IGNORING ENVIRONMENTAL, COASTAL CONCERNS COULD BE PERILOUS FOR CALIFORNIA POLITICOS IN 2006 ELECTION YEAR
Bush Ratings Among Lowest Ever, Schwarzenegger Approval Headed Down Again;
Bipartisan Beach Party? Agreement on Most Coastal Policies, But Levels of Concern Vary
SAN FRANCISCO, California, February 23, 2006 —When it comes to environmental and coastal issues, Californians give President George Bush, Governor Arnold [...]

City Controller Laura Chick recently published three audits that document systemic management failures in the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, and more importantly, provide a blueprint for reform. The Controller’s major findings and recommendations highlight the need for: a strategic plan to improve park services in every neighborhood, and eliminate or mitigate inequities [...]

The Center for Law in the Public Interest (the Center) supports a collective vision for a comprehensive and coherent web of parks, schools, beaches, forests, and transportation that promotes human health, a better environment, and economic vitality for all, and reflects the cultural diversity of Los Angeles.
City Controller Laura Chick recently published three [...]

The Los Angeles City Council Committees on Audits and Governmental Efficiency and Arts, Parks, Health, and Aging will hold a hearing on the audits of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks by City Controller Laura Chick on Thursday, February 23, 2006, at 3 p.m. in Room 1010, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, [...]

Santa Monica Daily Press
February 13, 2006
COMMON
SCENTS
BY CAROLE ORLIN
I have just been made aware of some “breaking news” that I feel is important to share with you. Many of us choose to live in Southern California because we love the outdoors and the wonderful Southern California lifestyle. We put up with the traffic and congestion to [...]

The Center for Law in the Public Interest (the Center) supports (1) significant funding for urban parks in any infrastructure bond this year as part of a comprehensive plan to promote economic, environmental, and equitable development for all, and (2) making sure that underserved communities receive their fair share of those public benefits. We [...]

Los Angeles Times
By Dennis McLellan
Times Staff Writer
February 5, 2006
As an avid outdoorswoman, Pasadena teacher Helen Mary Williams firmly believed that urban students could benefit from spending time in the wilderness.
In 1959, the Cleveland Elementary School teacher launched a Junior Audubon Science Club at the predominantly black school where baseball great Jackie Robinson was once a [...]

Los Angeles Times
By Steve Hymon and Hector Becerra
Times Staff Writers
February 5, 2006
South Los Angeles seems like the last place you’d expect to find wetlands.
Especially in an industrial corridor of junkyards, scrap-metal shops and fast-food restaurants.
But on Saturday, city leaders officially opened a half-acre artificial wetland carved out of an existing park. The hope is that [...]

Pasadena Star News
February 3, 2006

Geez, I went for a return trip to gorgeous Lower Millard Canyon above Altadena, and I plumb forgot to “trespass!”
That’s because I was at the start of a long mountain run in the happy company of a La Vina resident who wholly disagrees with the absurd, costly and legally baseless [...]

An audit by Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick has found millions of unused public dollars earmarked for transportation. City Controller Laura Chick is calling for, “An effective integrated strategic plan that links together all of these valuable resources to keep the people of Los Angles moving.” The Los Angeles Department of Transportation [...]