Supporters' Statements

COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ

"A perfect classroom for students to observe these environmental practices and accomplish the City’s watershed protection goals and provide park space in an area that desperately needs it."

"A multi-benefit project which will provide (1) urban runoff treatment, (2) native habitat, and (3) public access via transit, bicycle, and pedestrian paths."

"The project utilizes public property to improve mobility, create recreational activities and clean groundwater. The Greenway will use natural and sustainable water treatment methods to remove pollutants from up to 48 million gallons of water per year."

SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL

"Students from schools all along the Expo Line from Overland Avenue Elementary School to Dorsey High School to Foshay Learning Center will be able to access the Greenway either on foot or by light rail to participate in educational programs promoting awareness of water and other environmental issues which are critical to this region. They will see storm water treatment reducing the pollution entering our ocean. They will also see a native plant garden which provides the sights and smells of a walk in the hills: birds and butterflies feeding and pollinating, the perfume of the sages, and the brilliant blue ceanothus in the spring. Many young people across the city do not have the opportunity to access this type of experience."

Natural Resources Defense Council

"This groundbreaking idea imagines . . . green space, urban runoff treatment and recreational opportunities."

California Native plant Society

“We feel that this project would offer an opportunity to create California native plant coastal sage scrub and wetland habitats which would in turn provide food and shelter for wildlife in an urban setting.”

Los Angeles Audubon Society

"A wonderful place to teach students that urban infrastructure and nature need not be be mutually exclusive."

"A working model that demonstrates how proper engineering and thoughtful design can be used to manage run-off from stormwater, to the benefit of a natural habitat."

"We are particularly excited that the Greenway is located adjacent to the Westwood Rancho Park Station of the Expo Line. Being able to use the light rail line to bring kids from Mid-City to Santa Monica to this Greenway will be very helpful."