A diverse and growing alliance urge the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to support public access for all to the Temescal Gateway Park.
Temescal Gateway Park is a crown jewel in the precious little parklands of the Los Angeles region. Temescal Gateway Park was purchased and is maintained with public funds by a public agency to benefit [...]

KNX 1070 News Radio’s Michael Lindner conducts exclusive interviews on the Baldwin Hills oil field with members of the Greater Baldwin Hills Alliance and others. Listen to the KNX broadcast.

Learn more at www.greaterbaldwinhillsalliance.org and www.baldwinhillsoil.org.

“It is the most important work of American art of the 19th century,” Sara Cedar Miller said.
She was referring to Central Park, not to the 3-foot by-8-foot pen-and-ink map over her shoulder. But the two are inseparable. The enormous map depicts “Greensward,” the plan by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux that won the park-design [...]

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) calls for public transportation to improve access for all to parks throughout Southern California in the 2008 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Environmental Justice Report.
In response to public comments by The City Project and others calling for healthy parks, schools, and communties, SCAG conducted additional and new analysis on access [...]

Click on the image to see all sizes of the map and detailed charts analyzing proposed park closures.
The Governor has proposed closing 48 out of 278 priceless State Parks to save money. The proposal would close one out of every six state parks, to save just $9 million.
Four counties with the greatest green access need [...]

Transit to Trails visited the Wishtoyo Foundation’s Chumash Demonstration Village Project in Malibu on April 26, 2008.

The Village will consist of the creation of an outdoor working Native American village on a four-acre site at Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibu, creating the only living Chumash cultural village of its kind in Southern California.
Transit to [...]

UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

KLCS and KCET Broadcasts!

KLCS - Mondays at 8PM - April 28, May 5, 12, and 19

April 28: In Sickness and In Wealth
May 5: When the Bough Breaks and Becoming American
May 12: Bad Sugar and Place Matters
May 19: Collateral Damage and Not Just a [...]

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival features Native American tribes performing an intertribal dance at the Louisiana Native National Tent on April 25, 2008.

Learn more about The City Project’s Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.

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 [...]