Category Archive: 'Transportation Justice'
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
June 29, 2009 UPDATED July 2, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg
Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee
State Capitol Sacramento, CA
re: Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, Senate President Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Hollingsworth, Speaker Bass, and Assembly Minority Leader Blakeslee:
We demand that [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
READ THE UPDATED JULY 2, 2009 LETTER BY CLICKING HERE
June 29, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg
Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA
re: Legal Requirements to Keep State Parks Open for All
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, Senate President Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Hollingsworth, Speaker Bass, and Assembly Minority [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, L.A. River, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Anahuak Youth Sports Association, Urban Semillas, and The City Project invite you to have fun in the park this weekend!
Rio de Los Angeles is a world-class, balanced park with active and passive recreation that meets the needs of
the community as defined by the community. The park is a best practice example [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
“Many people before us [wanted] to preserve this park only with nature. They had the good intention of restoring the park by leaving the trees the flora, and the fauna. And that’s when the problem started, because other people wanted other things, like soccer fields and recreation for our community.” Raul Macia, President and Founder, [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Olmsted Vision, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Budget panel wants to keep parks open and keep healthcare for low-income children. GOP leaders scoff at proposed tax hikes and criticize Democratic leaders for addressing only part of the deficit.
By Shane Goldmacher
11:02 PM PDT, June 15, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento — A state budget panel Monday rejected some of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most extreme proposals [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, The City Project, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Visit the coverage of the Olmsted Plan by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Learn more about the Olmsted plan Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region here.
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
June 11, 2009 UPDATED
President Barack Obama The White House
Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Dianne Feinstein The Capitol
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol
Re: Support the National Park Service Saving California State Parks for All
Dear President Obama, Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein, and Governor Schwarzenegger:
We respectfully submit that the National Park Service should take over and manage the California State Park [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
• SMMC Adds Malibu Bluffs Parkland to Potential Campsites •
The California Coastal Commission followed staff recommendations and denied the proposed Local Coastal Program Amendment submitted by the City of Malibu that included a prohibition on overnight camping on public parkland within its borders.
After almost 10 hours of reports and testimony at the panel’s meeting in [...]
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Everyday Heroes, Free the Beach!, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Clean Water, Diversifying Democracy, Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Justice, Fun in the Park, Health and Equality, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Save Panhe and San Onofre, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Visit the coverage the work of Judy Baca and SPARC on the Great Wall of Los Angeles along the L.A. River by clicking here.
Visit the complete KCET webstory on the L.A. River by clicking here.
Posted in Diversifying Democracy, Everyday Heroes, Fun in the Park, Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities, Heritage Parkscape, L.A. River, Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy, Native American Sites, Olmsted Vision, Public Art, Schools and Communities, The City Project, Transit to Trails, Transportation Justice, Urban Parks Movement
