Ryan Long was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley Los Angeles. His childhood was marked by significant challenges that he had to over come. Ryan was born with a congenital deformity known as club foot. Ryan’s father left when he was very young, leaving his mother to raise Ryan on her own. Ryan spent the first two years of his life in surgeries and was immobilize by casts and bars bolted to the sides of his legs. Ryan and his mother, together, faced these challenges head on. As Ryan got older
approximately 88 community stakeholders in attendance, and 22 City of Los Angeles planners participating as facilitators, note-takers, and greeters at the workshop. The Tarzana Community Plan Update workshop was held on Tuesday, July 27, 2017, at San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, located at 18312 Oxnard Street in Tarzana. Approximately 44 community stakeholders participated in the workshop, and 22 City of Los Angeles planners staffed the
2003, 278). Again, if the water below the valley was legally defined as groundwater, it would be subject to absolute ownership law and Los Angeles would only be secure in the rights to the Los Angeles River (Sax 2003, 280). So, the Court asserted that geographically speaking, the Los Angeles River’s headwaters began in the mountains surrounding the San Fernando Valley; that all water that percolated into the alluvium traveled by gravity flow into the valley; and effectively all
I was born in central Los Angeles and remained there until if was five years old. Due to our growing family and some of the concerns surrounding community violence my parents decided to move to Van Nuys. Even within the San Fernando Valley there are areas of high community violence, gang activity and poverty. However, I felt as sense of community support and safety due largely in part to the *** established early on in my elementary school. Though community gatherings my mother found a new source
taking steps to advance your career, looking to start a new career or just a lifelong learner, the UCLA Extension Woodland Hills campus has something for you. GOLD METROPOLITAN MEDIA installed City Light Pole banners in strategic areas of the San Fernando Valley to promote the new UCLA Extension campus. Twitter: @uclaextension has opened a new campus in Woodland Hills! GMM installed banners in areas of the #SFValley to promote the new campus. Instagram: UCLA Extension has opened a new campus at the
Pollution and trash build up in Los Angeles has been accumulating and worsening for many years. The homeless population in Los Angeles also has been at an all time high. In areas like Van Nuys, Reseda, Downtown, and many more, there needs to be more trash cans near homeless encampments and along with those, cameras, which will document and hopefully successfully pinpoint potential littering suspects. The trash is not only harmful and damaging to our community but also Earth as a whole. By setting
minorities start to rebel to have equal dominance as whites. Now we have more freedom and power in this world. I am going to share experience I had when I was growing up that impacted my life being the race I am. I grew up in a poor area in the san fernando valley next to the projects. The projects is known to be a horrible scary place because of the people who live in it mostly poor latinos. If you go in that area you would see latinos with tattoos on their body and some of them were bald. People who
affecting the neighborhoods. The workshops were a vital component in the DCP’s engagement with the community on the long range vision for the management of growth and improvement of quality of life within the vibrant community in the Southwest San Fernando Valley. Approximately 150 people signed-in and attend at the workshops throughout the evenings. • One generation Encino Farmers Market special event: The Encino Farmers’ Market offered the opportunity for a public outreach to tactically reach to a
Human activities have impacted rivers since the birth of civilization. For millennia, water from rivers has been, used, re-used, diverted, depleted, polluted, sold, flushed, fought for, stolen, ruled, exchanged and more. To understand what affects the quality and quantity of water for The Los Angeles River, we must understand the water sources that charge and shape the River’s watershed. Moreover, we must also understand the Los Angeles River and its interaction with the environment. You see, as
I live in a bowl. That’s what San Fernando Valley is with mountains in every direction. No one gives much thought to what it’s like outside these walls. There are gangs, there are people that for some reason want to be in a gang, there are people that don’t give thought to their education or future, there are people that take advantage of others when they come across money and there are people with parents that hold them back. There are also people that have loving and supporting families, there