Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: propertpanel.la
The City of Los Angeles -- on behalf of its residents and taxpayers -- owns a vast portfolio of real estate, encompassing nearly 9,000 distinct parcels located within the County of Los Angeles. These include parks; libraries; municipal facilities; parking lots, and commercial, industrial, retail, office and residential buildings and vacant land. Some are small; some are very large. L.A.’s real estate holdings also include land at and around our airports, the Port of L.A. and properties owned by our nation’s largest municipally owned utility, the Dept. of Water & Power. The City has additional holdings in other California counties and outside the State.
Properties owned by the City serve many community needs and benefits. There are, however, many properties that are underutilized, and which could better serve the public -- be it as public space, revenue-producing income property, low-income housing … and much more. Some properties might benefit from being re-purposed by the City, while others could generate more value for Angelenos by being leased, sold or developed by the City, or in public/private partnerships. PropertyPanel.LA is intended as an informational tool, as a resource and as a call to action for the City to undertake a more organized, professional and strategic approach to our valuable shared public assets.
“Now everyone can know what we all own a piece of,” said Controller Galperin. “The extent of the holdings revealed by this map shows that we as a City have the opportunity to engage in widespread economic and community development, as well as to generate revenue for much-needed City services.
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Saturday, December 3, 2016
L.A. Conservancy
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: laconservancy.org
Think about your favorite building in Greater Los Angeles. Chances are, it’s one of the fantastic historic places that help make the region unique. The Los Angeles Conservancy works every day – as we have since 1978 – to make sure these places survive and thrive for future generations.
A private, member-based nonprofit, the L.A. Conservancy was formed in 1978 as part of the effort to prevent demolition of the stunning Los Angeles Central Library. What started as a handful of concerned citizens is now the largest group of its kind in the U.S., with more than 6,000 member households, hundreds of volunteers, and a full-time staff of nearly twenty.
The Conservancy is based in downtown Los Angeles but works throughout L.A. County—which spans 88 cities plus the County’s unincorporated areas.We work through education and advocacy to raise awareness of historic places, prevent their needless demolition, empower people to save the places they love, and foster strong preservation laws and incentives.
Why Preserve Historic Places?
As people rely more on technology and virtual connections, and as cookie-cutter development makes cities look more and more alike, we have a growing need for authenticity, character, and distinction. We don’t want our communities to look like everyone else’s. Historic buildings, structures, landscapes, and neighborhoods help fill this critical need. They tell great stories, give us a sense of place, help us learn who we are and what we value as a culture, and embody our shared history.
The L.A. Conservancy has a vision of Los Angeles as a place that values our past and considers it an essential part of our present and future. The Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles County.
We raise awareness of the value of historic places in strengthening communities, fostering economic development, and enriching lives.
For more than thirty-five years, our walking tours, special events, and other programs have brought countless Los Angeles residents and visitors closer to the beautiful buildings and unique spaces that make Los Angeles County so special. Our educational programs have introduced many people to the history and value of Greater Los Angeles' built environment.
We also work on a vast range of preservation issues throughout Los Angeles County, both proactively and in response to specific threats to historic cultural and architectural resources.
We provide technical assistance and resources to help people enjoy and preserve the historic places they love.
The largest local preservation group in the United States, our large and active membership reflects an unprecedented level of support for L.A.'s historic resources and we continue to gain ground in making preservation part of public policy, urban planning, and public consciousness.
Website: laconservancy.org
Think about your favorite building in Greater Los Angeles. Chances are, it’s one of the fantastic historic places that help make the region unique. The Los Angeles Conservancy works every day – as we have since 1978 – to make sure these places survive and thrive for future generations.
A private, member-based nonprofit, the L.A. Conservancy was formed in 1978 as part of the effort to prevent demolition of the stunning Los Angeles Central Library. What started as a handful of concerned citizens is now the largest group of its kind in the U.S., with more than 6,000 member households, hundreds of volunteers, and a full-time staff of nearly twenty.
The Conservancy is based in downtown Los Angeles but works throughout L.A. County—which spans 88 cities plus the County’s unincorporated areas.We work through education and advocacy to raise awareness of historic places, prevent their needless demolition, empower people to save the places they love, and foster strong preservation laws and incentives.
Why Preserve Historic Places?
As people rely more on technology and virtual connections, and as cookie-cutter development makes cities look more and more alike, we have a growing need for authenticity, character, and distinction. We don’t want our communities to look like everyone else’s. Historic buildings, structures, landscapes, and neighborhoods help fill this critical need. They tell great stories, give us a sense of place, help us learn who we are and what we value as a culture, and embody our shared history.
The L.A. Conservancy has a vision of Los Angeles as a place that values our past and considers it an essential part of our present and future. The Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles County.
We raise awareness of the value of historic places in strengthening communities, fostering economic development, and enriching lives.
For more than thirty-five years, our walking tours, special events, and other programs have brought countless Los Angeles residents and visitors closer to the beautiful buildings and unique spaces that make Los Angeles County so special. Our educational programs have introduced many people to the history and value of Greater Los Angeles' built environment.
We also work on a vast range of preservation issues throughout Los Angeles County, both proactively and in response to specific threats to historic cultural and architectural resources.
We provide technical assistance and resources to help people enjoy and preserve the historic places they love.
The largest local preservation group in the United States, our large and active membership reflects an unprecedented level of support for L.A.'s historic resources and we continue to gain ground in making preservation part of public policy, urban planning, and public consciousness.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
LAND
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: nomadicdivision.org
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 committed to curating site-specific public art exhibitions in Los Angeles and beyond. LAND believes that all people deserve the opportunity to experience innovative contemporary art in their everyday existence, to enhance their quality of life and ways of thinking about their community. In turn, artists deserve the opportunity to realize projects in the public realm, unsupported through traditional institutions. LAND brings contemporary art outside of the walls of museums and galleries, into our shared public spaces and unique sites, in Los Angeles and beyond.
LAND supports dynamic and unconventional artistic practices using a tripartite approach:
Commissioning public projects of site- and situation-specific works with national and international contemporary artist
Collaborating with a variety of institutions and organizations, such as universities, museums, and theaters as well as other types of spaces, industries, and entities
Offering additional programs such as performances, workshops, residencies, discussions, educational opportunities, and publications
LAND’s innovative exhibitions and programming structure features three main types, or scales, of programming:
Large-scale, multi-site, multi-artist exhibitions (group thematic shows that exist over time and space)
Monographic exhibitions or discrete group exhibitions
One-night ephemeral performances and durational events
Website: nomadicdivision.org
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 committed to curating site-specific public art exhibitions in Los Angeles and beyond. LAND believes that all people deserve the opportunity to experience innovative contemporary art in their everyday existence, to enhance their quality of life and ways of thinking about their community. In turn, artists deserve the opportunity to realize projects in the public realm, unsupported through traditional institutions. LAND brings contemporary art outside of the walls of museums and galleries, into our shared public spaces and unique sites, in Los Angeles and beyond.
LAND supports dynamic and unconventional artistic practices using a tripartite approach:
Commissioning public projects of site- and situation-specific works with national and international contemporary artist
Collaborating with a variety of institutions and organizations, such as universities, museums, and theaters as well as other types of spaces, industries, and entities
Offering additional programs such as performances, workshops, residencies, discussions, educational opportunities, and publications
LAND’s innovative exhibitions and programming structure features three main types, or scales, of programming:
Large-scale, multi-site, multi-artist exhibitions (group thematic shows that exist over time and space)
Monographic exhibitions or discrete group exhibitions
One-night ephemeral performances and durational events
Friday, June 19, 2015
Built:LA
Location: Los Angeles,CA
Website: cityhubla.github.io/LA_Building_Age/
Construction in Los Angeles may have exploded during the postwar era, but as a new interactive map shows, the wide age range of its buildings might surprise you. Using open data from local governments,built: LA visualizes the age of roughly 3 million buildings across L.A. County constructed between 1890 and 2008.
Drag your mouse to explore the vast web of communities and neighborhoods, hover over individual properties to discover birth years, and double click to zoom in further. Perhaps best of all, hit the rainbow stopwatch to view a decade-by-decade timelapse of development across the county. The city’s core, in particular, clusters together buildings of century-spanning generations, while suburbs and communities to the east and west tend to represent just one or two decades of development.
Website: cityhubla.github.io/LA_Building_Age/
Construction in Los Angeles may have exploded during the postwar era, but as a new interactive map shows, the wide age range of its buildings might surprise you. Using open data from local governments,built: LA visualizes the age of roughly 3 million buildings across L.A. County constructed between 1890 and 2008.
Drag your mouse to explore the vast web of communities and neighborhoods, hover over individual properties to discover birth years, and double click to zoom in further. Perhaps best of all, hit the rainbow stopwatch to view a decade-by-decade timelapse of development across the county. The city’s core, in particular, clusters together buildings of century-spanning generations, while suburbs and communities to the east and west tend to represent just one or two decades of development.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
CicLAvia
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.beta.ciclavia.org
CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets.
CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other.
CicLAvia makes the streets safe for people to walk, skate, play and ride a bike. There are activities along the route. Shop owners and restaurants are encouraged to open their doors to people along the CicLAvia Ciclovías started in Bogotá, Colombia, over thirty years ago as a response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. Now they happen throughout Latin America and the United States.
Connecting communities and giving people a break from the stress of car traffic. The health benefits are immense. Ciclovías bring families outside of their homes to enjoy the streets, our largest public space. In Los Angeles we need CicLAvia more than ever. Our streets are congested with traffic, our air is polluted with toxic fumes, our children suffer from obesity and other health conditions caused by the scarcity of public space and safe, healthy transportation options. CicLAvia creates a temporary park for free, simply by removing cars from city streets. It creates a network of connections between our neighborhoods and businesses and parks with corridors filled with fun.
Website: www.beta.ciclavia.org
CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets.
CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other.
CicLAvia makes the streets safe for people to walk, skate, play and ride a bike. There are activities along the route. Shop owners and restaurants are encouraged to open their doors to people along the CicLAvia Ciclovías started in Bogotá, Colombia, over thirty years ago as a response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. Now they happen throughout Latin America and the United States.
Connecting communities and giving people a break from the stress of car traffic. The health benefits are immense. Ciclovías bring families outside of their homes to enjoy the streets, our largest public space. In Los Angeles we need CicLAvia more than ever. Our streets are congested with traffic, our air is polluted with toxic fumes, our children suffer from obesity and other health conditions caused by the scarcity of public space and safe, healthy transportation options. CicLAvia creates a temporary park for free, simply by removing cars from city streets. It creates a network of connections between our neighborhoods and businesses and parks with corridors filled with fun.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
People St
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.peoplest.org
People St offers communities within the City of Los Angeles the opportunity to transform underused areas of LA’s largest public asset – our 6,500 miles of city streets – into active, accessible public space.
Community organizations, business owners and other groups can apply for opportunities to enhance the quality of the public realm through installing three innovative design treatments, including plazas, parklets and bike corrals.
This website is your one stop shop for information, resources and materials on People St Plazas, Parklets, and Bike Corrals, and the process for applying to bring these projects to your neighborhood.
Building from lessons learned from the city’s first six pilot projects, LADOT has been working closely in an unprecedented collaboration with community members, elected officials, and other city staff to develop People St into a program that will expedite project development and implementation with a clear, consistent process.
People St facilitates partnerships between the community and the City of Los Angeles to implement projects that transform redundant or under-used areas of street into high-quality public space.
These cost-efficient conversion projects use simple elements like moveable tables, umbrellas and chairs; paint and plantings; and lively and entertaining programming to create relatively instant transformations to improve the life of a street.
Bringing a People St project to life requires the active participation of community partners to build neighborhood support for a project, identify an appropriate site, conduct outreach, raise the money required, and provide and fund long-term maintenance.
The goal is to create true public-private partnerships on projects that are initiated and driven by and for communities.
People St contributes to more active, livable streets, enhancing quality of life in the City of Los Angeles. Providing expanded public spaces can increase safety for people who walk, bike and take transit, encourage increased levels of walking and bicycling, and support economic vitality.
New local gathering spaces can foster a greater sense of community and social cohesion. Plazas, parklets, and other new types of public space can also become centerpieces of neighborhoods, providing venues for events and celebrations.
All this activity is shown to support local businesses as more pedestrians come to and spend time in neighborhoods.
Website: www.peoplest.org
People St offers communities within the City of Los Angeles the opportunity to transform underused areas of LA’s largest public asset – our 6,500 miles of city streets – into active, accessible public space.
Community organizations, business owners and other groups can apply for opportunities to enhance the quality of the public realm through installing three innovative design treatments, including plazas, parklets and bike corrals.
This website is your one stop shop for information, resources and materials on People St Plazas, Parklets, and Bike Corrals, and the process for applying to bring these projects to your neighborhood.
Building from lessons learned from the city’s first six pilot projects, LADOT has been working closely in an unprecedented collaboration with community members, elected officials, and other city staff to develop People St into a program that will expedite project development and implementation with a clear, consistent process.
People St facilitates partnerships between the community and the City of Los Angeles to implement projects that transform redundant or under-used areas of street into high-quality public space.
These cost-efficient conversion projects use simple elements like moveable tables, umbrellas and chairs; paint and plantings; and lively and entertaining programming to create relatively instant transformations to improve the life of a street.
Bringing a People St project to life requires the active participation of community partners to build neighborhood support for a project, identify an appropriate site, conduct outreach, raise the money required, and provide and fund long-term maintenance.
The goal is to create true public-private partnerships on projects that are initiated and driven by and for communities.
People St contributes to more active, livable streets, enhancing quality of life in the City of Los Angeles. Providing expanded public spaces can increase safety for people who walk, bike and take transit, encourage increased levels of walking and bicycling, and support economic vitality.
New local gathering spaces can foster a greater sense of community and social cohesion. Plazas, parklets, and other new types of public space can also become centerpieces of neighborhoods, providing venues for events and celebrations.
All this activity is shown to support local businesses as more pedestrians come to and spend time in neighborhoods.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
LA River Revitalization Corp.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.larivercorp.com
The LA River Corp will change the course of LA. Our objective is to create healthy, vibrant communities with greater open space, enhanced green infrastructure, and better recreational facilities.
We are a non-profit venture charged with catalyzing responsible real estate and related economic development along the LA River.
Our mission is to transform the LA River to improve people’s lives by carrying out sustainable land use projects, advocacy for river friendly policy, and programs for community benefit.
We are working to create a continuous 51-mile greenway corridor that will run along a restored LA River. Think of it as a linear Central Park—a grand public space that will redefine how we move through Los Angeles.
The LA River can connect people throughout Los Angeles, restore natural habitat in some of the most park-poor communities in the country, and leave an open space legacy for generations to come.
We can enhance the quality of life in a city hungry for green space and strengthen communities by restoring the LA River to a vibrant green corridor that people from throughout the country will want to visit and enjoy.
Website: www.larivercorp.com
The LA River Corp will change the course of LA. Our objective is to create healthy, vibrant communities with greater open space, enhanced green infrastructure, and better recreational facilities.
We are a non-profit venture charged with catalyzing responsible real estate and related economic development along the LA River.
Our mission is to transform the LA River to improve people’s lives by carrying out sustainable land use projects, advocacy for river friendly policy, and programs for community benefit.
We are working to create a continuous 51-mile greenway corridor that will run along a restored LA River. Think of it as a linear Central Park—a grand public space that will redefine how we move through Los Angeles.
The LA River can connect people throughout Los Angeles, restore natural habitat in some of the most park-poor communities in the country, and leave an open space legacy for generations to come.
We can enhance the quality of life in a city hungry for green space and strengthen communities by restoring the LA River to a vibrant green corridor that people from throughout the country will want to visit and enjoy.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
EastsiderLA
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.eastsiderla.com
The Eastsider is Jesus Sanchez, a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in newspapers and online journalism. Sanchez was born in Boyle Heights and raised in East Los Angeles and later, the west San Gabriel Valley. He has called Echo Park home for more than 20 years. Unless otherwise noted, stories, photos and other content appearing on The Eastsider were created by Sanchez.
Is this a personal blog, online newspaper or community forum?
The Eastsider is a hybrid of news, occasional opinion, observations and links to other web sites, all curated for an Eastside audience. The Eastsider also calls upon some trustworthy and talented contributors for stories, photographs and other content. The blog published its first post on July 28, 2008.
The Eastsider Forums, community message and discussion boards devoted to specific issues.
What does The Eastsider cover?
The Eastsider is most interested in his own neighborhood – Echo Park – but also strives to cover news & stories from these neighborhoods: Angeleno Heights, Atwater Village, Boyle Heights, Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, East Los Angeles, Echo Park, El Sereno, Elysian Heights, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park, Hermon, Highland Park, Historic Filipinotown, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mt. Washington, Northeast LA, Silver Lake and Solano Canyon. Readers can click on the neighborhood names found in the middle column on the web site’s front page. There is way more neighborhood news than The Eastsider can cover on his own. Tips, story ideas and other contributions are always welcome.
Website: www.eastsiderla.com
The Eastsider is Jesus Sanchez, a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in newspapers and online journalism. Sanchez was born in Boyle Heights and raised in East Los Angeles and later, the west San Gabriel Valley. He has called Echo Park home for more than 20 years. Unless otherwise noted, stories, photos and other content appearing on The Eastsider were created by Sanchez.
Is this a personal blog, online newspaper or community forum?
The Eastsider is a hybrid of news, occasional opinion, observations and links to other web sites, all curated for an Eastside audience. The Eastsider also calls upon some trustworthy and talented contributors for stories, photographs and other content. The blog published its first post on July 28, 2008.
The Eastsider Forums, community message and discussion boards devoted to specific issues.
What does The Eastsider cover?
The Eastsider is most interested in his own neighborhood – Echo Park – but also strives to cover news & stories from these neighborhoods: Angeleno Heights, Atwater Village, Boyle Heights, Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, East Los Angeles, Echo Park, El Sereno, Elysian Heights, Elysian Valley, Glassell Park, Hermon, Highland Park, Historic Filipinotown, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, Mt. Washington, Northeast LA, Silver Lake and Solano Canyon. Readers can click on the neighborhood names found in the middle column on the web site’s front page. There is way more neighborhood news than The Eastsider can cover on his own. Tips, story ideas and other contributions are always welcome.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.laforum.org
Founded in January of 1987, the Forum has organized lecture series and site visits to significant buildings and sites throughout Los Angeles and the region; hosted a number of special events, symposia and a theory reading group; held several design competitions; distributed a quarterly newsletter and online articles; produced many publications, including Experimental Architecture in Los Angeles (Rizzoli International) and Everyday Urbanism (Monacelli Press), as well as national-distributed pamphlet-sized books.
Website: www.laforum.org
Founded in January of 1987, the Forum has organized lecture series and site visits to significant buildings and sites throughout Los Angeles and the region; hosted a number of special events, symposia and a theory reading group; held several design competitions; distributed a quarterly newsletter and online articles; produced many publications, including Experimental Architecture in Los Angeles (Rizzoli International) and Everyday Urbanism (Monacelli Press), as well as national-distributed pamphlet-sized books.
The Forum has worked with other groups, architects and institutions to understand its community and participate in activities to rebuild it.
Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design provides a framework for design professionals and members of the general public to explore, evaluate, and impact the development of architecture in Los Angeles.
Throughout its 20+ years of operation, the Forum has brought together young designers, seasoned professionals, critics, urban theorists, artists, students, and people interested in their physical environment in a diverse series of activities.
The Forum seeks to reach out beyond the confines of professional organizations, schools and established groups and does not limit itself to one approach to design or theory.
It provokes discussion, seeks out places and designs unseen or unnoticed by the general public, publicizes architectural investigation and commentary, and promotes the serious exploration of strategies to influence the development of our urban environment.
Financial support for LA Forum projects has been received from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Woodbury University School of Architecture, and from many members over the years.
The Forum is widely recognized as one of the most active architecture and urban design groups in Southern California.
Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design provides a framework for design professionals and members of the general public to explore, evaluate, and impact the development of architecture in Los Angeles.
Throughout its 20+ years of operation, the Forum has brought together young designers, seasoned professionals, critics, urban theorists, artists, students, and people interested in their physical environment in a diverse series of activities.
The Forum seeks to reach out beyond the confines of professional organizations, schools and established groups and does not limit itself to one approach to design or theory.
It provokes discussion, seeks out places and designs unseen or unnoticed by the general public, publicizes architectural investigation and commentary, and promotes the serious exploration of strategies to influence the development of our urban environment.
Financial support for LA Forum projects has been received from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Woodbury University School of Architecture, and from many members over the years.
The Forum is widely recognized as one of the most active architecture and urban design groups in Southern California.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Big Parade Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.bigparadela.tumblr.com
The Big Parade is a two-day walk in Los Angeles. It includes about 100 public stairways over 35 miles, from downtown to the Mt. Hollywood.
The walk runs on a timetable, and is designed as a series of attached loops, so that people can come and go as they please - join us for a mile, an hour, or an epic. Along the way, there's music, art, history, guest speakers, and lots of surprises.
The Big Parade is 100% free (except for the pizza...see below.) No donations (again, except for the pizza), no sponsors, no merchandise - just a walk with friends and neighbors.
Despite the length (and uphill nature) of the journey, the Big Parade is meant to live up to its name — an event whose primary purpose is to entertain. The route is filled with talks and performances from local figures, and historical insights into the city's configuration.
The parade's secondary mission is to encourage a sense of community. The parade keeps pace with the slowest walker; and is described as ua simple 'walk with neighbors.
Website: www.bigparadela.tumblr.com
The Big Parade is a two-day walk in Los Angeles. It includes about 100 public stairways over 35 miles, from downtown to the Mt. Hollywood.
The walk runs on a timetable, and is designed as a series of attached loops, so that people can come and go as they please - join us for a mile, an hour, or an epic. Along the way, there's music, art, history, guest speakers, and lots of surprises.
The Big Parade is 100% free (except for the pizza...see below.) No donations (again, except for the pizza), no sponsors, no merchandise - just a walk with friends and neighbors.
Despite the length (and uphill nature) of the journey, the Big Parade is meant to live up to its name — an event whose primary purpose is to entertain. The route is filled with talks and performances from local figures, and historical insights into the city's configuration.
The parade's secondary mission is to encourage a sense of community. The parade keeps pace with the slowest walker; and is described as ua simple 'walk with neighbors.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
T.R.U.S.T. South LA
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.trustsouthla.org
T.R.U.S.T South LA is a Community Land Trust established in November 2005 as a democratic and permanent steward of land, to challenge the role that speculators, absentee owners and corporations have played in deciding the neighborhoods’ future.
With grant and loan funds raised from public and private sources, the Land Trust acquires land to be held in perpetuity by the community-controlled Land Trust. The land will be leased for the development of affordable family housing and other community-serving uses.
Permanent control over the assets of the Land Trust is ensured by its legal structure as a membership organization, with Regular Members restricted to low-income people who live or work in the land trust area.
Our principles guide how we engage our community:
- Educate and develop our consciousness, skills, and experience individually and collectively. We take responsibility to understand the context of the community, and our environment and together create a strategic plan.
- Develop a new generation of leadership through sharing tools, knowledge and creating opportunities for youth. Intentionally take a step back to allow for youth and young adults to step in and take ownership of their learning and participation.
- Work together to create a local economy and a community that has control over the use of the land,
- Take responsibility to take care of the earth, minimize what we take from her, and help heal what has been harmed.
- Take responsibility to delegate work in an ethical and responsible manner. Share knowledge and skills with others.
- Maintain our minds and hearts open and have flexibility to adapt to changes. Be curious and experiment with new ideas.
- Maintain credibility through transparent structures of communication and access to information such as: decision making processes, resources, and funding.
Website: www.trustsouthla.org
T.R.U.S.T South LA is a Community Land Trust established in November 2005 as a democratic and permanent steward of land, to challenge the role that speculators, absentee owners and corporations have played in deciding the neighborhoods’ future.
With grant and loan funds raised from public and private sources, the Land Trust acquires land to be held in perpetuity by the community-controlled Land Trust. The land will be leased for the development of affordable family housing and other community-serving uses.
Permanent control over the assets of the Land Trust is ensured by its legal structure as a membership organization, with Regular Members restricted to low-income people who live or work in the land trust area.
Our principles guide how we engage our community:
- Educate and develop our consciousness, skills, and experience individually and collectively. We take responsibility to understand the context of the community, and our environment and together create a strategic plan.
- Develop a new generation of leadership through sharing tools, knowledge and creating opportunities for youth. Intentionally take a step back to allow for youth and young adults to step in and take ownership of their learning and participation.
- Work together to create a local economy and a community that has control over the use of the land,
- Take responsibility to take care of the earth, minimize what we take from her, and help heal what has been harmed.
- Take responsibility to delegate work in an ethical and responsible manner. Share knowledge and skills with others.
- Maintain our minds and hearts open and have flexibility to adapt to changes. Be curious and experiment with new ideas.
- Maintain credibility through transparent structures of communication and access to information such as: decision making processes, resources, and funding.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
BlackNLA
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.blacknla.org
When I started Black In Los Angeles (BlackNLA) in March of 2000, I did so to fulfill a personal need…the ability to find at “the drop of a hat” a African American physician, lawyer, black organization, or events that would be of interest to me and my friends. I found a lot of sites out there, but they were always a hit and miss.
Some would have businesses, some would have events but I didn’t want to have to remember 20 different web addresses, I wanted the information and I wanted to be able to get to it in a relatively easy manner. The Los Angeles area has a large black population but we tend to be scattered and divided by city and county lines, so with the start of a new millennium and its advancing technology now is the time to bring this community together.
So…Welcome to BlackNLA.com a web site where blacks living, working and visiting the Los Angeles metropolitan area can get information that pertains to their interests and lifestyles. A place to share information, resources, advertise and to network. BlackNLA will provide you with information on businesses, restaurants, local organizations, music and upcoming events.
BlackNLA is continually evolving as we improve our look as well as respond to the concerns and requests of the community. We look forward to expanding our efforts and in the future providing you with the following: Parents and Kids section, Senior living, Who’s Who in Los Angeles, Visitor Information and a expanded LA Community page.
Unlike many sites where decisions may be made in the boardroom, comments by users are welcome and invited. Many of the best recommendations have come from our web site visitors.
Website: www.blacknla.org
When I started Black In Los Angeles (BlackNLA) in March of 2000, I did so to fulfill a personal need…the ability to find at “the drop of a hat” a African American physician, lawyer, black organization, or events that would be of interest to me and my friends. I found a lot of sites out there, but they were always a hit and miss.
Some would have businesses, some would have events but I didn’t want to have to remember 20 different web addresses, I wanted the information and I wanted to be able to get to it in a relatively easy manner. The Los Angeles area has a large black population but we tend to be scattered and divided by city and county lines, so with the start of a new millennium and its advancing technology now is the time to bring this community together.
So…Welcome to BlackNLA.com a web site where blacks living, working and visiting the Los Angeles metropolitan area can get information that pertains to their interests and lifestyles. A place to share information, resources, advertise and to network. BlackNLA will provide you with information on businesses, restaurants, local organizations, music and upcoming events.
BlackNLA is continually evolving as we improve our look as well as respond to the concerns and requests of the community. We look forward to expanding our efforts and in the future providing you with the following: Parents and Kids section, Senior living, Who’s Who in Los Angeles, Visitor Information and a expanded LA Community page.
Unlike many sites where decisions may be made in the boardroom, comments by users are welcome and invited. Many of the best recommendations have come from our web site visitors.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Los Angeles Conservancy
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.laconservancy.org
The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles County.
A small group of concerned citizens formed the Conservancy in 1978 as part of a community-based effort to prevent demolition of the Los Angeles Central Library, built in 1926. The Conservancy now has more than 6,000 members and hundreds of volunteers, making it the largest local preservation group in the U.S.
With a mandate of awareness, assistance, and action, the Conservancy works to preserve historic resources by developing preservation and reuse strategies, as well as raising awareness of their value in strengthening communities, conserving resources, fostering economic development, and enriching lives.
We work closely with neighborhood associations, heritage organizations, cultural institutions, and other preservation groups. We also spearhead and promote initiatives to facilitate preservation and deter senseless demolition, including the Mills Act and other investment tax credits, the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, and the creation of historic districts.
The Conservancy’s proactive preservation efforts include the Broadway Initiative, which for over a decade has sought to revitalize downtown’s Historic Core; the Neighborhood Initiative, which provides outreach, programs, and services that help protect Los Angeles’ historic neighborhoods; and a Youth Outreach Initiative, which engages children and teens to cultivate the next generation of preservationists. Since 1982, we have officially recognized outstanding achievement in preservation through our annual Preservation Awards.
The Conservancy’s advocacy efforts have helped to save and revitalize such beloved landmarks as the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana, the Wilshire May Company Building, the Wiltern Theatre, the Cinerama Dome, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, and the world’s oldest remaining McDonald’s restaurant.
These are but a few of the countless historic resources that the Conservancy has worked to protect from demolition. We work with property owners, developers, public officials, and other stakeholders to find mutual solutions that preserve irreplaceable historic resources. We work closely with neighborhood associations, heritage organizations, cultural institutions, and other preservation groups.
We also spearhead and promote initiatives to facilitate preservation and deter senseless demolition, including the Mills Act and other investment tax credits, the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, and the creation of historic districts.
Through a host of innovative educational programs, the Conservancy has introduced legions of Angelenos to the history and value of Greater Los Angeles’ built environment. Our series of architectural walking tours has served more than 100,000 residents and visitors over the past thirty years.
Additional special tours focus on the work of a particular architect, neighborhood, or architectural style. Launched in 1987 to draw attention to the plight of Broadway’s neglected movie palaces, the annual Last Remaining Seats film series entertains more than 10,000 people each year while demonstrating the vitality and viability of L.A.’s extraordinary historic theatres.
The Conservancy’s large and active membership reflects an unprecedented level of support for L.A.’s historic resources, and the Conservancy continues to gain ground in making preservation part of public policy, urban planning, and the public consciousness.
Website: www.laconservancy.org
The Los Angeles Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of Los Angeles County.
A small group of concerned citizens formed the Conservancy in 1978 as part of a community-based effort to prevent demolition of the Los Angeles Central Library, built in 1926. The Conservancy now has more than 6,000 members and hundreds of volunteers, making it the largest local preservation group in the U.S.
With a mandate of awareness, assistance, and action, the Conservancy works to preserve historic resources by developing preservation and reuse strategies, as well as raising awareness of their value in strengthening communities, conserving resources, fostering economic development, and enriching lives.
We work closely with neighborhood associations, heritage organizations, cultural institutions, and other preservation groups. We also spearhead and promote initiatives to facilitate preservation and deter senseless demolition, including the Mills Act and other investment tax credits, the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, and the creation of historic districts.
The Conservancy’s proactive preservation efforts include the Broadway Initiative, which for over a decade has sought to revitalize downtown’s Historic Core; the Neighborhood Initiative, which provides outreach, programs, and services that help protect Los Angeles’ historic neighborhoods; and a Youth Outreach Initiative, which engages children and teens to cultivate the next generation of preservationists. Since 1982, we have officially recognized outstanding achievement in preservation through our annual Preservation Awards.
The Conservancy’s advocacy efforts have helped to save and revitalize such beloved landmarks as the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana, the Wilshire May Company Building, the Wiltern Theatre, the Cinerama Dome, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, and the world’s oldest remaining McDonald’s restaurant.
These are but a few of the countless historic resources that the Conservancy has worked to protect from demolition. We work with property owners, developers, public officials, and other stakeholders to find mutual solutions that preserve irreplaceable historic resources. We work closely with neighborhood associations, heritage organizations, cultural institutions, and other preservation groups.
We also spearhead and promote initiatives to facilitate preservation and deter senseless demolition, including the Mills Act and other investment tax credits, the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance, and the creation of historic districts.
Through a host of innovative educational programs, the Conservancy has introduced legions of Angelenos to the history and value of Greater Los Angeles’ built environment. Our series of architectural walking tours has served more than 100,000 residents and visitors over the past thirty years.
Additional special tours focus on the work of a particular architect, neighborhood, or architectural style. Launched in 1987 to draw attention to the plight of Broadway’s neglected movie palaces, the annual Last Remaining Seats film series entertains more than 10,000 people each year while demonstrating the vitality and viability of L.A.’s extraordinary historic theatres.
The Conservancy’s large and active membership reflects an unprecedented level of support for L.A.’s historic resources, and the Conservancy continues to gain ground in making preservation part of public policy, urban planning, and the public consciousness.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Zocalo Public Square
Location: Nationwide
Website: www.zocalopublicsquare.org
Zócalo Public Square is a not-for-profit daily Ideas Exchange that blends live events and humanities journalism.
We foster healthier, more cohesive communities by tackling important contemporary questions in an accessible, non-partisan, and broad-minded spirit.
Zócalo, a project of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and the New America Foundation, is based in Los Angeles and Phoenix, and roams across the country.
We explore connection, place, big ideas, and what it means to be a citizen, be it locally, regionally, nationally, or globally. We are committed to welcoming a new, young, and diverse generation to the public square.
Gregory Rodriguez founded Zócalo—which means “public square” in Spanish—in 2003 as a response to what he believed was a deeply segregated civic life in Los Angeles.
Although filled with community activity thanks to its wealth of museums, universities, and specific community organizations, L.A.’s cultural landscape was essentially segregated. Public events were in fact semi-private, targeted by ideology, race, or ethnicity, or promoted to paying members of particular organizations. Rodriguez designed Zócalo to invigorate and integrate the city’s public discourse.
In 2003, Zócalo hosted four events at one Los Angeles location. In 2004, we hosted 12, and in 2008 we hosted 50. In 2012, we will host over 60 events in 11 cities at 27 different venues. In addition to roaming across L.A. and Phoenix, we have also traveled to Bakersfield, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Tucson, Washington, D.C., and as far as Shanghai, Berlin, and Guadalajara.
In nine years we have featured over 1,000 compelling thinkers and doers from a wide range of fields—politics, governance, humanities, health, economics, education, technology, foreign policy, arts, science, and beyond.
Website: www.zocalopublicsquare.org
Zócalo Public Square is a not-for-profit daily Ideas Exchange that blends live events and humanities journalism.
We foster healthier, more cohesive communities by tackling important contemporary questions in an accessible, non-partisan, and broad-minded spirit.
Zócalo, a project of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and the New America Foundation, is based in Los Angeles and Phoenix, and roams across the country.
We explore connection, place, big ideas, and what it means to be a citizen, be it locally, regionally, nationally, or globally. We are committed to welcoming a new, young, and diverse generation to the public square.
Gregory Rodriguez founded Zócalo—which means “public square” in Spanish—in 2003 as a response to what he believed was a deeply segregated civic life in Los Angeles.
Although filled with community activity thanks to its wealth of museums, universities, and specific community organizations, L.A.’s cultural landscape was essentially segregated. Public events were in fact semi-private, targeted by ideology, race, or ethnicity, or promoted to paying members of particular organizations. Rodriguez designed Zócalo to invigorate and integrate the city’s public discourse.
In 2003, Zócalo hosted four events at one Los Angeles location. In 2004, we hosted 12, and in 2008 we hosted 50. In 2012, we will host over 60 events in 11 cities at 27 different venues. In addition to roaming across L.A. and Phoenix, we have also traveled to Bakersfield, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Tucson, Washington, D.C., and as far as Shanghai, Berlin, and Guadalajara.
In nine years we have featured over 1,000 compelling thinkers and doers from a wide range of fields—politics, governance, humanities, health, economics, education, technology, foreign policy, arts, science, and beyond.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Machine Project
Location: Los Angeles,CA
Website: www.machineproject.com
Machine Project is a storefront space in the echo park neighborhood of Los Angeles that hosts events about all kinds of things we find interesting – scientific talks, poetry readings, musical performances, competitions, group naps, cheese tastings and so forth. We usually do about two events a week, open to the general public and free of charge. Usually at 8pm. Information on upcoming events can be found on our future page.
Machine Project is an informal educational institution located in the the same storefront space as mentioned above. We teach all kinds of things we find interesting – electronics, sewing, pickling, computer programming, car theft and so forth. We usually have one or two class going a week, open to the public for a fee by pre-registration. Information on upcoming classes can be found on our classes page.
Machine Project is a loose group of artist/performer collaborators, who do projects together when invited by other people and institutions, usually museums. Information on special projects can be found on our projects page.
A huge gracias to our generous donors!
Machine Project is a 501c3 non-profit corporation.
More information that you will probably want to read can be found on our FAQ page
Website: www.machineproject.com
Machine Project is a storefront space in the echo park neighborhood of Los Angeles that hosts events about all kinds of things we find interesting – scientific talks, poetry readings, musical performances, competitions, group naps, cheese tastings and so forth. We usually do about two events a week, open to the general public and free of charge. Usually at 8pm. Information on upcoming events can be found on our future page.
Machine Project is an informal educational institution located in the the same storefront space as mentioned above. We teach all kinds of things we find interesting – electronics, sewing, pickling, computer programming, car theft and so forth. We usually have one or two class going a week, open to the public for a fee by pre-registration. Information on upcoming classes can be found on our classes page.
Machine Project is a loose group of artist/performer collaborators, who do projects together when invited by other people and institutions, usually museums. Information on special projects can be found on our projects page.
A huge gracias to our generous donors!
Machine Project is a 501c3 non-profit corporation.
More information that you will probably want to read can be found on our FAQ page
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
LA2050
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.la2050.org
LA2050 unites citizens, stakeholders, and organizations to address our region’s toughest challenges. LA2050 is rooted in a vision of a successful Los Angeles—a healthy, thriving, and desirable place to live.
LA2050 looks at the health of the region as it exists today along eight well-defined indicators: education, income & employment, housing, public safety, health, environmental quality, social connectedness, and arts & cultural vitality. And we’ve made informed projections about where we’ll be in the year 2050 if we continue on this current path.
The condition of Los Angeles today matters because who we are and how we live now sets us on a course for who we will be and how we will live tomorrow. We are confident that with your help, we will shape the LA story anew – and build the LA2050 of our aspirations.
Explore LA2050.
Follow the stories of these eight indicators.
Then join us to shape and build the future of Los Angeles.
Website: www.la2050.org
LA2050 unites citizens, stakeholders, and organizations to address our region’s toughest challenges. LA2050 is rooted in a vision of a successful Los Angeles—a healthy, thriving, and desirable place to live.
LA2050 looks at the health of the region as it exists today along eight well-defined indicators: education, income & employment, housing, public safety, health, environmental quality, social connectedness, and arts & cultural vitality. And we’ve made informed projections about where we’ll be in the year 2050 if we continue on this current path.
The condition of Los Angeles today matters because who we are and how we live now sets us on a course for who we will be and how we will live tomorrow. We are confident that with your help, we will shape the LA story anew – and build the LA2050 of our aspirations.
Explore LA2050.
Follow the stories of these eight indicators.
Then join us to shape and build the future of Los Angeles.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Laws That Shaped L.A.
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/laws-that-shaped-la/
For more than a year now, the Laws That Shaped L.A. column has been chronicling a running list of laws that a range of experts say have made a significant impact on the people and places of this region -- and oftentimes, far beyond.
As regular readers of the column know, the columns are automatically archived. That automatic archive appears chronologically by the date each column was published.
For readers who are interested in more subject-matter groupings, we present just such an index. Please note that many columns are cross-listed and appear in multiple subject sections.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT:
The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don't Live Where We Work
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
Sprawl: What Happens When You Legislate Against Vibrant Streets
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of L.A.
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
How The Westside Became So Crowded
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
DESIGN:
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Street Food is Not A Crime
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
ECOLOGY:
How Los Angeles Began to Put its Soggy Days Behind
Don't Bury Your Head in the Sand: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
When It Comes To Water, Why L.a. is Better Off Than Texas
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Power Play: California, Electricity and Climate Change
How Yellowstone Led to Los Angeles
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
ECONOMY:
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't GO Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
Street Food is Not A Crime
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
ELECTIONS:
Dr. Strangevote, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ballot Initiatives
ENERGY:
Power Play: California, Electricity and Climate Change
EQUAL RIGHTS:
Title IX: Why So Many More Women and Girls Play and Win at Sports
When California Decided Who Could Have Kids and Who Could Not
How World War II Era Internment Camps Changed Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and America
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
FOOD:
Street Food is Not A Crime
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
FREE SPEECH:
Los Angeles and the First Amendment
Why is Civic Activism and Journalism Legal and Who was Jerry Schneiderman?
HOMELESSSNESS:
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
IMMIGRATION & ETHNICITY:
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
The Immigration Law That Changed Postwar Chinatown
Street Food is Not A Crime
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
How World War II Era Internment Camps Changed Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and America
The Immigration Law That Shaped Postwar Chinatown
LABOR:
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
PUBLIC HEALTH:
How Los Angeles Began to Put its Soggy Days Behind
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Street Food is Not A Crime
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Don't Bury Your Head in the Ground: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Behind California's Ban on Assault Weapons
When California Decided Who Could Have Kids and Who Could Not
When The Olympics and L.A. Youth Sports Changed Forever
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Why Los Angeles Isn't A Beach Town
Behind California's Ban on Assault Weapons
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
SPORTS:
When The Olympics and L.A. Youth Sports Changed Forever
Title IX: Why So Many More Women and Girls Play and Win at Sports
TAXES:
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't Go Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
TRANSPORTATION:
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Free The Jitney! When Buses, Bicycles, Light Rail and Feet Aren't Enough
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
How The Westside Became So Crowded
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of LA
Bland 1976 Downtown skyline. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library
URBAN PLANNING
Why Los Angeles Isn't A Beach Town
The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don't Live Where We Work
The Birth and Growth of City Planning
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Does Zoning Matter in Los Angeles?
Sprawl: What Happens When You Legislate Against Vibrant Streets
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of LA
How Yellowstone Led to Los Angeles
How The Westside Became So Crowded
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't Go Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
Free The Jitney! When Buses, Bicycles, Light Rail and Feet Aren't Enough
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
Channelizing the L.A. River. Image courtesy USC Digital Archives
WATER
Why Los Angeles Isn't a Beach Town
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Don't Bury Your Head in the Ground: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
When It Comes To Water, Why L.A. is Better Off Than Texas
Website: www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/laws-that-shaped-la/
For more than a year now, the Laws That Shaped L.A. column has been chronicling a running list of laws that a range of experts say have made a significant impact on the people and places of this region -- and oftentimes, far beyond.
As regular readers of the column know, the columns are automatically archived. That automatic archive appears chronologically by the date each column was published.
For readers who are interested in more subject-matter groupings, we present just such an index. Please note that many columns are cross-listed and appear in multiple subject sections.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT:
The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don't Live Where We Work
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
Sprawl: What Happens When You Legislate Against Vibrant Streets
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of L.A.
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
How The Westside Became So Crowded
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
DESIGN:
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Street Food is Not A Crime
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
ECOLOGY:
How Los Angeles Began to Put its Soggy Days Behind
Don't Bury Your Head in the Sand: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
When It Comes To Water, Why L.a. is Better Off Than Texas
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Power Play: California, Electricity and Climate Change
How Yellowstone Led to Los Angeles
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
ECONOMY:
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't GO Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
Street Food is Not A Crime
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
ELECTIONS:
Dr. Strangevote, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ballot Initiatives
ENERGY:
Power Play: California, Electricity and Climate Change
EQUAL RIGHTS:
Title IX: Why So Many More Women and Girls Play and Win at Sports
When California Decided Who Could Have Kids and Who Could Not
How World War II Era Internment Camps Changed Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and America
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
FOOD:
Street Food is Not A Crime
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
FREE SPEECH:
Los Angeles and the First Amendment
Why is Civic Activism and Journalism Legal and Who was Jerry Schneiderman?
HOMELESSSNESS:
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
IMMIGRATION & ETHNICITY:
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
The Under-Appreciated 1990 Immigration Law That Changed Koreatown
The Immigration Law That Changed Postwar Chinatown
Street Food is Not A Crime
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
How World War II Era Internment Camps Changed Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and America
The Immigration Law That Shaped Postwar Chinatown
LABOR:
When This Law Ended, What Happened to Mexican Immigration?
PUBLIC HEALTH:
How Los Angeles Began to Put its Soggy Days Behind
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Street Food is Not A Crime
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Don't Bury Your Head in the Ground: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Behind California's Ban on Assault Weapons
When California Decided Who Could Have Kids and Who Could Not
When The Olympics and L.A. Youth Sports Changed Forever
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Why Los Angeles Isn't A Beach Town
Behind California's Ban on Assault Weapons
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Skid Row's Toilet Woes: Where Going to the Bathroom is Illegal
SPORTS:
When The Olympics and L.A. Youth Sports Changed Forever
Title IX: Why So Many More Women and Girls Play and Win at Sports
TAXES:
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't Go Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
TRANSPORTATION:
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
Why Automobiles Look The Way They Do
Free The Jitney! When Buses, Bicycles, Light Rail and Feet Aren't Enough
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
How The Westside Became So Crowded
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of LA
Bland 1976 Downtown skyline. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library
URBAN PLANNING
Why Los Angeles Isn't A Beach Town
The Roots of Sprawl: Why We Don't Live Where We Work
The Birth and Growth of City Planning
Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Does Zoning Matter in Los Angeles?
Sprawl: What Happens When You Legislate Against Vibrant Streets
How Bunker Hill Lost Its Victorians
How Downtown L.A. Became a Place to Live (Without Parking)
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Survey Says: How Thomas Jefferson Made the Streets of LA
How Yellowstone Led to Los Angeles
How The Westside Became So Crowded
The End of the Road: The Idea That Took A Toll on How We Travel
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
Proposition 13: The Sacred Cow That Won't Go Away
Prop 13's Hidden Effects on the Built Environment
How Rancho Owners Lost Their Land and Why That Matters Today
My Way or the Highway: Why Mega-Roads Rule The City
The Birth of Sprawl: How Ending the Great Depression Meant Inventing the Suburbs
Free The Jitney! When Buses, Bicycles, Light Rail and Feet Aren't Enough
How Prop 84 Helped the Homeless and Added Affordable Housing
How CEQA Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
In Defense of CEQA, the 'Bill of Rights' for Environmental Democracy
Channelizing the L.A. River. Image courtesy USC Digital Archives
WATER
Why Los Angeles Isn't a Beach Town
The Law That Killed The L.A. River
Don't Bury Your Head in the Ground: Why The Clean Water Act Matters
Why California's Beaches are Open to Everyone
When the Eco Zeitgeist Changed
Teddy Roosevelt's Signature Let Los Angeles Grow
Why Buildings Turn Their Backs on the L.A. River
When It Comes To Water, Why L.A. is Better Off Than Texas
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) Riverfront Collaborative
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.mylariver.org
The Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront Collaborative (NELA RC) is an innovative, interdisciplinary partnership that will capture the energy of the Los Angeles River (River) as a catalyst for implementing revitalization strategies and help NELA communities to thrive.
The NELA RC process builds upon the growing momentum of efforts already underway to transform the River, and aims to create a Riverfront District as a focal point of community revitalization, recreational activities, environmental stewardship, sustainable civic engagement, and economic growth for the entire city.
What do you want your L.A. River to be?
Contact
NELA RC Program Manager: Louis Morales
CDD Administrative Manager: Gerardo Ruvalcaba
Email: info@mylariver.org
Resources
KCET Departures: Los Angeles River
City of Los Angeles River Website
Website: www.mylariver.org
The Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront Collaborative (NELA RC) is an innovative, interdisciplinary partnership that will capture the energy of the Los Angeles River (River) as a catalyst for implementing revitalization strategies and help NELA communities to thrive.
The NELA RC process builds upon the growing momentum of efforts already underway to transform the River, and aims to create a Riverfront District as a focal point of community revitalization, recreational activities, environmental stewardship, sustainable civic engagement, and economic growth for the entire city.
What do you want your L.A. River to be?
Contact
NELA RC Program Manager: Louis Morales
CDD Administrative Manager: Gerardo Ruvalcaba
Email: info@mylariver.org
Resources
KCET Departures: Los Angeles River
City of Los Angeles River Website
Metamorphosis
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.metamorph.org
Our mission is to understand the transformation of urban community under the forces of globalization, new communication technologies, and population diversity so that our research can inform practitioner and policy maker decisions. Our site of study is Los Angeles and its many ethnic communities of both new and settled immigrants.
We have developed a communication infrastructure perspective that privileges a grassroots understanding of how people construct and re-vitalize their residential communities, and how they go about solving everyday problems of family, health, inter-group relations, and ethnic identity. Our challenge is to make the communication infrastructure of daily life visible so that it can be employed by residents, practitioners, and policy makers to improve the quality of family and community life.
At the heart of this infrastructure is the neighborhood storytelling network. This network involves residents, community organizations, and geo-ethnic media in a dynamic communication process whereby they stimulate each other to focus upon and talk about neighborhood events, issues, threats, and opportunities. As such, this network is hard to see without in-depth and grounded research. Nonetheless, the storytelling network can be a powerful tool for all who wish to bring about changes that are grounded in the dynamics of everyday community life and are, therefore, more likely to endure.
Website: www.metamorph.org
Our mission is to understand the transformation of urban community under the forces of globalization, new communication technologies, and population diversity so that our research can inform practitioner and policy maker decisions. Our site of study is Los Angeles and its many ethnic communities of both new and settled immigrants.
We have developed a communication infrastructure perspective that privileges a grassroots understanding of how people construct and re-vitalize their residential communities, and how they go about solving everyday problems of family, health, inter-group relations, and ethnic identity. Our challenge is to make the communication infrastructure of daily life visible so that it can be employed by residents, practitioners, and policy makers to improve the quality of family and community life.
At the heart of this infrastructure is the neighborhood storytelling network. This network involves residents, community organizations, and geo-ethnic media in a dynamic communication process whereby they stimulate each other to focus upon and talk about neighborhood events, issues, threats, and opportunities. As such, this network is hard to see without in-depth and grounded research. Nonetheless, the storytelling network can be a powerful tool for all who wish to bring about changes that are grounded in the dynamics of everyday community life and are, therefore, more likely to endure.
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