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Eastside Citizen: El Sereno residents win the battle of Elephant Hill but who will pay the bill? *
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Eastsider on the Go. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. El Sereno residents win the battle of Elephant Hill but who will pay the bill? Residents of El Sereno have waged a 25-year battle against investors seeking to build homes on what is called Elephant Hill on the boundary with South Pasadena. On Tuesday, residents declared victory after the City Council agreed to settle a lawsui. T with the Elephant Hill property owners by buying their approximately 15-acre site. E just glad that a chunk of one of El Sereno'...
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Eastside Citizen: The Echo Park neighborhood council finds itself in another mess
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Eastsider on the Go. Friday, November 20, 2009. The Echo Park neighborhood council finds itself in another mess. After several years of meeting everywhere from playgrounds to parking garages, the Echo Park neighborhood council recently found a permanent home. Have put out a call for brooms, buckets and volunteers. To clean out the space on Saturday:. Posted by The Eastsider LA. Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council. November 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM. November 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM. Bring our own cleani...
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Eastside Citizen: August 2009
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Eastsider on the Go. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. El Sereno residents battle Caltrans over blighted bungalow court. Perhaps Caltrans should stick to managing freeways instead of apartments. A story in the August issue of The Voice. Pdf format) chronicles the so-far fruitless effort by El Sereno residents to get the state highway agency to fix up or demolish 10 bungalows near Huntington Drive and Maycrest Avenue that have sat empty and boarded for more than a decade. Posted by The Eastsider LA. Will meet in ...
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Eastside Citizen: MTA committee endorses hybrid proposal for 2 Freeway
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Eastsider on the Go. Friday, November 20, 2009. MTA committee endorses hybrid proposal for 2 Freeway. The MTA's Planning and Programming Committee voted to, among other things, spend more money to complete a study of the hybrid proposal, which would realign some of the exit lanes. Posted by The Eastsider LA. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). City of Los Angeles. Council District 1 - Ed Reyes. Council District 4 - Tom LaBonge. Council District 13 - Eric Garcetti. Council District 14 - Jose Huizar. The E...
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Eastside Citizen: July 2009
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Eastsider on the Go. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Here's an idea: Why not use parkland for parks? The city's Recreation and Parks Department owns more than 25 acres of river front property on the north end of Atwater Village. That property, which sits across the Los Angeles River from Griffith Park is not used as parkland, however. Instead, the department uses it mainly for storage, employee parking and maintenance yards. Why not open this land up to the public? S it a pipe dream? Posted by The Eastsider LA.
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Eastside Citizen: Turning a profit off a green thumb can get urban farmers in trouble *
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Eastsider on the Go. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Turning a profit off a green thumb can get urban farmers in trouble *. Councilman Eric Garcetti and his partner, Amy Wakeland *, have transformed their hillside lot in the Elysian Heights section of Echo Park into a large edible garden. To switch from flowers to vegetables allowed under the law. Now, at the urging of community gardening and green advocates, Garcetti has proposed updating and clarifying the act. Posted by The Eastsider LA. The Eastside Citiz...
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Eastside Citizen: East LA cityhood campaign makes some financial progress - one bowl of menudo at a time *
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Eastsider on the Go. Thursday, November 5, 2009. East LA cityhood campaign makes some financial progress - one bowl of menudo at a time *. The most recent drive for East Los Angeles cityhood. Reported that cityhood boosters had raised only $25,000 from a combination of menudo breakfasts, tours and other events. Since then, the cityhood movement has raised more money - another fundraiser is planned for tonigh. T - but it still has a long way to go. Rancisco Cendejas, an association board member. A previou...
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Eastside Citizen: October 2009
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Eastsider on the Go. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Turning a profit off a green thumb can get urban farmers in trouble *. Councilman Eric Garcetti and his partner, Amy Wakeland *, have transformed their hillside lot in the Elysian Heights section of Echo Park into a large edible garden. To switch from flowers to vegetables allowed under the law. Now, at the urging of community gardening and green advocates, Garcetti has proposed updating and clarifying the act. Posted by The Eastsider LA. Along the Los Ange...
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Eastside Citizen: Neighborhood cops make way for Echo Park neighborhood council
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Eastsider on the Go. Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Neighborhood cops make way for Echo Park neighborhood council. The Echo Park neighborhood council - which has found itself meeting in churches and libraries as well as in parking garages and even a play ground - has finally found a permanent home. Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council. Has agreed to lease the back. To have the Los Angeles City Council approve the lease. The lease must still be approved by the Los Angeles City Council. The Eastside ...
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Eastside Citizen: November 2009
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Eastsider on the Go. Friday, November 20, 2009. MTA committee endorses hybrid proposal for 2 Freeway. The MTA's Planning and Programming Committee voted to, among other things, spend more money to complete a study of the hybrid proposal, which would realign some of the exit lanes. Posted by The Eastsider LA. The Echo Park neighborhood council finds itself in another mess. Have put out a call for brooms, buckets and volunteers. To clean out the space on Saturday:. Tems need to be carried into A dumpster p...
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