On September 1, 2022 the Long Beach Planning Commission will consider the matter of 712 Baker Street, a river adjacent parcel of land that needs our protection and care. It’s agenda item 22-051PL, and the virtual meeting starts at 5 pm, at this link. You have until 1 pm on the day of the meeting […]
The County of Los Angeles is seeking public comment on the LA River Master Plan 2020. Submissions close on Thursday May 13, 2021. This is a different process to comments on the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR). Those comments are due on the same day, but they’re a separate thing. You can read more here. Your comments […]
The County of Los Angeles is seeking public comment on the Program Environmental Impact Report of the County LA River Master Plan (PEIR). Submissions close on Thursday May 13, 2021. This is a different process to comments on the Master Plan itself. Those comments are due on the same day, but they’re a separate thing. […]
The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering is seeking public comment on the Taylor Yard G2 River Park Project Final Draft Implementation Feasibility Report (IFR). Submissions close on Friday April 30, 2021. Your comments need to be sent to:Project Team, Taylor Yard G2 River Park Projecttaylor.yardG2@lacity.org Useful links:The report and appendices, plus various presentations […]
In the latest installment of a disheartening game I’m calling “are-you-for-real-City-of-Long-Beach?!” all but 20 constituents have been locked out of speaking at the City Council appeal hearing this evening about 3701 Pacific Place. You can write an email and make an ecomment instead, which is what I’ve done. Hope you’ll do the same. Email addresses:City […]
The City of Long Beach has commenced the CEQA process for a 20 acre parcel of land at 712 Baker Street. It should be a park, but it’s currently on its way to being a 227-building gated residential development. There will be several opportunities for public comment, the first closes on Monday April 12, 2021 […]
The City of Long Beach is poised to determine the future of the Lower Los Angeles River with two utterly inappropriate development proposals currently shimmying their way through what appears to be a very careless approval process. If you have any interest in the river, the watershed, human life, or environmental justice, now is the […]
What’s an object that is ultra precious to you?…that reminds you of something or someone important?…that marks a key passage in your life?…that has transformed you?…that evokes your strongest emotional response? Chris Schwartz and Tilly Hinton are joining forces to bring you an hour of the Show and Tell you might remember from grade school. […]
A veritable flotilla of Angelenos gathered this week at an online memorial to celebrate the life of the LA River‘s unofficial poet laureate, Lewis MacAdams. In 1986, Lewis MacAdams led a ragtag bunch of artists into the concrete bed of the Los Angeles River, cutting open the chain wire fence, and asking the river for […]
