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The Olmsted Report called for the doubling of public beach frontage. “Public control of the ocean shore, especially where there are broad and satisfactory beaches, is one of the prime needs of the Region, chiefly for the use of throngs of people coming from inlands. . . . [T]he public holdings should [...]

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to Take Fight to the California Coastal Commission
Contact: Dash Stolarz
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
(310) 985-5147 (cell)
December 5, 2007
Malibu-At a Special Meeting today, the Malibu City Council voted 5-0 to ask the Coastal Commission to certify a Local Coastal Program (LCP) amendment that would prohibit all overnight camping in Malibu parks, and would [...]

The Malibu City Council on December 5, 2007, will consider a local coastal program amendment and corollary amendments to the general plan that would prohibit all overnight camping in Malibu parks, and would eliminate public access to Ramirez Canyon Park. The public and Native Americans with ancestral ties to the area would be prohibited from [...]

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Los Angeles beaches in 2005 are shown in Map 103. Not all beaches have public access, accurate public beach data is not available, and private property owners are trying to cut off public access to public beaches.
Keeping public beaches public for all is a challenge up and down the California coast, and [...]

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There are unfair park, school, and health disparities by Los Angeles City Council District.
Thus, for example, District 13 (Garcetti) in Central Los Angeles and District 10 (Wesson) in South Los Angeles each has .35 net acres of urban parks per thousand residents, compared to 15.86 net acres in District 12 (Smith) in [...]

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L.A. River Rangers march in the Highland Park parade on December 2, 2007. The Rangers are part of the Transit to Trails project of the Anahuak Youth Association, Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority, and The City Project.