The City Project has submitted public comments on behalf of the Titan Group regarding the El Monte Transit Village draft environmental impact report. The comments focus on parks and active recreation to help improve health and the quality of life for the diverse community, links to the Emerald Necklace along the Rio Hondo and [...]

Transit to Trails took 340 children, families, and friends from the Anahuak Youth Association to kick off the King Gillette Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains on July 28, 2007. The Gillette Ranch is home to some of California’s newest preserved and protected open space. This beautiful parkland has been a haven to people, [...]

Community Health Councils, the 26th Senate Empowerment Congress, and The City Project have submitted public comments on the scope of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District (CSD). We have come together to engage, educate, and empower the community in examining the impact of oil drilling and operations on [...]

By Gary Walker
Culver City News
July 26, 2007
The City Project’s director said that his organization will be paying close attention to the environmental analysis, with particular attention given to the park plan. “Our primary concern is that the EIR provide the information necessary to understand the impact of oil drilling and operations on the people [...]

Por Andrea Carrión Diario HOY 213.237.4572 acarrion@hoyllc.com
8 de agosto, 2007
www.hoyinternet.com/noticias/localidades/losangeles/hoy-0808vanaug08,0,407340.story
Los Ángeles — En reacción a una serie de quejas de residentes por la falta de uso público de la piscina olímpica del Centro Educativo Miguel Contreras, la oficina del alcalde Antonio Villaraigosa ha creado un servicio de transporte a dos albercas públicas que se encuentran [...]

From Times Staff and Wire Reports
August 4, 2007
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took the plunge Friday, jumping into a swimming pool dispute that has pitted residents of a low-income neighborhood against school and parks officials.
Starting today, the mayor’s office will provide vans to take youngsters from 3rd Street’s Miguel Contreras Learning Center, where a closed pool is [...]

The Mayor is a hero! Please read on.

Office of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
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Department of Recreation and Parks
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STARTING/EMPEZANDO
AUGUST 4- SEPTEMBER 3, 2007/AGOSTO 3 – SEPTIEMBRE 3, 2007
SUNDAY – SATURDAY/DOMINGO A SABADO
Join the fun at Griffith Park Pool or Glassell Park Pool /
Unase a la diversion en la Alberca Griffith ó la Alberca Glassell
Youth [...]

Budget Problems Keep New Downtown Public Pool Unused
Community Group ACORN Protests Lack of Access to Pool
By Subha Ravindhran
LOS ANGELES, July 31,2007 (KABC-TV) -
“I feel sad, because I cannot get in and get wet,” said William Garcia, a local youth.
“It’s not fair for the low-income families to have a pool this near and be closed,” [...]

LOS ANGELES — Some residents in the Central City West area near downtown Los Angeles gathered around the new Miguel Contreras pool to demand an explanation why the Olympic-sized public facility has not yet opened.
“I don’t believe this beautiful pool is just sitting here empty when our kids don’t have anywhere to cool off,” said [...]

Celeste Fremon writes:
Mayor Villaraigosa is the one best positioned to cut through the red tape and get the pool opened.
So mister mayor, Antonio…..hon, can we talk? This has not been a great summer for you, okay? But right now you have a chance to be a hero—on a small scale, yes, but symbolically this could [...]