Green Urbanism
LOS ANGELES MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA SIGNS GROUNDBREAKING GREEN BUILDING LAW ON EARTH DAY
City Council passes comprehensive and far reaching plan - a first for a major American City that would reduce LA's carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons by 2012
Los Angeles, CA - April 22, 2008 - Taking bold action to combat climate change in Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today joined City Council President Eric Garcetti and Councilmembers Jan Perry, Ed Reyes and Bill Rosendahl to sign the Private Sector Green Building Plan into law setting LA on course to cut carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons by 2012.
Perry, Garcetti Announce Green Communities Award Recipients
Los Angeles - June 25, 2007 - Council President Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Jan Perry joined Enterprise Community Partners and Global Green USA to announce the award recipients for the Los Angeles Green Communities Program. Launched in Los Angeles in April of 2007, the local chapter is part of a $555 million national program on behalf of Enterprise to provide financial incentives and technical assistance to affordable housing developments looking to green their projects, and to connect the health and economic benefits of green building to low-income communities.
First Fully Solar-Powered Apartment Community in California Opens
Poway, CA - June 5, 2007 - SOLARA, the first apartment community in California to be fully powered by the sun, officially opened today. This development represents a breakthrough in integrating solar in multifamily housing and establishes a new standard in sustainable design.
"We designed SOLARA to be totally green from the inside out," said Sue Reynolds, President and CEO of Community HousingWorks, the developer/owner of SOLARA. "The fact that SOLARA is also an affordable housing project proves that 'green' is not just for high-end homes."
