Is L.A.'s love affair with the car coming to an end?
"When you don't have to get into a car, it's golden," says L.A. real estate developer Rick Caruso in a June 30, 2014 article titled "The End of Driving (As We Know It)" in Fortune magazine.
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Official LA Tote Bag Celebrates Dawn of Plastic Bag Free City
As of tomorrow, L.A. will become more environmentally healthy. Remember that L.A. banned single use plastic bags at supermarkets in January; on July 1 the ban is extending to mom and pop stores. Kudos to Councilman Paul Koretz who was a leading advocate of the ban.
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Garcetti Creates Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles which aims to make LA the most "livable city in the world."
Mayor Garcetti has announced the establishment of the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles which he hopes will create "transformative change in the city." The Fund will, the Mayor predicts "harness new ideas and new resources to make L.A. the most livable city in the world."
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LA is on way to becoming a major walkable city
Thanks to the increasing interest in living and working in pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, Los Angeles ranked number 16 out of 30 cities for its "walkability" in a report issued by SmartGrowth America. Not as high as we might like but better than one might expect. (Actually, LA tied with Columbus, Ohio and Kansas City, Missouri. Washington, D.C., New York and Boston topped the list.)
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The Honest Company Goes National via Target
Do Good LA loves The Honest Company for several reasons:
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So Cal secures another big grant: this time to promote manufacturing
Within hours of the announcement of the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of a $1 billion grant to restore the Los Angeles River, another big win for Southern California!
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Mayor Garcetti lobbies for $1 billion LA River restoration plan
Mayor Garcetti enlists Senator Boxer in his effort to gain approval of a $1 billion plan to restore the LA River. Will they succeed in persuading the top brass of the Army Corps of Engineers and the White House to approve the plan? Lots of money, lots of politics but lots to gain for Angelenos. Check out the LA Times article here.
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What was your favorite part of Sunday's CicLAvia?
Five members of the Do Good LA team joined the thousands who participated in yesterday's CicLAvia. What a wonderful way to see the six miles of Wilshire stretching from downtown to Fairfax!
Here are our favorite parts of the experience:
The community participation. Lots of different people from all walks of life spending a Sunday together. Rarely does that happen. -Emily-Rose
Finding our that Wilshire actually has hills, as the cyclists, skateboarders and walkers soon learned! -Rob
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Two So-Cal teams among winners of Gates Foundation's "condom of the future" challenge
Two Southern California teams are among the 11 winners of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's contest to create a create a condom that men would actually use, thereby decreasing the number of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
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