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.
Green Justice:
Low-income people and people of color disproportionately lack equal access to green space throughout California.
Green Justice:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's new proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14 continues to drain money away from the Department of Recreation and Parks.
Green Justice:
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.
Green Justice:
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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The 28+ acre site of Griffith Park on the East Bank of the Los Angeles River should be the next great urban park in Los Angeles.
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In Guatemala beginning in 1946, U.S. officials intentionally infected thousands of people with STDs, generally leaving them without treatment or compensation for the rest of their lives.
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The people and the courts have spoken -- we need to provide our children the physical education and quality of life they deserve.
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New green spaces are transforming the faces of large cities across the nation. But will they solve the problem of "park poor" communities?
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Can Los Angeles do as well as New York City in creating a park experience that serves every neighborhood in the city?
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After improperly excavating the remains of more than 100 people buried at the first cemetery in El Pueblo de Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles finally returned the remains to their eternal resting place in April.
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The six-mile-long Parque Madrid Río, filled with 300 acres of green space, is a shining example of how to create an urban park.
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