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    Which Way, L.A.?

    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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Robert Garcia

      Long Beach Mayor

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      Laura Chick

      Office of the Los Angeles City Controller (formerly)

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      Guy Mehula

      Chief Facilities Executive for L.A. Unified School District

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    The Pool’s Full of Water but the Kids Can’t Swim
    1. 0:00Summertime Blues: LA Kids Locked Out of LA School Pools You’re reading this
    2. 0:00State Budget
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