An article in the Seattle Times describes the city’s attempt to enliven its downtown parks by introducing seven park rangers, “functioning as part security guards, part social workers,” in ten parks in and near downtown. Rangers patrol in pairs between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m……They begin their shifts by rousing homeless people. The rangers ask [...]
Filed under: crime & safety | Tagged: downtown, homeless, seattle | Leave a Comment »
An article in the LA Times describes efforts in Los Angeles to convert alleys to park-like spaces, an opportunity quantified quite well. There are few cities whose alleys offer more possibility than Los Angeles. The USC Center for Sustainable Cities, which is leading the alley campaign here, found recently that there are 12,309 blocks of [...]
Filed under: crime & safety | Tagged: alleys, los angeles | Leave a Comment »
An article in today’s LA Times has LA Mayor Villaraigosa crediting a summertime recreation program in parks with a reduction in violent crime. The Summer Night Lights program offered speical movie nights and other events geared towards at-risk youth until midnight four nights a week during peak time for gang activity. As the article states, [...]
Filed under: crime & safety, programming | Leave a Comment »
