The undersigned diverse and growing alliance have submitted public comments to invest park funds to park poor and economically poor communities.
Park funds should be allocated based on need, not greed. Under a standard that targets communities with the greatest need first, need should be measured in terms of park poverty (less than 3 acres of [...]

Paul Ayers ayerspaul [at] sbcglobal.net writes: Hello Save the Altadena Trails (STAT) Supporters –
LA COUNTY VS. LA VINA
As you may recall, on April 22, 2008, the Honorable Joseph F. De Vanon ruled in the case of the County of Los Angeles v. La Vina Homeowners Association (HOA). In short, Judge De Vanon rejected each and [...]

New York Times
January 29, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Lilly’s Big Day
By GAIL COLLINS
President Obama is scheduled to sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law today.
“I’m so excited I can hardly stand it,” Ledbetter said recently after the bill passed the Senate.
Obama told her story over and over when he campaigned for president: How Ledbetter, now 70, [...]

State Lands board votes 2-1 against an oil company’s proposal to close four platforms, and in turn be allowed to drill new wells in state waters.
By Steve Chawkins
L.A. Times
January 30, 2009
Reporting from Santa Barbara — It was cast as an unprecedented compromise, a deal that would allow a Texas oil company to sink new wells off the Santa Barbara coast in [...]

Prof. Anita Weinberg writes:
I’m attaching to this email a summary of a proposal that I hope will be part of any economic stimulus package and that goes directly to . . . ensuring that public health criteria is applied to any infrastructure investments.  The  shovel-ready stimulus package would also make housing lead-safe and protect children from lead poisoning.   The proposal was [...]

Cesar Chavez Monument by Judy Baca SPARC California State University at San Jose
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Joaquin Andando LatinoLA
Did the New Yorker Jack Lalo Alcaraz’s Artwork?
GUSTAVO ARELLANO’s OC Weekly Blog “Navel Gazing”
“Did the New Yorker Ripoff A Mexican?”
LA Observed by Sara Catania
Another Questionable New Yorker Cover 
Adventures of the Coconut Caucus, Washington DC
“New Yorker Magazine Steals Idea From Beaner Cartoonist”
Stace Medellin’s Dos Centavos.net
“New Yorker Steals Lalo’s George?” 
The City Project Blog
“Lalo Alcaraz’s Obama [...]

Traducción y fotos por Frankie Orrala, Coordinador Asistente de Programas, Heal the Bay. Nota originalmente publicada en el sitio del City Project, http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/1231

Emotiva Apertura Inagural de la Cancha de mini-soccer Raúl Macías en el LA River Center

La comunidad celebró la Gran Apertura de la Cancha de Mini-Soccer Raúl Macías en el LA River Center and Garden [...]

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The YWCA Hollywood Studio Club was designed by architect Julia Morgan and opened in 1926, offering low-cost housing for young women hoping to make it in the movies.
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