LA River

Beyond the Master Plan: River LA’s Harry Chandler on Delivering the 100-Acre Taylor Yard Project

In conversation, River LA’s Board Chair, Harry Chandler, discusses the long arc of the Los Angeles (LA) River’s revitalization efforts and the sobering gap between visionary plans and implementation. Chandler recounts how The L.A. River Revitalization Corporation (renamed as River LA), founded by the City in 2009, with Chandler as its first board chair, was established to advance public and private partnerships along the river corridor with its fragmented governance landscape. Today, River LA’s signature project is the future park-to-be Taylor Yard, a former 100-acre toxic rail site.

SMMC’s Joe Edmiston ‘Jazzed’ by Newsom Spending & Open Space Priorities

TPR caught up with Santa Monica Mountain’s Conservancy Executive Director, Joe Edmiston, to elaborate on how the influx of federal and state infrastructure investments will impact Southern California conservation and open space projects.

'It Ain’t Tame': SMMC’s Edmiston on Pandemic’s Silver Lining: A Critter Comeback

Joe Edmiston opines on the impact—fiscally and operationally- recent closures have had on his organization’s responsibilities and operations, as well as his concern about another fire season compounding the region’s disaster response challenge.

Mark Pestrella on LA County’s Transformative Stormwater Plan

Pestrella, the head of the County's Department of Public Works shares the vision for the recently released Safe, Clean Water program.

Master Planning & P3 Financing the LA River

At VerdeXchange 2018, leaders of the LA River convened to discuss how the region can make sustainable, resilient, and profitable investments in the river—without the mistakes of Chavez Ravine displacement decades ago.

Los Angeles County’s First EIFD Marks New Era of Collaborative Economic Development

Larry Kosmont joins TPR to explain how the city of La Verne recently came the first EIFD approved in LA County and the potential for capturing investments in LA's transportation revolution and river revitalization.

LA County’s Newest Planning Commissioner: A Pragmatic Enviro