Politics

Why should you  participate in redistricting, the process of setting new congressional and state legislative boundaries?   Because it is easy, it matters, and you only have this opportunity every ten years.   During the month...

The California Sierra Club Political Action Committee (PAC) is holding its annual fundraiser online Sunday, August 8th from 4 pm to 6 pm.   The PAC contributes to state and local candidates statewide.     As...

The Sierra Club Helped Make Several Influential Water Agencies More Diverse and Progressive; Now We Need to Prepare to Do Even More Water may be life, but most residents of Southern California do not often reflect on the complex series of canals,...

GIS Committee Maps for Angeles Chapter Water Committee The GIS and Water Committee first partnered up many years ago on the Water Conservation Measures Scorecard project, then on a map of  California Lakes and WaterWays. Recently several maps...

WRD Robles Advanced Water Treatment Facility The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) is the largest groundwater agency in the State of California, managing and protecting local groundwater resources for over four million...

Tents propped in Echo Park, Los Angeles John Nilsson all rights reserved Who would think it? Ocean desalination intersecting with affordable housing?- Yet it has, in a little known state government agency called the California Debt Limit...

The late matriarch of Los Angeles environmental groups, Dorothy Green, wrote a book that focuses on Southern California water and water agencies: Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California.    If you live in the city of Los Angeles,...

A Water Quality Gradebook for LA and OC's Drinking Water Hollywood Reservoir, Hollywood, California. A major storage area for LA's fresh water needs. John Nilsson all rights reserved As part of the Sierra Club’s long-standing...

Nearly one in four Californians suffer from food insecurity.    Yet more than 11 billion pounds of edible food is wasted every year in California.     Organic waste, including food waste, decomposes in landfills...

A PUMPJACK IN L.A.’S WILMINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD. ACROSS CALIFORNIA, MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE NEAR AN OIL OR GAS WELL, TWO-THIRDS OF WHOM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. PHOTO BY NACHO CORBELLA Los Angeles is the largest urban oil field in the...