Transit to Trails takes inner city youth and their families and friends on fun mountain, beach, and Los Angeles River trips. The project enriches their education about water, land, wildlife, and cultural history, and the importance of physical activity and healthy eating for life-long health.
Transit to Trails will kick off the 2008 season with a [...]

Superintendent Tom Workman invites everyone to celebrate National Park Week at Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego’s National Park, with special Junior Ranger Day activities on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. National Park Week (April 19-27, 2008), celebrates and seeks to engage people with America’s national parks. The 2nd Annual National [...]

Manzanar is a best practice example of a cultural, historical, or artistic monument that reflects diversity, democracy, and freedom.

The mission statement at Manzanar states :
Manzanar National Historic Site preserves the stories and resources of Manzanar for this and future generations. We will facilitate a park experience that weaves the stories of the various occupations of [...]

The City Project’s Executive Director and Counsel Robert García presented the Policy Report Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities: Mapping Green Access and Equity for the Los Angeles Region before the full Los Angeles City Council on March 18, 2008. Council members responded in a public conversation about a fair system of park finance and fees [...]

A Tale of Two Studies: Some Concerned Rec and Parks Report Replicates Work Already Done
by Anna Scott
Los Angeles Downtown News April 7, 2008
The city Department of Recreation and Parks, under scrutiny for $130 million in unspent park funds gathered from developers, now faces increased pressure to come up with a plan for the money.
In the [...]

The prevalence of childhood obesity by city council district for Los Angeles is shown in Chart 403CLA. The highest level is 29.3% in district 9 (Parks) in South Los Angeles. Even the lowest level of 18.1% is unacceptably high in district 5 (Weiss) in West L.A.
The prevalence of childhood obesity varied significantly among [...]

Councilman Tom LaBonge urges each councilmember to assign a deputy to work study The City Project’s Policy Report on healthy parks, schools, and communities. “Every day is another opportunity to try to create more space for people to live a better life in a city. A city, if you look at a city, how [...]

Councilwoman Jan Perry discusses the need for communities that are not park poor to work with communities that are to create parks for all.
Download the letter to the City Council summarizing our recommendations.
Download the Policy Report Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities: Mapping Green Access and Equity for the Los Angeles Region.