Our purpose is to transform South Los Angeles into a vibrant, sustainable community with green spaces, clean air and renewable energy, dynamic mobility options for pedestrians, bikers, and public transit, fostering the environmental health of the region.
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“Now is clearly the time to make transformational investments that reduce the climate gap and support the inherent resilience of our communities.”
- Supervisor Holly Mitchell
Our vision: The South Los Angeles Eco-Lab focuses on “Economic Development through Climate Action” to achieve the community’s vision for a socially inclusive, sustainable, green community resilient to climate change, in the heart of South Los Angeles.
The South LA Eco-Lab’s synergistic projects are seeds cultivated by community residents, small businesses, CBOs, and public agencies in these neighborhoods. The seeds will blossom into a South Los Angeles oasis, one with serene green spaces, energy and water efficient infrastructure, and expansion of safe active travel and public transit, all of which enhance public health, well-being, and environmental benefits, including reduction in GHGs.
Our work to build a greener, healthier South LA is deeply rooted in the history of the ground beneath our feet. South LA sits on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded homelands of the Tongva (Gabrielino and Kizh) people, caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin).
Every tree we plant, cool roof we install, and green job pathway we create connects our modern environmental justice work to the Indigenous stewards who cared for this ecosystem for generations.
View the Official Citywide Land Acknowledgment here or learn about the specific land you live on here: https://native-land.ca
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