Friday September 7, 2007, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Davidson Conference Center Topic Summaries: Open Space, Stormwater & Groundwater: Toward a Regional Open Space Plan Planning Beyond the River Corridor: Tributaries, Watersheds & Communities The Lower 20: Toward a Unified Plan? Dividing the Pie? Funding and Governance Download the complete schedule, topics, and speakers list [...]

Planning Commissioners Training UCLA Extension Public Policy Program September 20, 2007, Thursday, 9:15 am-3:30 pm The Public Policy Program convenes a daylong series of training sessions designed for planning commissioners from local jurisdictions across the state of California. The sessions provide useful tools to assist commissioners in preparing for planning commission meetings so that they [...]

Endorse and Register for the National Latino Congreso View the Agenda Reserve your Hotel Room Prepare your Resolutions Sponsor an Event October 5th-9th, 2007 Los Angeles, California Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown www.latinocongreso.org 1-888-222-4413

The Los Angeles Times recently editorialized: "Los Angeles is chronically short of park space, a civic failure that generations of leaders have only glancingly addressed. In 1930, the brilliant but ignored Olmsted-Bartholomew plan envisioned a county where every resident enjoyed easy access to beaches, vistas, recreation areas and parks. Today, just 30% or so of [...]

Greener pastures for VA land The 388-acre Westside swath holds profound potential for L.A., if the federal agency would stop leasing out pieces of it. September 2, 2007 Los Angeles is chronically short of park space, a civic failure that generations of leaders have only glancingly addressed. In 1930, the brilliant but ignored Olmsted-Bartholomew plan [...]