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Newsletter
Spring 2007
Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan
The final River Plan and EIR have
been released. The City Project with
the Alianza de los Pueblos del Río submitted
public comments incorporated
in the final documents. The comments
improve river revitalization to ensure
the fair treatment of people of all colors,
cultures, and incomes. Major recommendations
include:
- Explicitly provide for parks with active
recreation to improve human
health and reduce obesity.
- Ensure the fair allocation of the economic benefits of revitalization
through specific goals for local jobs
and affordable housing.
- Prevent gentrification and displacement.
- Provide shared use of parks and
schools along the river.
- Include diverse public art and cultural
centers and programs along the
river, including the Heritage Parkscape.
- Include transit to trails to move people
along the river and to mountains
and beaches. The 25 cent DASH
should link El Pueblo, the Cornfield
and Taylor Yard in one continuous
parkscape.
- The city, county, and other agencies
should collaborate on revitalizing the
entire 52 miles of the river to ensure underserved communities between
Vernon and the ocean receive their fair
share of benefits.
- Continue revitalization processes that
are transparent and engage the public.
- The area from Taylor Yard to the
Cornfield to El Pueblo should be one
continuous parkscape and serve as a
best practice example of community
and revitalization.
- Extend demographic analyses to a 3
mile radius along the river to more accurately
assess the impact of revitalization.
- Proactively comply with environmental
justice and civil rights laws.
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