. River; SB 1201 Signed into Law   Providing Quality Physical Education in Los Angeles Unified [...]

California Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson with The City Project’s Daphne Hsu, Ramya Sivasubramanian, and Robert García. The City Project discussed education, health, and justice with Senator Jackson on January 23, 2013, in Sacramento. Click to read The City Project’s policy brief on physical education for all California students. Click to read The City Project’s green space [...]

The City Project’s article on Environmental Justice for All: Struggle in Baldwin Hills and South Central Los Angeles appears in the Clearinghouse Review: Journal of Poverty Law and Policy (Nov/Dec 2012). The Baldwin Hills and South Central Los Angeles constitute the historic heart of African American Los Angeles. . . . These communities have long strived [...]

We ask you to make a year end contribution to support equal justice, democracy and livability for all. Thanks to your support, The City Project is celebrating our second decade. In the past year alone we have enjoyed remarkable victories with diverse allies to define access to parks and recreation as an environmental justice issue, [...]