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The Pool’s Full of Water but the Kids Can’t Swim

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In downtown Los Angeles, LA Unified opened a 160 million dollar complex just nine months ago. However, as the summer heats up, the Olympic-sized swimming pool is closed to the public.

Main Topic

Summertime Blues: LA Kids Locked Out of LA School Pools ()

Last week, Evan George wrote a lengthy story in the Downtown News about the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. It was opened nine months ago with city officials joining the school district to applaud an additional benefit: state-of-the-art facilities for an entire community with scarce recreational resources for a large population of young people. Despite that promise and with summer temperatures rising, the Olympic-sized swimming pool has been closed to the public.

Guests:
  • Robert Garcia: Executive Director and Counsel for The City Project
  • Laura Chick: Los Angeles City Controller
  • Guy Mehula: Chief Facilities Executive for L.A. Unified School District

Making News

State Budget ()

It's official: the Governor and the legislature fail once again to pass a budget by the Constitutional June 30th deadline.

Guests:
  • Ed Mendel: Sacramento Bureau Chief for the San Diego Union Tribune
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

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