L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space

Ronald Kurniawan
L.A. Weekly | July 18, 2008
The most park-impoverished major city in America, Los Angeles devotes only 4 percent of its land to public greenery. By contrast, parkland comprises 17 percent of New York City and 9 percent of Boston (where 97 percent of the city’s children have immediate access to a park--as opposed to one-third of kids in Los Angeles).

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