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	<description>Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability for All</description>
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		<title>Vista Hermosa Grand Opening July 19, 2008</title>
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Neighborhood children celebrated Earth Day by planting trees on April 19, 2008, at the new Vista Hermosa Nature Park adjoining the new Edward R. Roybal High School in Pico Union, one of the most park-starved communities in California. The Park will open July 19, 2008!
Vista Hermosa Park is located in Assembly District 45 (DeLeon). There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monuments, Diversity and Democracy: Little Tokyo&#8217;s Aoyama Tree</title>
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Photo by Nic Garcia
Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
Little Tokyo&#8217;s Aoyama Tree designated a monument
The 60-foot tall Moreton Bay Fig symbolizes the founding of the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in downtown Los Angeles in 1920.

  By Joanna Lin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
  12:50 PM PDT, July 17, 2008


  Los [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Hartzog &#8220;the greatest director in the history of the&#8221; National Park Service dies at 88 New York Times</title>
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. . . During his tenure Mr. Hartzog oversaw the acquisition of 72 sites, amounting to 2.7 million acres. The list went beyond national parks to include recreation areas, seashores, river ways and historical monuments.
“He was an empire builder,” Robert M. Utley, a former Park Service historian, said in an interview on Tuesday. Besides Stephen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy: 604 Hollywood School for Girls/Woman&#8217;s Club of Hollywood</title>
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The Hollywood School for Girls/Woman&#8217;s Club of Hollywood was designed by Arthur E. Harvey and constructed in 1948.

Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
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		<title>Thank you, Jesus Sanchez, and farewell.  Los Angeles Times.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jesus Sanchez is a great journalist and he is one of my heroes. It is a tragedy that he is leaving the L.A. Times.
We helped spearhead the successful effort to create what is now the Los Angeles State Historic Park at the Cornfield. Mr. Sanchez covered that story in an excellent front page article above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baldwin Hills L.A. City Council to Study Oil Impacts and Moratorium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The City Council on July 16, 2008, approved a motion directing City staff to assess the project&#8217;s impacts on the local community, and to present their findings and comments to the Council for its consideration before public comments are due to the County Regional Planning Commission on August 19, 2008.
The motion also directs the City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy: 227 Janes House</title>
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Photo by Nic Garcia.
Built in 1902 and bought by the Janes family, the Janes sisters operated Misses Janes Kindergarten in their home.
Learn more about the Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
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		<title>Monuments, Diversity, and Democracy: 313 Old Japanese American National Museum Little Tokyo</title>
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Photo by Nic Garcia.
The old Japanese American National Museum Little Tokyo was formerly the Hompa Hongwanjii Buddhist Temple and designated at Cultural Historical Landmark 313 by the City of Los Angeles.  Constructed 1924-25, it was one of the first religious structures serving Asian Americans in Los Angeles.  The building has three sections that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/890</link>
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		<title>Clash of the Pochos Culture Clash KPFK Benefit July 27 8 pm Ford Ampitheater Pocho Hour of Power</title>
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		<link>http://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/915</link>
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		<title>Contreras Pool Opens to Public - Downtown News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[City, LAUSD Reach Deal On Access to Facility at High School
by Ryan Vaillancourt
July 14, 2008
Community activists who have been calling on city and school district officials to open the Olympic-sized pool at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex to the public during the summer got their wish last Monday.
With the July sun beating down and the [...]]]></description>
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