Newsletter
Fall 2004
Prop O Promises Cleaner Water, Greener City
 Prop O, a $500 million local bond for clean water and a greener
city, passed with 76% of the vote on the November 2 ballot.
Prop O will keep pollution out of the ocean and off our beaches,
improve water quality, and benefit every neighborhood in Los Angeles
by upgrading storm drains and sewers, eliminating flooding, and
creating community parks and green space.
The City Project and our civil rights colleagues at English, Munger & Rice
helped win a clean water suit to clean up the sewers in Los Angeles.
The City Project represented Concerned Citizens of South Central Los
Angeles and community and homeowner groups in the Leimert Park,
Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, and other South Los Angeles neighborhoods
that have suffered from foul odors as a result of sewage spills
and broken pipes that Prop O will help restore.
Prop O promotes efforts to develop an Integrated Resources Plan
to manage the City's wastewater, recycled water, and storm water
infrastructure in ways that will clean urban runoff and reuse that
water for green schools and parks.
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