Monthly Archive: July, 2006

Audit of LAUSD Student Health, Physical Activity, and Nutrition

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Following Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s request to the State for a performance audit of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Center for Law in the Public Interest and public health experts Susan Babey, Ph.D., Richard Brown, Ph.D., and Eloisa Gonzalez, M.D., have submitted a letter requesting that any audit of LAUSD address the health, physical [...]

Reviving the Forgotten History of Bruces’ Beach and the Legacy of Black L.A.

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

The City of Manhattan Beach has taken an important step for equal justice, voting to commemorate the proud legacy of African-American Los Angeles by changing the name of an ocean front park back to Bruces’ Beach. Bruces’ Beach was one of the few beaches in Southern California in the early 1900s that was not off-limits [...]