Thursday, April 30, 2015

New Rangers in Mayor's FY16 budget... but what is the "Regeneration Program"?

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Mayor Garcetti released his 2015-16 City Budget a couple weeks ago. Included in the Recreation and Parks response to the Mayor's propos...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Michael Higby, creator of Mayor Sam, has passed away

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Just now hearing that Michael Higby of the Mayor Sam blog passed away suddenly last night. Without Mayor Sam, this blog would never have ex...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Congratulations CD 4: it's Ramsay vs. Ryu

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The final ballot count is complete and official. Carolyn Ramsay and David Ryu will appear on the final May ballot for CD 4. The nutjob - Tom...
Friday, February 6, 2015

GPW endorses ABO for CD4 -- "Anyone But O'Grady"

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Update 2/27/15 - the plot thickens: 1. The LA Times published this piece on O'Grady yesterday about mismanagement of his non-profit an...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

New 'Griffith Park Park Advisory Board' named, process is suspect

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Park Advisory Boards and their members are essential to the overall operation of a recreation facility . The Department of Recreation and P...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Now hiring - part time Park Ranger patrol officers

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The City of Los Angeles Park Rangers will be hiring part time security officers to work in the Hansen Dam area . Applications are avail...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Beautiful new "Bill Eckert Trail" sign installed today

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Photo courtesy A. Torres Park Ranger Bill Eckert was City of Los Angeles Park Rangers badge #1 and a true legend in Griffith Park.  ...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Lawsuit announced at Heritage Tree event

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More than one hundred tree lovers came to the Friends of Griffith Park 's Heritage Sycamore event on Saturday. Friends board member Ger...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Kid-friendly event this Saturday to view rare, giant Los Angeles tree slated for destruction

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"I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." ~ Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991), The Lorax Take a good, long look at thi...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Broken Promise: Mukri Out at Rec and Parks … Public is the Big Loser

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Scooped everyone's asses today with my article today for CityWatch. Will get no credit anywhere for doing so. -----------------------...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Finally! New Illegal Vendors code for parks passed by Commission

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Nine very long years after lawsuits at Venice Beach caused it to be suspended, on Wednesday the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Jon Mukri back to Rec and Parks, and other park notes

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For the past ten months, RAP GM Jon Kirk Mukri has been doing Mayor Garcetti a solid by managing Los Angeles's beleaguered  Dept. of Tr...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Griffith Park Resources 'Board' meeting next week

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Want to bid on Griffith Park's annual(sic) Halloween event?

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This is interesting. The story goes that Ten-Thirty-One created this event and, with support from the council office, "convinced" ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

“Great Horror Campout” - vulgar sanctioned abuse of a park system's gem

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Is Griffith Park a emerging"Disneyland", or is it an Urban Wilderness Park?  Lame duck Councilmember Tom LaBonge eats away at re...
Friday, May 9, 2014

CEQA Appeals filed on EIR approvals for Crystal Springs, Old Zoo projects

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Finally!  No press releases yet that we know of, but the Griffith Family Trust , Friends of Griffith Park , and the Sierra Club Griffith P...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Encino wants more Park Rangers!

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....yet City Hall still doesn't get the message. Four new full-time Rangers and one Supervisor  (who are replacing three retirees), and ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Upcoming Rec & Parks Budget Hearing -- don't waste your time.

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For the past decade or so, a number of parks advocates including myself have braved the annual May Day labor protests downtown to go to Cit...
Monday, March 31, 2014

RAP Commission vote on Crystal Springs ball fields is Wednesday

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Update 4/2/14: Long meeting, but easily passed by the Commission, unanimously. Interesting that someone pointed out that putting active re...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Grand-opening Thursday: First new LA Park Ranger Station in 35 years

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The first new Park Ranger Station in Los Angeles in more than three decades opens this Thursday. Now it would be nice if Los Angeles woul...