Urban Sustainability Forum
Seattle Department of Planning and Development
Building the “New Green Urban Movement” within Diverse Communities

Robert Garcia, The City Project
November 19, 2007 5.30pm-7.00pm
Seattle Central Library
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Fall 2007 Annual Environmental Law Symposium
Environmental Justice 25 Years After Warren County
Friday, November 16, 2007
9 am to 5 pm
Golden Gate Law School 
536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Second Floor, Room 2203
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Bullard, Author of Dumping In Dixie
Presentations By:
Amy Cohen - Bay Area Environmental Health Collobarative
Luke Cole and Caroline Farrell - Center on Race, [...]

Members Critical of Quimby Fees Management, Ask for Quarterly Updates
by Anna Scott
Los Angeles City Council members had harsh words for Recreation and Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri last week, when Mukri appeared at City Hall to report on the department’s embattled Quimby program, which generates park funds.
“It is unacceptable to me, in general terms, [...]

 
Prevalence of Childhood Obesity 2005  
The prevalence of childhood obesity for 128 cities and communities in Los Angeles County are presented in Figure 1. The prevalence of childhood obesity varied significantly among cities and communities, from a low of 4% in Manhattan Beach to a high of 37% in Maywood, and was found to be [...]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-obesity10nov10,1,2944595.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
From the Los Angeles Times
 
Study finds up to 37% of children in low-income communities are dangerously overweight. Other areas have as little as 4%.
By Mary Engel
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 10, 2007
Obesity rates for children in low-income communities with few parks are up to nine times higher than for children in affluent areas with abundant [...]

just space(s)
September 26-November 18, 2007
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Organized by Ava Bromberg & Nicholas Brown
Symposia . . . 
Saturday, November 10 / Session#3 / Economic Justice and the Right to the City / 2:00-4:00pm
Participants: John Malpede, Mark Purcell, Ben Beach, Gilda Haas, Robert Garcia, Steve Rasmussen Cancian
Framed by a concept of Just Space(s) the show is [...]

United Teacher October 12, 2007 www.UTLA.net/unitedteacher/PDFs/utla_oct07lowres.pdf
Over the summer the UTLA Physical Education Campaign continued to build its team and plan a game strategy. We are now ready to embark on the 2007- 2008 season of our fight to improve the physical health and education of LAUSD students.
The UTLA Physical Education Campaign is organized around a [...]

Downtown News Editorial
The boneheaded moves by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks just don’t stop. Fortunately for the department, something completely out of its control may derail one of its most illogical decisions: The attempt to spend millions on land for a park in a place where most Downtowners never go.
During the last [...]

Department Head Makes First Public Presentation on Scrutinized Park Funds Program
by Anna Scott
Under increasing pressure from city officials, the Department of Recreation and Parks last week publicly detailed how it tracks money collected from developers to build parks, and described its plans to improve its outdated system.

The Recreation and Parks Department hopes to buy a [...]