The gentrification of the Mission District brought a "gang list" that affected young people in a 60-block radius, limiting their freedom of movement and association. Vicente Garcia used his 2007 Young People For fellowship to organize the community to stop the gang list.
Marketplace of Ideas: Improving the Quality of Air and Jobs at the Nation's Ports with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Date: October 14, 2008 - 8:00am - October 14, 2008 - 10:00am
Location:
The Harvard Club, 35 West 44th Street (Bet. 5th & 6th Avenues)
Space is limited. Admission is free. RSVP by email to dmi@drummajorinstitute.org
http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/events/unique_event.php?ID...
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Please join the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy for its latest installment of the Marketplace of Ideas series featuring Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
The port of Los Angeles is the busiest container seaport in the United States, handling 20 percent of the nation’s imports. It also generates a large portion of the region’s toxic air emissions, including global warming pollutants. Under the leadership of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the port adopted a Clean Air Action Plan in November 2006, aiming to reduce port-related emissions by at least 45 percent by 2012. The plan includes initiatives to cut pollution from trains, ships, trucks, and equipment used to move cargo. One ambitious component is the Clean Truck Program, which will both impose tough emissions standards on 16,000 diesel trucks and prevent exploitation of truck drivers by mandating that only licensed trucking companies can service the port. The Clean Air Action Plan has received multiple honors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.