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overview | LA: starved for green | inequitable distribution of green | existing measures are ineffectual | environmental reasons for LANLT | opportunistic strategy There has been widespread recognition of the severity of the lack
of parks in the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles.
Park advocates have put park bond propositions on the ballot to
address this issue. Proposition K funding patterns have exacerbated rather than ameliorated the existing inequalities in park and open space resource distribution in the City of Los Angeles. This has occurred since a large amount of the funding was invested in improvements to existing facilities, serving as a supplement to the City’s Recreation and Parks Department. Neighborhoods with the largest shares of young people received half as much Proposition K funding on a per youth basis as areas with the least concentration of youth. Districts with the highest rates of park accessibility received as much or more bond funds than many areas with higher poverty, higher concentrations of young people and below average park accessibility. next page: environmental reasons for LANLT
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Proposition
A was a County Bond Initiative passed in 1992, with a similar measure
passing in 1996. Proposition K was a City Park Bond Initiative passed
in 1996. Statewide, Propositions 12 and 13 which passed in 2000
and Proposition 40 which was passed a couple of years later, provided
funding for parks. These bonds provided billions of park dollars
for the Los Angeles are, yet little of this money has been allocated
to creating the kinds of small open spaces that have been proven
so effective in revitalizing neighborhoods and renaturalizing cities.
