The City Project at the Center for Law in the Public Interest with the Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio has submitted public comments concerning the design of Los Angeles State Historic Park.

“This could have been warehouses, and instead it’s going to be a park,” said Robert Garcia, executive director for the Center for Law in the Public Interest. “It wouldn’t have happened without the people on the selection committee and in the audience. This is a dream come true.”
One calls for moving Dodger Stadium and others [...]

Robert Garcia will speak on The Power of Justice and Collaboration at the Congress of the National Recreation and Park Association in Seattle, Washington with Fran Mainella, Director, The National Park Service, and Gene Duvernoy, President, Cascade Land Conservancy, on Thursday, October 12, from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Over 10,000 people will attend [...]

Los Angeles Regional Workshop on Proposition 84
The Clean Water, Parks & Coastal Protection Bond of 2006

Thursday October 12th
9:30 am - 12:00 noon
The Los Angeles River Center and Gardens
570 West Ave 26, Los Angeles 90065
Please join The Nature Conservancy, The California State Parks Foundation and a growing coalition of environmental stakeholders for an informational workshop on [...]

Children playing at the opening of the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield on September 23, 2006, with City Hall and the skyline in the background.
Learn more about the struggle for the park.

Letter to the Editor
Pasadena Star News October 4, 2006
What goes around … I nearly choked on my coffee when I read the article about plans for completing the Altadena Crest Trail (”County maps path for trail,” Sept. 19).
The article quotes a La Vina resident, Dick Whitehouse, as saying the “pristine, untouched area..wilderness … would [...]