Recent Streetsblog LA posts about OHJF

That’s a Wrap!: Streetsblog Concludes Its Series on L.A. County Public Health Grants

By Damien Newton | Oct 21, 2011 | No Comments

Yesterday, Streetsblog published the 17th, and final, story in our series on L.A. County’s Policies for Livable and Active Communities and Environment. Each of the five communities who received a PLACE Grant, Culver City, El Monte, Glendale, Long Beach and Pacoima, received $330,000 to create a new document that would become part of the local […]

Healthy El Monte, Not Just About Transportation But About Healthy Eating

By Damien Newton | Oct 20, 2011 | No Comments

El Monte faces some real health challenges including high rates of diabetes and asthma for its citizens combined with low rates of physical activity. One of the reasons for El Monte’s public health crisis is that the physical face of the city needs a major upgrade. For example, El Monte is a city with 125,000 […]

Arceo Walk, Small Investment, Big Changes in El Monte

By Damien Newton | Oct 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

As Streetsblog has learned about and written about the 5 PLACE Grant Communities, one thing has become clear. When you’re talking about smaller areas, and not sprawling metropolis’ such as Los Angeles, it’s the little things that make a big difference. In El Monte, they created a Health and Wellness Plan that centers around providing […]

El Monte Walks Towards a Healthier Future

By Damien Newton | Oct 4, 2011 | No Comments

Martha Sera likes walking. A former high school track star, Sera regularly goes for mile-long walks with her husband, father and children, ages two and five. That Sera has found a way to walk for a living is just a bonus. Sera is one of a handful of organizers for the City of El Monte […]

End Goal in Pacoima: A Wash That’s Beautiful

By Damien Newton | Sep 26, 2011 | 5 Comments

One of the lessons that the world’s great cities learned is how to use natural and man created landmarks to strengthen and create great places. This is one area where Los Angeles still lags, and nowhere is this clearer than in the case of the Pacoima Wash. The Wash is a tributary of the Los […]

Like a Troubled Bridge Over Water – Making Connections in Pacoima

By Damien Newton | Sep 21, 2011 | 3 Comments

Safe Routes to School? Last year, literally hundreds of students had to cross the Haddon Bridg everyday to get to class at San Fernando High School. Locatee on the north west side of Ritchie Valens Park crossing the pedestrian bridge was literally the worst part of the day as it was both somewhat secluded and […]

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