Politics Blog Category

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...

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 5TH VOTERS GUIDE  The annual Angeles Chapter elections begin Monday, October 5, and end Monday, November 9. Active members will be voting for At-large positions on the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee,...

The Angeles Chapter’s own Jane Simpson received the Oliver Kehrlein Award at the annual National Sierra Club Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020. This award which honors service to the Sierra Club’s Outings Program, is...

The Angeles Chapter presented its 13th annual Political Leadership Awards on August 23 to an exceptional group of honorees at the first-ever virtual celebration in the Chapter’s history. The event took place on the new Remo conferencing...

The Angeles Chapter will be hosting its Political Leadership Awards online this year. The annual event is a fundraiser for the California Sierra Club Political Action Committee (PAC) and the theme this year is “Climate for Democracy, Democracy...

As the US copes with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that outdoor access plays a huge role in boosting physical and mental health. Two important outdoor resources for park-poor Angelinos are the San Gabriel River and the San...

Photo by Bob Wick Superbloom at Carrizo Plain As we face Trump-era environmental rollbacks and the growing climate crisis, a suite of new bills focused on protecting and restoring natural areas, safeguarding wild places, and creating new...