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Newsletter
Fall 2004
Recent Center Publications
 Professor Craig Arnold in a recent article discusses the need
for an environmental ethic that highlights the psychology and ecology
of place, public education and participation, politics, and multidisciplinary
problem solving, as well as the utility and limits of litigation. "The
creative and interdisciplinary work of The City Project of Los
Angeles' Center for Law in the Public Interest and its lawyer director
Robert García can serve as one such example of environmental lawyering
that encompasses more than environmental law." Craig Arnold, Working
Out an Environmental Ethic: Anniversary Lessons from Mono Lake,
4 Wyo. L. Rev. 1, 50-51 (2004) (footnotes omitted).
The City Project works and publishes extensively on human health and
equal access to public resources including parks, schools, and
transportation. Executive Director Robert García has co-authored
a chapter entitled "Crossroad Blues: the MTA Consent
Decree and Just Transportation," in the book on transportation
justice edited by Professor Karen Lucas, Running on Empty. Mr.
García was a key member of the legal team in the historic environmental
justice class action Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in which
MTA agreed to invest over $2 billion to improve the bus system
and lower bus fares, the largest civil rights settlement ever.
The chapter chronicles this historic struggle and its aftermath.
The book is available through info@isbs.com.
The City Project has also published its article Healthy
Children, Healthy Communities: Parks, Schools, and Sustainable
Regional Planning in the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
The article continues The City Project's groundbreaking work in addressing
the disparities in human health and access to parks, school
yards, and green space.
The City Project is publishing Public Transportation to
Local National Forests, a study that explores
public transportation access to the four forests of Southern
California. The study by the University of Southern California
Department of Geography, with a preface by The City Project, found
that there is virtually no good way to reach the forests using
public transportation, and recommends alternatives like transit
to trails in Northern California.
The City Project's work in the urban park movement is featured in the
report, "Growth: The California Story" by
the California Center for Regional Leadership, available at www.calregions.org.
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