Robert Garcia
I am a civil rights attorney. I have represented people on Death Row, helped free Geronimo Pratt, the former Black Panther leader, from prison after 27 years for a crime he did not commit, prosecuted public corruption and international drug trafficking conspiracies, and litigated international banking cases against Iran.
Fighting for the simple joys of playing in the park and school field for children of color and low income children is the hardest work I have ever done.
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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.
Native Americans do not enjoy equal access to green space, parks, and recreation.
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.
The proposed expansion would go a long way to ensure access to green space and better health for park poor, income poor communities.
Healthy eating and physical activity are two important determinants of human health.
Does spending more money on rail over bus represent progress?
The death penalty is outrageously expensive to administer and wastes taxpayers' dollars that should be better spent to improve life.
Neither measure is perfect, but let's not make the children pay for those mistakes.
President Barack Obama dedicated a monument to one of the most revered figures in Mexican American history.
The National Park Service faces budget cuts starting in January 2013, threatening family outings to places like Sequoia, Yosemite, and Big Sur.
Bud Goldstone, a former aerospace engineer who worked for over 50 years to save Watts Towers, has died at the age of 86.
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.