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10 – Ride with UEPI!

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Amanda Shaffer — 1 Comment ↓

CicLAvia turns LA streets into safe, fun places for walking, bicycling, jogging, and enjoying exciting outdoor activities. By making some roadways temporarily car-free, CicLAvia opens the streets to the public from 10am to 3pm on October 10, 2010. For more…

Tagged with: biking, CicLAvia, Los Angeles
Posted in Built Environment, Streets, Transportation

Los Angeles doesn’t have the worst traffic in the country

Posted on October 5, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

This morning I saw a No on 23 yard sign. It read “Stop Texas Oil. Vote No on 23.” a few minutes ago I came across a recent study by CEOs for Cities that could be summed up as “Stop…

September 3 – Celebrate 30 Years of Farmers’ Markets in LA

Posted on August 26, 2009 by beery — 2 Comments ↓

Join us for 30 Years and Growing, a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Los Angeles’ first farmers’ market. The Gardena farmers’ market, which opened June 23, 1979, was the first of many great markets in Southern California. This milestone…

Design the Future of Farmers’ Markets!

Posted on August 25, 2009 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

For Immediate Release Contact: Vanessa Zajfen; vzajfen@oxy.edu / 323-341-5092 Design the Future of Farmers’ Markets! LOS ANGELES, CA: The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental College is pleased to announce our partnership with GOOD for a design competition for…

Tagged with: buy local, farmer's markets, food, Food Justice, Los Angeles, nutrition, uepi
Posted in Press Release

“Divorce – Union Style” in The Nation, plus Billy Bragg and Nelson Lichtenstein

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends and Colleagues: My article, “Divorce – Union Style,” appears on the Nation’s website today and on the cover of the next (August 31) issue of the magazine . It explains the background to the intense battle that led to…

Tagged with: health, health care, Los Angeles
Posted in Labor

Please join me to discuss “Out of California’s Quagmire”

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Peter Dreier — 1 Comment ↓

Friends – Please join me next Tuesday for an interesting discussion about California’s budget crisis, its impact, and what we can do to fix it. LA City Controller Wendy Gruel and Nancy Berlin, director of the California Partnership, will be…

Tagged with: Los Angeles, occidental college, uepi
Posted in Politics & Elections

How Healthy is L.A. County?

Posted on July 9, 2009 by phillipsz — No Comments ↓

How does the health of Angelenos fare compare to the national average? What types of health disparities exist within the county and what are their possible causes? What is the trend over time, within SPAs (Service Planning Areas), of certain…

Tagged with: health, Los Angeles
Posted in Community Health Engagement

Planning to Support Urban Agriculture

Posted on June 17, 2009 by beery — 2 Comments ↓

Urban agriculture is everywhere we turn these days. On rooftops, vacant lots, and school yards. As discussed on this blog before, Los Angeles was a city founded on agriculture. With an ideal growing climate, the city should lead the nation…

Tagged with: food, Los Angeles, planning, urban agriculture, zoning
Posted in Built Environment