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Community safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Steve Lopez of the LA Times has been following the decline of MacArthur Park in LA (" Can MacArthur Park be saved? The tough task of policing MacArthur Park ," " I cant deal with life sober: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isnt enough ," and " The time for excuses is over.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. My background in planning, including parks planning, provides a knowledge base they didn't have access to before. Still, there is tension between being more active or more passive.

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Overcoming the Digital Divide: Lessons State and Local Governments can Learn from the Hospitality Industry

Government Technology Insider

With so many facilities under their purview–from courthouses and law enforcement/public safety facilities to waste removal, water service and tax collection, from libraries and parks and recreation to behavioral health and child welfare services, and so much more–the breadth of services and end-user needs can feel overwhelming.