Green Justice
Civil rights attorney Robert Garcia fights for the simple joys of playing in the park and school field for children of color and low income children.
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The L.A. River is highlighted in an exhibit focusing on reclaiming the edge of urban waterways around the world.
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LAUSD school board members have introduced a resolution to support physical education for all students in California.
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David Garcia suffered exposure to disparate and adverse levels of methyl bromide while attending Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California, according to the suit.
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The people of Los Angeles now have the opportunity to work with state and local government to restore the lost beauty of the River.
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There are lessons to be learned about positive steps we can take to promote justice for all regardless of race, color, or national origin.
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I was born in Guatemala and came to the United States with my mother, sister, and other members of my family when I was four years old. My arrival was part of a larger exodus from Guatemala to the United States.
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Native Americans do not enjoy equal access to green space, parks, and recreation.
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Low-income people and people of color disproportionately lack equal access to green space throughout California.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's new proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14 continues to drain money away from the Department of Recreation and Parks.
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In Los Angeles County, children who are of color and low income disproportionately live in the areas with the highest levels of obesity and the worst access to parks and schools fields.
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The proposed expansion would go a long way to ensure access to green space and better health for park poor, income poor communities.
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Healthy eating and physical activity are two important determinants of human health.
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The Santa Monica Mountains are L.A.'s backyard, but for children of color living in poverty with no access to a car, they may as well be worlds away.
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Does spending more money on rail over bus represent progress?
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The death penalty is outrageously expensive to administer and wastes taxpayers' dollars that should be better spent to improve life.
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Neither measure is perfect, but let's not make the children pay for those mistakes.
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President Barack Obama dedicated a monument to one of the most revered figures in Mexican American history.
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The National Park Service faces budget cuts starting in January 2013, threatening family outings to places like Sequoia, Yosemite, and Big Sur.
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Bud Goldstone, a former aerospace engineer who worked for over 50 years to save Watts Towers, has died at the age of 86.
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With over 1,000 official cultural and historical landmarks in the City of Los Angeles, only about 100 relate to people of color, women, and Native Americans.
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