GC-imagined parks

Showbiz India | In this exclusive interview, Artesia Mayor Ali Taj discusses the urgent issue of park equity.

SkyLink TV | 洛杉磯華埠約有8,000名居民，但當地僅有兩座市立小型公園，分別是面積1.94英畝的Alpine Recreation Center，以及0.24英畝的Ord & Yale Street Park.

Amid immigration raids and city stress, LA parks remain vital spaces where residents recharge, connect with nature, and shape the future.

In California’s San Gabriel Valley, parks and green space are vital gathering-places for Asian immigrant families.

The winds of change are blowing in Koreatown, one of the urban areas with the least green space among major cities the U.S.

Due to Los Angeles' decline in the Trust for Public Land's national "ParkScore" rankings —from 49th place out of 100 major cities in 2020 to 88th in 2024 — the city announced this year that it would launch an equity initiative aimed at improving access to parks for low-income and racially diverse communities.

For years, South Central Los Angeles has been described as “park-poor” — a term that reflects both a lack of resources and a deeper, historic inequity. Today, that’s changing.

Nicole Chang | News Koreatown “시 자원 총동원해 한인타운 녹지 공간 확대” 약속헤더 허트 로스앤젤레스10지구 시의원 인터뷰.

Isaac Ceja | La Opinión La ciudad de Los Ángeles está actualizando su evaluación de necesidades de parques con la meta de promover más equidad en las zonas verdes. 

Nora Estrada | Kiosko News La mision de Norma E. García-González, directora del Departamento de Parques y Recreación del Condado de Los Ángeles, es "destacar el papel fundamental que desempeñan los parques para enriquecer la vida de todas las familias."

Joseph Fa’avae | Island Block Radio "You need a proper leader in the recreation department of the county or the city that has a vision. Someone that is pro-park."

La concejal de la ciudad de Los Ángeles por el Distrito Uno, Eunisses Hernández comparte algunos recuerdos.