Finding aid for the Friends of the Los Angeles River records, 1987-2013 LSC.2215

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Friends of the Los Angeles River records
Creator: Friends of the Los Angeles River
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2215
Physical Description: 68 Linear Feet (145 boxes, 1 record carton, 2 shoeboxes, 8 flat boxes, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1930-2014
Date (bulk): 1983-2009
Abstract: The Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is a non-profit, urban environmental organization, founded in 1986 and focused on saving, restoring, and reviving the Los Angeles River. FoLAR--with a board of directors, a technical advisory board, and a program that encompasses education, community organization, and political action--has advocated for an integrated 52-mile greenway and has stressed the need to address the 30 different governmental agencies that has each had some jurisdiction over the river. FoLAR records include documentation of activities that focus on protecting and restoring the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles River and its riparian habitat through inclusive planning, education, and wise stewardship. Included in the collection are correspondence, administrative records, research materials, photographs, maps, files relating to the various activities of the organization, including publications, advocacy and fundraising events, political and legal action, and publicity.
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Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English, some printed materials are in Chinese, German, and Spanish.

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Gift of Lewis MacAdams, 2013.

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[Identification of item], Friends of the Los Angeles River records (Collection 2215). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9975416473606533 

Biography/History

The Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is a non-profit, urban environmental organization, founded in 1986, that is focused on saving, restoring, and reviving the Los Angeles River. The Los Angeles River is 52 miles long, extending from Canoga Park in the northwest section of the San Fernando Valley to San Pedro Bay, the site of the Port of Long Beach and the adjoining Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles River drains most of the Santa Susanna, Santa Monica, and San Gabriel Mountains. FoLAR--with a board of directors, a technical advisory board, and a program that encompasses education, community organization, and political action--has advocated for an integrated 52-mile greenway and has stressed the need to address the 30 different governmental agencies that has each had some jurisdiction over the river.
FoLAR founded in 1986 by Lewis MacAdams, Pat Patterson, Roger Wong. Early board members include:
  • Lewis MacAdams, founder and long-time president of FoLAR, as well as poet, performance artist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and journalist. MacAdams has been an activist since the 1960s, when he lived in Bolinas, California, and was the youngest member of the Bolinas water board district.
  • Tom Janeway, attorney
  • Denis Schure, a designer, whitewater canoeing expert, and Los Angeles River safety instructor
  • Jim Danza, environmentalist and expert in water resources and water quality, who headed FoLAR's Technical Advisory Board. This board is comprised of engineers, biologists, and planners, and has the mission of investigating the means of revitalizing the Los Angeles River system as a natural resource through science and education
  • Sara Rose, who was, at the time, working in the film industry
  • Martin Schlageter, environmentalist and conservationist
The City of Los Angeles was founded along the Los Angeles River in 1777. Until the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, the river was the primary source of water for the City of Los Angeles. Catastrophic floods of 1934 and 1938 precipitated the concrete channelization of the Los Angeles River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, a major infrastructural project that spanned over 20 years and transformed the River into a single-purpose storm water drainage and flood-control channel. At one point, there were 17,000 workers paving the river by hand, constituting an important jobs creation program during the waning years of the Great Depression.
The whole drainage area of the Los Angeles Basin and its surrounding mountains had been reengineered to serve the urban growth of Los Angeles. As a result of the construction of the aqueducts--providing a reliable water source for Los Angeles, the channelization of the river, and the elimination and taming of its many small tributaries--the process of urbanization accelerated. This efficient, single-purposed system for carrying away storm water runoff meant that ground water was no longer being replenished. Even during times of prolonged drought, Los Angeles can experience tremendous amounts of rainfall over short periods of time without being able to capture any of the water for its own future use. Following its successful channelization and due to the efficiency of its function as a flood-control system, the Los Angeles River received toxins and trash that was flushed into the river from adjoining neighborhoods.
The Los Angeles River with its sole function as a flood control channel to whisk storm water runoff to San Pedro Bay as quickly and efficiently as possible, became a worldwide symbol of the negative impacts that urbanization has on the natural environment. With the fewest acres of parks per capita in the United States, Los Angeles and its river was the poster child for failed environmental stewardship. The river was known for its graffiti, its homeless encampments, and as the site of several Hollywood movies. A perceptual shift began in 1985 when the newly constructed Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant began to discharge water from its Van Nuys site in the San Fernando Valley. The plant was designed to treat 40 million gallons of wastewater per day, the Los Angeles River began to take on the appearance of a year-round river with flourishing populations of birds, fish, and crayfish.
Floods in 1992 made clear that the river's ability to function as a flood-control system would need to be enhanced and expanded as the city grew. FoLAR, along with Heal the Bay and TreePeople, filed a lawsuit in 1995 to halt the execution of a proposal by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Army Corps of Engineers to raise the walls along the river. The lawsuit was unsuccessful but was an opportunity to articulate an alternative strategy of watershed management. FoLAR advocated for a watershed approach to flood protection, allowing more space for the river to flood during heavy storms. This approach would correct the inadequate size of the channel, constructed in 1938 and failing to accurately estimate the huge growth in the urban area of Los Angeles. FoLAR's watershed approach included acquiring abandoned waterfront factories and rail yards along the river. This involved working with organizations, such as The Trust for Public Land, the California State Coastal Conservancy, and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, to identify and work toward the acquisition of appropriate parcels along the entire length of the river.
Friends of the Los Angeles River has been involved in several projects and studies alongside other groups and individuals, including:
  • The Chinatown Yards Alliance, which was a coalition of environmental, community, and civil rights groups, comprised of FoLAR, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Society of Los Angeles, Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles, and the Northeast Renaissance Corporation, with the goal to turn the Chinatown Yards/Cornfield into a public park. Arthur Golding, University of Southern California Professor of Architecture & Planning, joined FoLAR with designs to turn the Cornfield into a public park with a school and housing;
  • A coalition for a state park at Taylor Yard, for which Golding had a hand in developing a park development plan similar to the Chinatown Yards/Cornfield project;
  • The Los Angeles River Master Plan Study, conducted by the Los Angeles Country Department of Public Works;
  • Water Quality and Beneficial Use Study of the River, an engineering feasibility study of turning the closed railroad yard into a multi-purpose flood-retention basin and park;
  • Multiple Use and Flood Control study at Taylor Railroad Yard, in collaboration with the California Department of Water Resources and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works;
  • An investigation into alternative urban flood control technologies and systems;
  • The United States Army Corps of Engineers Water Supply and Conservation Reconnaissance Study;
  • The City of Los Angeles River Task Force demonstration project in the San Fernando Valley;
  • And the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History's biological inventory of the river.
FoLAR's educational activities have included River Watch, a volunteer water-quality-monitoring program to measure and control water pollution. Its advocacy activities have included city and countywide task forces for river restoration. FoLAR was instrumental in the creation of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watershed Council, now known as the Council for Watershed Health. Political supporters have included Los Angeles mayors Tom Bradley and Antonio Villaraigosa; state senators Art Torres, Tom Hayden, and David Roberti; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member Gloria Molina; and Los Angeles City Councilmembers Ed Reyes, Eric Garcetti, and Tom LaBonge.
FoLAR has initiated and joined in several lawsuits regarding the Los Angeles River, some of which are listed below.
  • A lawsuit related to the Chinatown Yards/Cornfield site, which ceased to be used as a rail yard in the late 1990s. The city recruited Majestic Realty, the largest owner and developer of commercial space in Los Angeles County, to propose an industrial development for the zoned-industrial site. Majestic's proposal was supported by Richard Riordan, then mayor of Los Angeles, and former Councilmember Mike Hernandez and encompassed the development of buildings totaling 909,200 square feet of light manufacturing and warehouse. FoLAR opposed this plan, as its vision for the site was for a central park with both active and passive recreation.
  • Another suit revolved around the former rail yard known as Taylor Yard, also zoned industrial. This 165-acre site included 40 acres of remediated land, ready for development. The developer, Lennar Properties, proposed industrial space complemented by retail and a movie theater, use that appealed to the surrounding Cypress Park, Glassell Park and Mount Washington. However, FoLAR's vision was for a 165-acre river park with multiple functions, including flood prevention, habitat restoration, and active recreational use on the 40 remediated acres.
  • In 2001, California State Parks purchased the two former industrial rail yards, Chinatown Yards/Cornfield and Taylor Yard, marking the end of a successful battle against developers and others who wanted to construct warehouses on the site, and leading the way for a new approach to land use along the river and downtown.
Friends of the Los Angeles River continues to pursue its founding mission of advocacy for the Los Angeles River through education, collaboration and imagination. Among its stated goals are the restoration of the river's natural habitat through the application of flood-protection technologies that include reforesting and re-vegetating the river's watershed to control seasonal flooding and debris flow; encouraging the use of reclaimed water for irrigation and recharge of aquifers in order to promote sustainable development; the creation of bikeways, pedestrian paths, and horse trails on the riverbanks; promoting recreational use of the river, such as canoeing and kayaking; placing the Los Angeles River bridge on the National Historic Registry; and, in collaboration with other groups and agencies, activities such as community-based river clean-ups, graffiti removal, educational programs, and water monitoring.

Scope and Content

Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) records consist of the records of the non-profit organization. Included in the collection are correspondence, administrative records, research materials, photographs, maps, files relating to the various activities of the organization, including publications, advocacy and fundraising events, political and legal action, and publicity.

Organization and Arrangement

This collection has been arranged in four series:
  • Series 1: Administrative Records, 1987-2012
  • Series 2: Research Materials, 1941-2014
  • Series 3: Legal Records, 1990-2011
  • Series 4: Activity Files, circa 1930-2013

 

Series 1: Administrative Records 1987-2012

Scope and Content

This series contains mission statements and strategic plans, along with meeting agendas and minutes from FoLAR's Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board. Other organizational documents include administrative files, grant guidelines and applications, and correspondence. This series is also comprised of commendations received by FoLAR, documents concerning the organization of volunteers for various activities, and promotional material.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 112, folder 5

Arts and Cultural Events 2005-2008

box 112, folder 8

Blank Stationary undated

box 94, folder 11

Board of Directors: Bios undated

box 94, folder 9

Board of Directors: Correspondence 1987-1992

box 94, folder 7

Board of Directors: Development 1989-2007

box 94, folder 8

Board of Directors: Executive Director Reports 1993-1994

box 91, folder 1

Board of Directors: Meetings 1989-1991

box 91, folder 2

Board of Directors: Meetings 1992

box 91, folder 3-4

Board of Directors: Meetings 1993

box 91, folder 5

Board of Directors: Meetings 1994

box 92, folder 1

Board of Directors: Meetings 1995-1999

box 92, folder 2

Board of Directors: Meetings 2000-2001

box 92, folder 3

Board of Directors: Meetings 2002

box 92, folder 4-5

Board of Directors: Meetings 2003

box 92, folder 6

Board of Directors: Meetings 2004

box 93, folder 1

Board of Directors: Meetings 2004

box 93, folder 2-3

Board of Directors: Meetings 2005

box 93, folder 4

Board of Directors: Meetings 2006

box 93, folder 5

Board of Directors: Meetings 2007

box 94, folder 1

Board of Directors: Meetings 2008-2009

box 94, folder 2

Board of Directors: Meetings 2010

box 94, folder 3

Board of Directors: Meetings 2011

box 94, folder 4

Board of Directors: Meetings 2012

box 94, folder 5

Board of Directors: Miscellaneous 2000-2011

box 94, folder 10

Board of Directors: Retreat 2006

box 94, folder 6

Board of Directors: Rosters 2000-2004

box 108, folder 3

CEIP Funds 1990-1991

box 110, folder 3

Contacts: Call Registers 2002

box 110, folder 1-2

Contacts: Contact Lists 1990s-2000s

box 110, folder 4

Contacts: Database 2004

box 112, folder 7

Contacts: Los Angeles Unified School 1998

box 110, folder 5

Contacts: Photos undated

box 117, folder 3-4

Correspondence 1990-2012

box 97, folder 5

Donors: Clean-up Potential Sponsor Letters 2000

box 96, folder 4-5

Donors: Corporate 2000s

box 97, folder 1-2

Donors: Donor Acknowledgements 2004

box 97, folder 3-4

Donors: Donor/Member Acknowledgements 2005

box 96, folder 1

Donors: Metropolitan Water District 2003-2007

box 95, folder 5

Donors: Nonprofits and Foundations 2000s

box 96, folder 2

Donors: Political 2000s

box 95, folder 4

Donors: Potential Donor Letters 2001-2003

box 96, folder 3

Donors: Private 2000s

box 96, folder 6

Donors: Sponsor Acknowledgements 2003

box 116, folder 1

Fiesta/Awards Dinner 2001-2002

box 116, folder 2

Fiesta/Awards Dinner 2003

box 116, folder 3-5

Fiesta/Awards Dinner 2004

box 117, folder 1

Fiesta/Awards Dinner 2005-2006

box 117, folder 2

Fiesta/Awards Dinner 2007-2010

box 112, folder 9

FoLAR Commendations 1993-2010

box 158, folder 9

FoLAR Commendations 1995-2012

box 95, folder 2

FoLAR contributions to others 2000s

box 104, folder 1

Fundraising 1990s

box 104, folder 2

Fundraising 2000s

box 105, folder 1

Fundraising 2000

box 107, folder 6-8

Grants 1990-2011

box 106, folder 12

Grants: Altria Grant Proposal 2007

box 106, folder 2

Grants: Annenberg Foundation 2005-2007

box 106, folder 11

Grants: Capital Group Grant 2005

box 107, folder 5

Grants: Contracts 1990-2011

box 105, folder 7

Grants: County and City of Los Angeles Grants 2000s

box 105, folder 6

Grants: Daimler-Chrysler Grant 2006

box 106, folder 10

Grants: David Bohnett Foundation 2006

box 107, folder 9

Grants: Education Grants 1995-2007

box 106, folder 3

Grants: Getty Internship Program 2007

box 108, folder 1

Grants: Grant Guidelines 1990-2005

box 105, folder 5

Grants: Grant History at FoLAR 1993-2003

box 105, folder 4

Grants: Grant Proposals 2000s

box 107, folder 1

Grants: J.R. Haynes and D. Haynes Foundation 2008-2009

box 108, folder 2

Grants: KPCC Underwriting Info 2002

box 106, folder 4

Grants: Liberty Hill Foundation 2001-2005

box 105, folder 12

Grants: Los Angeles City Disbursement of Funds 2006

box 106, folder 1

Grants: Los Angeles County Disbursement Forms 2006-2007

box 105, folder 8

Grants: Los Angeles Turf Club Grant 2003

box 107, folder 3

Grants: Luckman Gallery Urban Design Exhibit 2000

box 106, folder 5

Grants: Parsons Foundation 2009

box 106, folder 13

Grants: Patagonia Environmental Grants 2003

box 105, folder 2

Grants: Potential Funding Sources 2003-2009

box 105, folder 3

Grants: Potential Funding Sources 1994-2004

box 105, folder 10

Grants: Resources Legacy Fund 2005-2006

box 106, folder 6

Grants: Rivers and Mountains Conservancy Grant 2008

box 106, folder 7

Grants: Rose Foundation 2000-2004

box 106, folder 8

Grants: Rose Hills Foundation 2009

box 107, folder 4

Grants: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Grant 1993

box 106, folder 9

Grants: Taproot Foundation 2009

box 107, folder 2

Grants: Urban Streams Restoration Program 1990-2008

box 105, folder 9

Grants: Will J. Reid Foundation 2002-2003

box 105, folder 11

Grants: Zell Family Foundation 2003

box 98, folder 1-4

L.A. River Clean Up 1990s-2000s

box 112, folder 4

L.A. River Theatrical Trailer 2007

box 112, folder 3

L.A. River Tours 2006

box 95, folder 1

Meeting notes: Handwritten 2004-2006

box 109, folder 4-5

Membership 1990-2011

box 110, folder 7

Mission Statements 1990-2011

box 108, folder 4-5

Office Records 1990s-2000s

box 108, folder 8

Office Records: Facility Use Agreements 2006-2008

box 108, folder 6

Office Records: FoLAR Library undated

box 108, folder 10

Office Records: Getty Intern 2008

box 108, folder 7

Office Records: Los Angeles River Center 1995-2008

box 108, folder 9

Office Records: Permits 2000s

box 109, folder 1-3

Office Records: Personnel 1990s-2000s

box 113, folder 1-4

Promotional Material 1992-2009

box 112, folder 6

River School 2003-2011

box 114, folder 4

Riverwatch: Coastal Conservancy Grant 2000-2004

box 114, folder 5

Riverwatch: Grants 2000-2005

box 115, folder 1

Riverwatch: Grants 2000-2005

box 114, folder 2

Riverwatch: Insurance and Permits 2003-2005

box 114, folder 3

Riverwatch: Personnel 1998-2005

box 115, folder 2-4

Riverwatch: Records 2000-2005

box 114, folder 1

Riverwatch: Volunteers 2003-2004

box 115, folder 5

RioFest 2008

box 95, folder 3

Sponsorship Rejections 2002

box 111, folder 1-3

Strategic Plans 1998-2011

box 111, folder 4

Technical Advisory Board undated

box 111, folder 5

Technical Advisory Board 1991

box 111, folder 6-7

Technical Advisory Board 1992

box 112, folder 1

Technical Advisory Board 1993-1994

box 112, folder 2

Technical Advisory Board 1995-1999

box 113, folder 5

Volunteers 2000s

box 113, folder 6

Volunteers: Water Quality Monitoring (Misc.) 2003-2004

box 110, folder 6

Website 2003-2010

 

Series 2: Research Materials 1941-2014

Scope and Content

This series contains reports, newsletters, photographs, maps, and press clippings from other environmental advocacy organizations, as well as governmental sources, utilized by FoLAR for research purposes.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is primarily arranged alphabetically by subject. Press clippings are further arranged by year.
box 39, folder 1

AEG Sustainability 2012

box 47, folder 7-8

Aerial Photos undated

box 47, folder 2-3

Aerial and Street Level Photos 1980s

box 57, folder 8

Air Pollution 2001

box 39, folder 2

Algalita Foundation Plastic to Plankton 2001

box 39, folder 3

Architect/Landscape Drawings 2006

box 39, folder 5

America Outdoors 1997-1998

box 39, folder 6

Arundo 1990-2001

box 39, folder 8

Bicycle Paths in Los Angeles 1997-1998

box 39, folder 9

Biota of Los Angeles River (Plants) 1989-2010

box 39, folder 10

Biota of Los Angeles River (Fish) 1989-2008

box 39, folder 11

Biota of Los Angeles River (Birds) 1990-2011

box 61, folder 6

Blake Gumprecht 2001-2010

box 153

Book: California Wildlife Conservation Challenges 2007

box 153

Book: Fragile Ecologies: Contemporary Artists' Interpretations and Solutions 1992

box 153

Book: Master Plan for the Lower Arroyo Seco 1988

box 153

Book: Moule and Polyzoides, by Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides 2006

box 153

Book: Not a Cornfield: History/Site/Document 2007

box 153

Book: Rio Porciuncula 1990

box 153

Book: River of Words: Images and Poetry in Praise of Water, edited by Pamela Michael 2003

box 153

Book: Texas Environmental Almanac 1995

box 153

Book: Verses from the Poet to the River of Los Angeles Porciuncula (2 copies) 2000

box 153

Book: Voyageur... to the San Fernando Valley 1964

box 153

Book: Watersheds of the Mind, by Giuseppe Moretti 2005

box 40, folder 2

California Guide to Environmental Literacy 2004

box 40, folder 6

California State Coastal Conservancy 1994

box 40, folder 3

Channel Clearing 1997

box 40, folder 5

Cleanup/Recycling 2001-2002

box 40, folder 4

Coastal Cleanup 1993

box 159, folder 1

Community Enhancement Plans 2000-2003

box 44, folder 3

Conferences 1988-2011

box 90, folder 4

Conferences 2004-2005

box 44, folder 2

Conservancies 1986-2010

box 44, folder 4

Cultural Activities and Proposals 1986-2013

box 62, folder 3

Dams 1948

box 55, folder 6

Debris Basin Management 1989-1998

box 89, folder 1

Department of Water and Power 2008-2011

box 88, folder 4

Dredging- Los Angeles River 1998

box 40, folder 8-9

Economic Development 1992-2014

box 42, folder 8

Elected Official Training Academy 2004

box 49, folder 3-4

Environmental Advocacy Publications 1997-2013

box 60, folder 3-5

Environmental Education 1994-2001

box 49, folder 5-6

Environmental Justice 1998-2007

box 44, folder 1

Environmental Organizations 1996-2005

box 60, folder 6

Environmental Protection Agency 1990

box 60, folder 7

Environmental Protection Agency 2002-2011

box 42, folder 7

Event Announcements 2011-2012

box 41, folder 1

FEMA 1992-1996

box 41, folder 2

Filming Permits/Los Angeles River undated

box 158, folder 2

Flood Control 1938

box 41, folder 3

Flood Control 1941-2011

box 64, folder 1-2

Flood Control 1983-1997

box 41, folder 4

Flood Control Channel Dangers 1998

box 90, folder 5-7

FoLAR background 1970-2004

box 41, folder 6

Foundation Partners 2001-2005

box 41, folder 7

Grants 1996-2009

box 56, folder 3

Groundwater 1990-2003

box 61, folder 3

High Speed Rail 2009

box 42, folder 1-2

History of Los Angeles River 1941-2007

box 39, folder 4

Industrial Area Plans 2006

box 158, folder 11

Industrial Area and Watershed Data/Reports 2006-2008

box 66, folder 2

Integrated Resources Plan 2005-2007

box 57, folder 4

Integrated Resources Plan- Wastewater 2003

box 61, folder 8

Jennifer Price 2001-2007

box 61, folder 7

Jim Danza 1983-1992

box 49, folder 2

Land Use 1978-2009

box 43, folder 6

Land Use Committee 2007-2009

box 146, folder 1

Los Angeles Conservancy Tour Guides 1994-1997

box 89, folder 2

Los Angeles County Drainage Area 1985-1997

box 89, folder 4

Los Angeles County Drainage Area 1985-1997

box 67, folder 2

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project EIR 1994-1996

box 67, folder 3-4

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project EIR Appendices 1994

box 67, folder 1

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project Feasibility Study 1991

box 66, folder 4-5

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project Feasibility Study 1991

box 66, folder 3

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project- Long Beach 1995

box 41, folder 8

Los Angeles County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan 2006

box 159, folder 2

Los Angeles Country Transportation Reports (Taylor Yard, East-West Corridor, Arroyo Seco Parkway) 1993-2001

box 57, folder 2

Los Angeles Country Water Management Policy 1995

box 43, folder 5

Los Angeles Downtown Strategic Plan 1993

box 55, folder 3

Los Angeles Regional Dredge Plan (U.S. Army Corps) 2008

box 57, folder 7

Los Angeles River and Runoff Press Clippings 1997-2011

box 42, folder 3

Los Angeles River Bridges 1999-2012

folder 158, box 4

Los Angeles River Bridges 1997-2012

box 158, folder 5

Los Angeles River Bridges 2000

box 158, folder 10

Los Angeles River District Maps & 1940 General Plan undated

box 53, folder 3-4

Los Angeles River Copper Water Study 2005

box 64, folder 3-5

Los Angeles River Flood Control 1993-2013

box 65, folder 1-2

Los Angeles River Flood Control 1993-2013

box 47, folder 6

Los Angeles River Flooding Photos undated

box 41, folder 11-12

Los Angeles River Greenbelt 1989-2013

box 43, folder 2

Los Angeles River Master Plan 1995

box 43, folder 4

Los Angeles River Master Plan 2006

box 43, folder 3

Los Angeles River Master Plan Landscape Drawings 1994

box 69, folder 2

Los Angeles River Master Plan Update 1998-2006

box 43, folder 1

Los Angeles River Master Plan with Notes 1995

box 62, folder 1

Los Angeles River Master's Thesis (Dermitzel) 1993

box 41, folder 10

Los Angeles River Park Pathway 1990-1991

box 48, folder 1

Los Angeles River Photos 1990s

box 48, folder 2

Los Angeles River Photos 1980s

box 48, folder 3

Los Angeles River Photos undated

box 48, folder 4-5

Los Angeles River Photos undated

box 41, folder 5

Los Angeles River Rescue Task Force 1992

box 159, folder 3

Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan (Draft) 2007

box 159, folder 4

Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan 2007

box 41, folder 9

Los Angeles River Site Descriptions 2010

box 52, folder 2

Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Program 2009

box 40, folder 7

Los Angeles Unified Schools 1993

box 42, folder 4

Los Angeles Water/Land Restoration Projects 1999

box 60, folder 1

Manuscripts and Articles 1988-1994

box 48, folder 6-7

Maps 1990-2005

box 57, folder 5

Master Plan for Urban Runoff Stakeholders 2007

box 89, folder 3

Milken Families Foundation c. 1990

box 90, folder 2

Million Trees Los Angeles 2001

box 60, folder 2

Miscellaneous Research Materials 1995-2003

box 158, folder 6

Misc. Los Angeles River Photos undated

box 154, folder 3

Misc. Posters & Maps undated

box 158, folder 1

Misc. River Site Designs 1985-1990

box 46, folder 5

Natural Habitat Report for FoLAR 1995

box 69, folder 1

Newsletters and Journals 1992-2011

box 69, folder 3

Newsletters and Journals: ALERT- Journal for Non-profit Managers 2004-2007

box 69, folder 14

Newsletters and Journals: California Coast and Ocean Journal 1992-2008

box 69, folder 13

Newsletters and Journals: City of Los Angeles Publications 1990-2007

box 70, folder 9

Newsletters and Journals: Creek Currents (Urban Creek Council) 1990

box 69, folder 4

Newsletters and Journals: Currents (Heal the Bay Journal) 2005-2008

box 69, folder 10

Newsletters and Journals: Environment Journal 2006

box 69, folder 5

Newsletters and Journals: Environmental Media Association 2002-2008

box 69, folder 11

Newsletters and Journals: Environmental Protection Agency Journal 1995-2011

box 69, folder 7

Newsletters and Journals: Food and Water Journal 2000

box 70, folder 8

Newsletters and Journals: Forest and River News (Trees Foundation) 2008-2010

box 69, folder 9

Newsletters and Journals: Form- Pioneering Design Magazine 2011

box 69, folder 12

Newsletters and Journals: Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter 1998

box 69, folder 6

Newsletters and Journals: Headwaters (Friends of the River Journal) 1990-2008

box 69, folder 15

Newsletters and Journals: Metro Quarterly 2007-2008

box 69, folder 16

Newsletters and Journals: Mono Lake Newsletter 2000-2007

box 70, folder 5

Newsletters and Journals: River Network Publications 1992-2011

box 70, folder 1

Newsletters and Journals: River Partner Journal 2005-2010

box 70, folder 13

Newsletters and Journals: Southern Sierran Newsletter 1992-2013

box 70, folder 6

Newsletters and Journals: Storm Water Solutions Journal 2010

box 70, folder 7

Newsletters and Journals: Symbiosis Journal 2012-2013

box 69, folder 8

Newsletters and Journals: The Griffith Reporter 2013

box 69, folder 17

Newsletters and Journals: The Planning Report 1994-2004

box 70, folder 2

Newsletters and Journals: The River Reporter (Chicago River) 2004-2010

box 70, folder 11

Newsletters and Journals: Valley Habitats Newsletter 1995

box 70, folder 12

Newsletters and Journals: Volunteer Monitor Newsletter 1992-2008

box 70, folder 4

Newsletters and Journals: Water Efficiency Journal 2008

box 70, folder 3

Newsletters and Journals: Watershed Events Newsletter 2002-2003

box 70, folder 10

Newsletters and Journals: Watershed Wise Newsletter 2002-2014

box 44, folder 5-6

Nonprofit Management 1991-2008

box 90, folder 3

Nonprofit Management 2003-2011

box 45, folder 2-6

Other Rivers 1990-2006

box 46, folder 1

Other Rivers 1990-2006

box 45, folder 1

Other Rivers Photos 1990-2006

box 47, folder 1

Pacific Pipeline 1991-1993

box 43, folder 7

Photo Calendars of Los Angeles (Tom LaBonge) 2010-2011

box 79, folder 1

Press Clippings 1940s

box 79, folder 2-5

Press Clippings 1980s

box 79, folder 6

Press Clippings: First FoLAR Article 1989

box 80, folder 1-3

Press Clippings 1990

box 80, folder 4

Press Clippings 1991

box 81, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 1992

box 81, folder 3

Press Clippings 1993

box 81, folder 4

Press Clippings 1994

box 81, folder 5

Press Clippings 1995

box 82, folder 1

Press Clippings 1996

box 82, folder 2

Press Clippings 1997

box 82, folder 3-4

Press Clippings 1998

box 83, folder 1-3

Press Clippings 1999

box 83, folder 4

Press Clippings 2000

box 84, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 2001

box 84, folder 3

Press Clippings 2002

box 84, folder 4-5

Press Clippings 2003

box 85, folder 1

Press Clippings 2004

box 85, folder 2-3

Press Clippings 2005

box 85, folder 4-5

Press Clippings 2006

box 86, folder 1-3

Press Clippings 2006

box 86, folder 4-5

Press Clippings 2007

box 87, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 2007

box 87, folder 3-4

Press Clippings 2008

box 87, folder 5

Press Clippings 2009

box 88, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 2010-2013

box 88, folder 3

Press Clippings undated

box 142, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 1989-2013

box 143, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 1989-2011

box 144, folder 1-2

Press Clippings 1992-2013

box 145, folder 1

Press Clippings 1994-2001

box 145, folder 2

Press Clippings 2011-2013

box 145, folder 3

Press Clippings 2013

box 59, folder 4-5

Population and Habitat Education 1998

box 39, folder 7

Proposed Art Activities 2008

box 68, folder 5-6

Public Land Trusts 1993-2008

box 146, folder 3

Publications undated

box 50, folder 8

Quality Assurance Project Plan 1995-2002

box 61, folder 4

Rail Projects 2009-2012

box 152

Railroad spikes undated

box 57, folder 3

Reclaimed Water 1990-2010

box 49, folder 1

Recreational Land Use 1996-2011

box 155

Research Posters

box 50, folder 2

Riparian Habitat 1989-2001

box 146, folder 6

River Advocacy Study (Draft) 1993

box 42, folder 5-6

Rivers/Landscape Design 1989-2012

box 50, folder 5

Riverwatch Data Entry 2002

box 50, folder 4

Riverwatch Monitoring Equipment 1988-2003

box 50, folder 6

Riverwatch Site Maps undated

box 50, folder 9

Riverwatch Training 2000-2003

box 50, folder 7

Riverwatch Water Monitoring 2004

box 57, folder 6

Runoff 2000-2005

box 50, folder 1

Salmonid Conference, Santa Barbara 2006

box 57, folder 1

Sewers 1990s

box 71, folder 1

Sites: Arroyo Seco 1999-2012

box 71, folder 2

Sites: Ballona Creek 2001-2006

box 71, folder 3

Sites: Burbank 2012

box 71, folder 4-5

Sites: Chinatown/Cornfield 1998-2007

box 47, folder 4

Sites: Chinatown Yard Photographs 2001

box 71, folder 6-7

Sites: Compton Creek 1995-2009

box 58, folder 4

Sites: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail 1990-2010

box 72, folder 1-2

Sites: Las Virgines Water District Report 1999

box 72, folder 3-5

Sites: Long Beach 1993-2006

box 73, folder 1-4

Sites: Long Beach 1993-2006

box 74, folder 1

Sites: Long Beach 1993-2006

box 74, folder 2-3

Sites: Malibu Creek 1997-1998

box 74, folder 4

Sites: Playa Vista 1997

box 74, folder 5

Sites: Port of Los Angeles 2005-2009

box 75, folder 1

Sites: San Pedro 2005

box 75, folder 2-4

Sites: Santa Monica Bay 1988-2004

box 75, folder 5

Sites: Sepulveda Basin 2002-2013

box 75, folder 6

Sites: Sepulveda Wetlands Park 1993

box 75, folder 7

Sites: Studio City 2012-2013

box 75, folder 8

Sites: Taylor Yard 1990-2004

box 76, folder 1

Sites: Taylor Yard 1992-1993

box 76, folder 2

Sites: Taylor Yard 1990-2004

box 76, folder 3

Sites: Topanga 1996

box 76, folder 4-5

Sites: Tujunga Wash 1978-2000

box 77, folder 1

Sites: Tujunga Wash 1978-2000

box 77, folder 2-4

Sites: Universal City 1996-2010

box 78, folder 1-2

Sites: Universal City 1996-2010

box 78, folder 3

Sites: Verdugo Wash 1996

box 78, folder 4

Sites: Watts 2008

box 78, folder 5

Sites: Whittier Narrows Flood Basin 1996

box 89, folder 6-7

Sixth Street Viaduct Seismic Project 2011

box 63, folder 1-5

Soil/Erosion Control 1983-1995

box 54, folder 5

Southern California Coastal Water Research 1986-1987

box 50, folder 3

Southern California Marine Institute Training undated

box 56, folder 1-2

Stormwater Management 1991-2005

box 56, folder 5

Stormwater/Urban Runoff 1990s

box 46, folder 2-4

Stream/River Restoration 1988-2003

box 53, folder 5

Superfund Sites 1992-2007

box 50, folder 10

Total Maximum Daily Load 1999-2009

box 89, folder 5

Total Maximum Daily Load 2000

box 61, folder 1-2

Transportation 1992-2003

box 47, folder 5

Urban Los Angeles River Photos 2001

box 90, folder 1

Urban Rangers 2011

box 59, folder 1-2

Urban Waterways Restoration Training Manual 1996

box 55, folder 5

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1992-2008

box 55, folder 1

U.S. Army Corps Los Angeles River Estuary Dredging 1998

box 55, folder 2

U.S. Army Corps Los Angeles River Estuary Dredging 2005

box 55, folder 4

U.S. Army Corps-Verdugo Wash 1996

box 61, folder 5

USC Course on Los Angeles River undated

box 59, folder 3

Volunteer Training Materials 1994

box 56, folder 4

Wastewater 1990-2010

box 65, folder 3

Water Engineering 1990s

box 52, folder 1

Water Monitoring 1987-2009

box 65, folder 4-5

Water Plan and Policy 1983-1998

box 66, folder 1

Water Plan and Policy 1983-1998

box 52, folder 3-5

Water Quality 1981-2004

box 53, folder 1-2

Water Quality 1986-2004

box 51, folder 1-5

Water Quality Monitoring 1987-2009

box 62, folder 2

Water Rights/Dams 1976-2006

box 54, folder 2-4

Watershed Management 1996-2011

box 53, folder 6

Watersheds 1992-2008

box 54, folder 1

Watersheds 1992-2008

box 58, folder 1-3

Wetlands 1992-2011

box 40, folder 1

Wildlife 1990-2009

 

Series 3: Legal Records 1990-2011

Scope and Content

This series is comprised of correspondence, notes, legal filings, and administrative records concerning various sites and proposed projects along the river. Documents relating to legislation include those concerning the Los Angeles City Council, California State Senate, and California Assembly bills, as well as federal legislation, such as the Clean Water Act. This series also includes filings, pleadings, correspondence, notes, environmental impact reports, and comments for several legal cases, such as the case pertaining to the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project, FoLAR, et al. v. Majestic Realty, and FoLAR v. Lennar.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 118, folder 8

Anheuser-Busch Spill Settlement 1991-1992

box 118, folder 4

Big Tujunga Wash Golf Course 1995-1997

box 118, folder 6

Burbank-Glendale Rail Transit Project 1993-1994

box 118, folder 3

Chatten-Brown Invoices 1994-2002

box 120, folder 6

California Regional Water Quality Control Board 1990-1993

box 120, folder 7

California Regional Water Quality Control Board 1994-1999

box 120, folder 8

California Regional Water Quality Control Board 2000

box 121, folder 1-2

California Regional Water Quality Control Board 2001

box 121, folder 3

California Regional Water Quality Control Board 2002-2010

box 122, folder 1

Cases: Cast-Rite Corporation 1996

box 122, folder 4

Cases: FoLAR Intervention in L.A. v. Water Boards 2000

box 122, folder 3

Cases: Los Angeles Zoo Wastewater Treatment Facility 1999

box 122, folder 2

Cases: Studio City Senior Housing 2001

box 124, folder 5

Cornfields: Correspondence 1999

box 125, folder 1

Cornfields: Correspondence 2000-2002

box 118, folder 1

Elected Officials: Correspondence 1990-2011

box 118, folder 2

Elected Officials: Miscellaneous 1990-2006

box 135, folder 1-3

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Administrative Records 1995

box 136, folder 1-3

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Administrative Records 1995

box 137, folder 1-4

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Administrative Records 1995

box 138, folder 1-3

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Administrative Records 1995

box 139, folder 1-2

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Administrative Records 1995

box 139, folder 3-4

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Supplemental Records 1996

box 140, folder 1-3

FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. et al.: Supplemental Records 1996

box 131, folder 2

FoLAR v. Lennar et al. 2001

box 130, folder 1-3

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Correspondence and Notes Vol. I and II 2000-2001

box 129, folder 4-5

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Correspondence and Notes Vol. I and II 2000-2001

box 130, folder 4-5

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Correspondence and Notes Vol. III 2000-2001

box 131, folder 1

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Notes 2001

box 127, folder 1-5

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Pleadings Vol. I 2000-2002

box 128, folder 1-3

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Pleadings Vol. I 2000-2002

box 128, folder 4-5

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Pleadings Vol. II 2000-2001

box 129, folder 1-3

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Pleadings Vol. III 2000-2002

box 131, folder 5-6

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Research 1998-2000

box 131, folder 4

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Responses to Comments 2000

box 131, folder 3

FoLAR v. Lennar et al.: Traffic Impact Study 1999

box 123, folder 6

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty 1999-2000

box 123, folder 2

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Electronic Mail 2000

box 123, folder 3-5

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Pleadings Vol. I 2000-2001

box 124, folder 1-2

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Pleadings Vol. II 2000-2001

box 124, folder 3-4

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Pleadings Vol. III 2000-2001

box 125, folder 4-5

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Correspondence Vol. VI 2000-2001

box 126, folder 1-2

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Correspondence Vol. VII 2000-2001

box 126, folder 3-4

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Correspondence Vol. VIII 2000-2001

box 126, folder 5

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Correspondence Vol. IX 2000-2002

box 125, folder 2-3

FoLAR et al. v. Majestic Realty: Settlement 2000-2001

box 118, folder 9

General Auto Wrecking Consent Decree 1994-1998

box 121, folder 5

Heal the Bay et al. v. L.A. County Department of Public Works 1995-1996

box 121, folder 4

Heal the Bay et al. v. L.A. County Department of Public Works 1995

box 122, folder 7-8

Heal the Bay et al. v. L.A. County Department of Public Works: Correspondence 1995-1996

box 123, folder 1

Heal the Bay et al. v. L.A. County Department of Public Works: Correspondence 1995-1996

box 132, folder 1-2

Legacy: Taylor Yard 1998

box 132, folder 3

Legacy: Taylor Yard 2000-2001

box 118, folder 12

Legislation 1992-2004

box 120, folder 4

Legislation: CA AB 350 1990-2000

box 120, folder 5

Legislation: CA AB 1355 1999

box 120, folder 1

Legislation: CA Assembly Hearing on Coastal Infrastructure 1997

box 119, folder 7

Legislation: CA SB 20 + 20x 1992

box 119, folder 9

Legislation: CA SB 754 1999

box 119, folder 6

Legislation: CA SB 1188 1997

box 119, folder 5

Legislation: CA SB 1201 2012

box 119, folder 8

Legislation: CA SB 2010 1998

box 120, folder 3

Legislation: CA State and Assembly (Miscellaneous) 1990-2010

box 119, folder 3

Legislation: Clean Water Act 1999-2008

box 119, folder 4

Legislation: Federal (Miscellaneous) 1992-1997

box 120, folder 2

Legislation: LA River Advisory Council 2000

box 122, folder 5-6

Legacy Partners Mitigation Agreement 1998-2003

box 119, folder 2

Legislation: Propositions 1996-2003

box 119, folder 1

Legislation: Proposition O 2005

box 118, folder 11

Los Angeles City Council 1992-2012

box 133, folder 5

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1990-1992

box 133, folder 6

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1993

box 133, folder 8

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1994

box 134, folder 1-2

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1995

box 134, folder 3

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1996-1999

box 134, folder 4

Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA): Administrative Records Index 1995

box 133, folder 7

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA): Comments 1993

box 141, folder 1

Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA): EIR 1994

box 141, folder 2

Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA): EIR Appendix 1994

box 133, folder 3

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA): Faxes 1995-1996

box 133, folder 4

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA): Flood Insurance 1992-1996

box 132, folder 4-5

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project(LACDA): FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. 1995-1997

box 133, folder 1

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA): FoLAR et al. v. County of L.A. 1995-1997

box 133, folder 2

Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA): L.A. River Watershed Task Force 1995

box 134, folder 5

Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA): Revisions to Feasibility Report 1992

box 118, folder 7

Los Angeles Turf Club SEP 2000-2002

box 118, folder 10

Marine Life Protection Act 2009

box 118, folder 5

Universal Studios Project 1995-1997

 

Series 4: Activities 1930-2013

Scope and Content

This series contains meeting minutes, agendas, notes, correspondence, photographs, press clippings, meeting and exhibit announcements, press releases, and conference schedules related to the events and programs developed and held by FoLAR. Topics include watershed management and flood control; the establishment of educational activities, such as Eco-Heroes and the River School; and recaps of events and programs, as covered in FoLAR's newsletter, Current Events. Also touched upon are outreach and river awareness events, including public mural projects and art exhibits, such as Leo Limon's River Katz; dance, drama, and poetry events; tours of the river, including Down by the Los Angeles River Walks; coastal and river clean ups; and awards and fiesta dinners. Organizations represented in these materials include the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council.

Organization and Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Folders with materials related to the FoLAR newletters, river cleanups, and the awards and fiesta dinners are further arranged chronologically.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio and moving image material requires production of listening and viewing copies.
box 154, folder 1

Activities: Clean-Up Bags 2011-2013

box 21, folder 12

Activities: Long Beach River Conference 1999

box 23, folder 9

Activities: Los Angeles River Cooperation Committee 2011

box 158, folder 8

Activities: Los Angeles River Recreation Photos undated

box 20, folder 5

Activities: Los Angeles River Tours 2001-2003

box 20, folder 6

Activities: Los Angeles River Tours 2001-2007

box 154, folder 5

Activities: Misc. Educational Displays undated

box 154, folder 2

Activities: Misc. Event Announcements Original Artwork/Proofs undated

box 154, folder 7

Activities: Misc. Event Announcements Printed Samples undated

box 154, folder 4

Activities: Misc. Events Artwork & Printed Samples undated

box 154, folder 6

Activities: Original Artwork/Proofs for Misc. Event Announcements circa 2005

box 37, folder 5

Activities: Rancho Palos Verde Site 1997

box 158, folder 7

Activities: River Clean Up Photos undated

box 10, folder 10

Activities: Ulysses Guide Book to the L.A. River 2010

box 1, folder 1

Advocacy: Amtrak/Caltrans Los Angeles River Force 1996

box 3, folder 2

Advocacy: Army Corps of Engineers and FoLAR 1990-2002

box 1, folder 8

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 1991-1994

box 1, folder 9

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 1995

box 2, folder 1

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 1996

box 2, folder 2

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 1997-1998

box 2, folder 3

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) 1998-1999

box 38, folder 3

Advocacy: Flood Control/Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1993-1995

box 38, folder 4

Advocacy: Flood Control/Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1995-1998

box 38, folder 5

Advocacy: Flood Control/Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project (LACDA) 1997-1999

box 2, folder 4-5

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA), and El Nino 1990s

box 2, folder 6-7

Advocacy: Flood Control, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) Press 1990s

box 1, folder 2

Advocacy: Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council 1990s

box 1, folder 3

Advocacy: Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council 2000s

box 38, folder 9

Advocacy: Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council 2003-2006

box 1, folder 6

Advocacy: Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA)-DC Lobbying 1993-1994

box 1, folder 5

Advocacy: Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) Feasibility Study 1991

box 1, folder 7

Advocacy: Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) Negative Declaration 1994-1996

box 32, folder 9

Advocacy: Los Angeles River Parkway 1992-1993

box 1, folder 4

Advocacy: Los Angeles River Watershed Task Force 1996-1997

box 2, folder 9

Advocacy: Plastic Bag Ban 2005-2013

box 37, folder 3

Advocacy: Plastic Bag Ban 2005

box 2, folder 10

Advocacy: Runoff 1991-2012

box 2, folder 8

Advocacy: Water Management 2002

box 3, folder 3

Advocacy: Water Recycling Projects 1995-2002

box 32, folder 12

Advocacy: Water Quality Control Boards 1989-1993

box 3, folder 4

Advocacy: Watershed Connectivity: Fish Study 2007

box 3, folder 1

Advocacy: Willow Street Estuary Dredging 1992-2009

box 156

Audiovisual materials: "A Perspective on the Los Angeles River" videocassette (VHS) 8/30/1996

box 156

Audiovisual materials: "A Treasure Beneath Our Feet" videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: ABC-Peter Jennings News, "Great Los Angeles River Clean Up" videocassette (VHS) 6/6/1992

box 156

Audiovisual materials: ABC-Peter Jennings News, Los Angeles River piece videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: ABC News Peter Jennnigs Los Angeles River piece videocassette (VHS) October 1990

box 156

Audiovisual materials: City Beat, Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) Project, City of Bellflower videocassette (VHS) undated

box 157

Audiovisual materials: City planning commission meeting sound disc (CD) (1 of 4) October 11, 2007

box 157

Audiovisual materials: City planning commission meeting sound disc (CD) (2 of 4) October 11, 2007

box 157

Audiovisual materials: City planning commission meeting sound disc (CD) (3 of 4) October 11, 2007

box 157

Audiovisual materials: City planning commission meeting sound disc (CD) (4 of 4) October 11, 2007

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Coors Pure Water 2000 news coverage, Friends of the Los Angeles River videocassette (VHS) May 1, 1993

box 156

Audiovisual materials: FoLAR 1 and 2 videodisc (DVD) 3/08

box 156

Audiovisual materials: FoLAR Clean Up Gateway Park videocassette (VHS) 1998

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Greenway Arts Alliance videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Howard Lindenmeyer, "Los Angeles River Clean Up" videocassette (VHS) April 1994

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Huell Howser, "Something Resembling a River" videocassette (VHS) July 17, 2002

box 156

Audiovisual materials: "In Our Backyard" videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Intersection, "Los Angeles" videocassette (VHS) 10/29/1999

box 156

Audiovisual materials: KCAL 9, "Los Angeles River" videocassette (Betacam) 24 July 1998

box 156

Audiovisual materials: KCOP 11/16/1999 newscast, IF/LA River videocassette (VHS) 12/17/1999

box 156

Audiovisual materials: La Vibora del Zacate (The Serpent of the Grass) videocassette (VHS) 2002

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River Clean Up videocassette (VHS) 1995

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River Clean Up videocassette (VHS) May 8-10, 1998

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River: The Infrastructural City videodisc (DVD) undated

box 157

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River: Which Way LA sound disc (CD) (1 of 5) 7/15/1997

box 157

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River: Which Way LA sound disc (CD) (2 of 5) 7/15/1997

box 157

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River: Which Way LA sound disc (CD) (3 of 5) 7/15/1997

box 157

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles River: Which Way LA sound disc (CD) (4 of 5) 7/15/1997

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Los Angeles Riverwatch videocassette (VHS) 2/3/2001

box 157

Audiovisual materials: Mighty Los Angeles River Roll On, The Dark Bob sound disc (CD) 1-16-1996

box 151

Audiovisual materials: Public service announcements 35mm film reels (14 copies) 2008

box 156

Audiovisual materials: "Rio: A manual for consciousness" videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Riofest v.1 videodiscs (2 DVDs) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Southbank Parkland Australia Riverfront Development videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Studio Charette videocassette (VHS) 1997

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Studio Charette videocassette (VHS) 1997

box 156

Audiovisual materials: "Thank You" a low, low budget video by Jeff Vilencia videocassette (VHS) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: The Lower Arroyo-Restoration for the Future videocassette (VHS) 9/11/1998

box 156

Audiovisual materials: The River Under the City of Angels videodisc (DVD) undated

box 156

Audiovisual materials: Visiting with Huell Howser Episode #218, "Los Angeles River" videocassette (VHS) (2 copies) undated

box 22, folder 8

Conferences: "America's Great Outdoors" White House Conference 2010

box 22, folder 7

Conferences: Compton Gateway Symposium 2008-2009

box 21, folder 5

Conferences: Discovering the River at Central Library 1997

box 22, folder 4

Conferences: Gathering at the River Oral History Event 2003-2004

box 22, folder 9

Conferences: Green Festival 2011

box 22, folder 3

Conferences: Greening XI Conference 2002

box 22, folder 1-2

Conferences: Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River 1999-2000

box 21, folder 3

Conferences: Re-Thinking the River 1994

box 21, folder 1

Conferences: River in the City Conference 1990

box 21, folder 9-11

Conferences: River Through Downtown Conference 1998

box 22, folder 5

Conferences: Science and Biology of Los Angeles River Conference 2004

box 21, folder 6

Conferences: Southern California Environment and History Conference 1997

box 22, folder 6

Conferences: Spanning History- Bridges of Los Angeles River Panel 2008

box 21, folder 7-8

Conferences: Studio Stretch Planning Charette 1997

box 21, folder 2

Conferences: Taylor Yard Planning and Urban Design Workshop 1992

box 21, folder 4

Conferences: Visions for the River Conference 4 May 1996

box 20, folder 10

Conferences: Workshops and Conferences 1992-2009

box 22, folder 10

Committees: Alianza de los Pueblos 2007

box 22, folder 11

Committees: American Institute of Architects- Los Angeles River Task Force 1990-1991

box 22, folder 12

Committees: American Rivers 1994-1997

box 147, folder 8

Committees: Bicycle Advisory Minutes 1992-1997

box 22, folder 13

Committees: California Coastal Commission 1998-2011

box 22, folder 14

Committees: City of Los Angeles River Task Force 1992

box 32, folder 10

Committees: City of Los Angeles River Task Force 1990-1991

box 38, folder 1

Committees: City of Los Angeles River Task Force 1992-1996

box 23, folder 1

Committees: Clean Water Network 1992

box 23, folder 10

Committees: Community Events 1991-2013

box 147, folder 11

Committees: Cornfield Park Advisory Committee 2002

box 23, folder 11

Committees: Environmental Organizations 1992-2011

box 23, folder 2

Committees: Environmental Water Leadership Council 1992

box 23, folder 3

Committees: Erase the Waste 2004

box 23, folder 4

Committees: Federal American Heritage Rivers Initiative 1997-1998

box 23, folder 5

Committees: Green Los Angeles Coalition 2009

box 38, folder 7

Committees: Los Angeles City Ad Hoc River Committee 2002-2006

box 23, folder 6

Committees: Los Angeles Conservation Corps 1997-2008

box 38, folder 8

Committees: Los Angeles County Dept of Public Works (NPDES) 1993

box 23, folder 7

Committees: Los Angeles Integrated Resources Plan 2002-2007

box 23, folder 8

Committees: Los Angeles River Appreciation Day 2005

box 147, folder 9

Committees: Los Angeles River Outreach Sub-Taskforce 2004

box 147, folder 10

Committees: Los Angeles River Revitalization Corp 2011

box 38, folder 6

Committees: Meetings 1993-2012

box 23, folder 13

Committees: National Park Service and Los Angeles River 1997-2011

box 23, folder 14

Committees: Neighborhood Councils and Associations 1992-2013

box 23, folder 16

Committees: Pacific American Volunteer Association 2004

box 23, folder 17

Committees: Pacific Pipeline 1991-1998

box 24, folder 4

Committees: Public Land Trust 1992-2001

box 23, folder 18

Committees: Regional Water Quality Control Boards 1990s-2000s

box 24, folder 1

Committees: Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy 1990s-2000s

box 23, folder 12

Committees: State and Local Government Committee Meetings 1990s-2000s

box 147, folder 3

Committees: Stormwater Task Force and Heal the Bay 1993

box 24, folder 2

Committees: Tabling Information for Miscellaneous Events 2000s

box 24, folder 3

Committees: Transit Projects 1992-2011

box 24, folder 5

Committees: Unpave LA 1992-1993

box 6, folder 5

Education: Eco-Heroes 1998-1999

box 7, folder 5

Education: Los Angeles Unified School District 2009-2011

box 6, folder 6

Education: Miscellaneous Education Programs 2000s

box 7, folder 7

Education: River Rover 2011

box 6, folder 7

Education: River School 2000s

box 7, folder 1-3

Education: River School 2000s

box 7, folder 6

Education: River School Day 2010

box 7, folder 4

Education: River School Student Artwork 2005

box 6, folder 4

Education: Riverkeepers 1996-1999

box 7, folder 8

Events: Art Photos of Los Angeles River 1930s-1990s

box 10, folder 11

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2002

box 11, folder 1-2

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2002

box 11, folder 3-5

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2003

box 12, folder 1-2

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2003

box 12, folder 3-5

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2004

box 13, folder 1

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 21 October 2005

box 13, folder 2

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2006

box 13, folder 3

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 2006

box 13, folder 4

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 19 October 2007

box 13, folder 5

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 4 October 2008

box 13, folder 6

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta 4 October 2010

box 146, folder 4

Events: Awards Dinner and Fiesta Photos 2002

box 12, folder 6

Events: Awards Dinner Donor Prizes 2004

box 8, folder 1-2

Events: Bridges on Los Angeles River 1990-2012

box 8, folder 3

Events: Canoeing and kayaking Los Angeles River 1990-2011

box 8, folder 4

Events: Canoeing and kayaking Los Angeles River 1993-2011

box 13, folder 7

Events: Coastal Cleanup 1992-2011

box 8, folder 5

Events: Down by the Los Angeles River Official Guide 2004-2005

box 20, folder 2

Events: Down by the Los Angeles River Walks 1986-2011

box 13, folder 8

Events: Earth Day 1990-1991

box 13, folder 9

Events: Earth Day 1993

box 13, folder 10

Events: Earth Day 1996

box 13, folder 11

Events: Earth Day 1997

box 13, folder 12

Events: Earth Day 1998

box 14, folder 1

Events: Earth Day 1999

box 14, folder 2

Events: Earth Day, Great Heron Gate 1999

box 14, folder 3

Events: Earth Day 2003-2012

box 8, folder 7

Events: Freeway in LA River Channel 1992

box 8, folder 6

Events: Graffiti 1990s-2000s

box 37, folder 8

Events: Huell Howser L.A. River Special 2007

box 8, folder 8-9

Events: Los Angeles River Art Exhibitions 1983-2002

box 9, folder 1

Events: Los Angeles River Artist Books 1991

box 9, folder 2

Events: Los Angeles River and Film 1986-2010

box 9, folder 3

Events: Los Angeles River and Poetry

box 20, folder 3

Events: Los Angeles River Fishing Survey undated

box 9, folder 4

Events: Los Angeles River Performance/Dance 1990-1999

box 9, folder 5

Events: Los Angeles River Reborn-Skirball Photo Exhibit 2006

box 20, folder 4

Events: Los Angeles River Ride 2000-2011

box 9, folder 6

Events: Los Angeles River Story Share 2010

box 9, folder 7-9

Events: Man One/Mural Festival 2007-2008

box 10, folder 1

Events: Murals and Public Art 1983-1992

box 20, folder 8

Events: Passport to the Los Angeles River circa 1995

box 10, folder 2

Events: Photographic History of Los Angeles River Book 2005

box 10, folder 3

Events: Plays 1986-2011

box 10, folder 4

Events: Public Art Proposal, Helen Lessick 2006-2007

box 20, folder 7

Events: Recreation Along L.A. River 1995-2011

box 14, folder 4

Events: River Clean Up 1990s-2000s

box 14, folder 5-6

Events: River Cleanup 1992

box 15, folder 1

Events: River Cleanup 1993

box 15, folder 2

Events: River Cleanup 1994

box 15, folder 3

Events: River Cleanup 1995

box 15, folder 4-5

Events: River Cleanup 1996

box 15, folder 6

Events: River Cleanup 1997

box 16, folder 1-4

Events: River Cleanup 1997

box 16, folder 5-7

Events: River Cleanup 1998

box 17, folder 1-4

Events: River Cleanup 1999

box 17, folder 5

Events: River Cleanup 2000

box 18, folder 1

Events: River Cleanup 2001

box 18, folder 2

Events: River Cleanup 2002

box 18, folder 3

Events: River Cleanup 2003

box 18, folder 4-5

Events: River Cleanup 2004

box 18, folder 6

Events: River Cleanup 2005

box 19, folder 1

Events: River Cleanup 2005

box 19, folder 2-3

Events: River Cleanup 2006

box 19, folder 4

Events: River Cleanup 2007

box 19, folder 5

Events: River Cleanup 2008

box 19, folder 6

Events: River Cleanup 2009

box 19, folder 7

Events: River Cleanup 2010

box 19, folder 8

Events: River Cleanup 2011

box 19, folder 9

Events: River Cleanup 2012

box 10, folder 5

Events: River Katz (Leo Limon) 1991-2011

box 10, folder 6

Events: Sacred Path Project 2001

box 9, folder 10

Events: Student Design Ideas 1998-2008

box 10, folder 9

Events: T-Shirt Designs 1997

box 10, folder 7

Events: Task Force Performance Art 2008

box 10, folder 8

Events: Third Thursdays

box 20, folder 1

Events: Total Maximum Daily Load 2001

box 20, folder 9

Events: Urban River Challenge 2011

box 146, folder 2

FoLAR Commendations undated

box 31, folder 3

FoLAR Event Photos undated

box 31, folder 2

Invitations and Correspondence 1991-2001

box 37, folder 2

Member Letters and Acknowledgements 2005-2011

box 31, folder 1

Lewis MacAdams' Statements and Writings 1994-2007

box 146, folder 5

Los Angeles River and Poetry 2000

box 31, folder 4

Newsletter 1989

box 31, folder 5

Newsletter 1990

box 31, folder 6

Newsletter 1991

box 31, folder 7

Newsletter 1992

box 31, folder 8

Newsletter 1993

box 31, folder 9

Newsletter 1994

box 31, folder 10

Newsletter 1995

box 31, folder 11

Newsletter 1996

box 31, folder 12

Newsletter 1997

box 31, folder 13

Newsletter 1998

box 32, folder 1

Newsletter 1999

box 32, folder 2

Newsletter 2000

box 32, folder 3

Newsletter 2002

box 32, folder 4

Newsletter 2003

box 32, folder 5

Newsletter 2004

box 32, folder 6

Newsletter 2006

box 32, folder 7

Newsletter 2006

box 32, folder 8

Newsletter 2008

folder 158, folder 3

Newsletter 2012

box 147, folder 1

Projects: Biota of the Los Angeles River 1989-2008

box 147, folder 2

Projects: Biota of the Los Angeles River Watershed 2008

box 24, folder 6

Projects: Central Industrial Redevelopment Project 2001-2004

box 24, folder 7

Projects: Cheonggyecheon River 2010

box 24, folder 8

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 1999

box 24, folder 9

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2000

box 24, folder 10

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2001

box 25, folder 1

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2002

box 25, folder 2

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2003

box 25, folder 3

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2004

box 25, folder 4

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2005-2006

box 25, folder 5

Projects: Chinatown Yard/Cornfield 2007-2009

box 28, folder 7

Projects: Development Projects on Los Angeles River 2001-2003

box 25, folder 6

Projects: El Pueblo Lake 2004

box 25, folder 7

Projects: Freshwater Reservoir at Los Angeles River Mouth 1994

box 25, folder 8

Projects: Gateway Park 1995

box 25, folder 9

Projects: Isar River 2011

box 26, folder 1

Projects: Isar River 2011

box 37, folder 9

Projects: Joseph Beuys Fellowship 2006

box 26, folder 2

Projects: Los Angeles River Bikeway 1990-2000

box 26, folder 3

Projects: Los Angeles River Bikeway 1990-1995

box 26, folder 4

Projects: Los Angeles River Bikeway 1996-1999

box 26, folder 5

Projects: Los Angeles River Bikeway 2000-2011

box 26, folder 6

Projects: Los Angeles River Center 1999-2011

box 26, folder 7

Projects: Los Angeles River Greenway 1987-1999

box 26, folder 8

Projects: Los Angeles River Greenway 2000s

box 26, folder 9

Projects: Los Angeles River Lofts Development 2006-2007

box 27, folder 1

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 1990-1991

box 27, folder 2

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 1992-1993

box 27, folder 3

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 1994-1996

box 27, folder 4

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 1997-1999

box 27, folder 5

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 2000-2004

box 27, folder 6

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 2005-2006

box 28, folder 1

Projects: Los Angeles River Master Plan 2007-2013

box 28, folder 2

Projects: Los Angeles River Parks 1990s

box 28, folder 3

Projects: Los Angeles River Parks 2000s

box 28, folder 4

Projects: Los Angeles River Performing Arts Center 2006

box 147, folder 5

Projects: Los Angeles River Recreation Survey 2011

box 28, folder 5

Projects: Los Angeles River Report Card 2005

box 28, folder 6

Projects: Los Angeles River Signage 1992-2004

box 147, folder 7

Projects: Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Group 2007

box 37, folder 10

Projects: River Clean Up Thank You to FoLAR 2009

box 29, folder 1-6

Projects: Riverwatch 1997-2007

box 30, folder 1-2

Projects: Riverwatch 1997-2007

box 35, folder 2

Projects: Riverwatch 2004

box 37, folder 1

Projects: Riverwatch 2002

box 30, folder 3-4

Projects: Riverwatch Biological Monitoring 2002

box 33, folder 3

Projects: Riverwatch Blank Forms

box 35, folder 1

Projects: Riverwatch Data 2003

box 35, folder 3-6

Projects: Riverwatch Data 2004

box 36, folder 1-2

Projects: Riverwatch Data 2004

box 36, folder 3-5

Projects: Riverwatch Data 2005

box 33, folder 6

Projects: Riverwatch Log Books 2004-2005

box 38, folder 2

Projects: Riverwatch Log Books 2003

box 33, folder 5

Projects: Riverwatch Material Safety Data 2002-2003

box 33, folder 1

Projects: Riverwatch Memos and Correspondence 1997-2004

box 34, folder 3-4

Projects: Riverwatch Photo Logs 2003-2004

box 28, folder 8-9

Projects: Riverwatch Photos 2003

box 33, folder 2

Projects: Riverwatch Procedures 2002-2004

box 34, folder 1-2

Projects: Riverwatch Quality Monitoring Quality Assurance Plan 2003-2005

box 34, folder 5

Projects: Riverwatch Sign Out Sheets 2004

box 34, folder 6

Projects: Riverwatch Sites 2003-2005

box 33, folder 4

Projects: Riverwatch Training 2001-2004

box 30, folder 5

Projects: San Gabriel River Sampling 2003

box 30, folder 6

Projects: Sister Rivers 2008-2010

box 30, folder 7

Projects: State of the River 2003-2005

box 32, folder 11

Projects: Water Reclamation Project 1988-1991

box 30, folder 8

Projects: Zanja Madre 1998-2012

box 148, box 149, box 150

Promotional T-shirts 1998-2009

box 3, folder 5

Sites: Alameda Corridor Site 1999

box 3, folder 6

Sites: Arroyo Seco Confluence with L.A. River 1993-2000

box 3, folder 7

Sites: Atwater Village Site 1997

box 3, folder 8

Sites: Ballona Creek and Wetlands Site 1996-2007

box 3, folder 9

Sites: Boyle Heights 2006

box 3, folder 10

Sites: Calabasas Creek Site 1998-1999

box 3, folder 11

Sites: Compton Creek Site 1995-1997

box 4, folder 1

Sites: Compton Creek Site 1997

box 4, folder 2

Sites: Elysian Valley Site 1990s

box 4, folder 3

Sites: Glendale Narrows Site undated

box 4, folder 4

Sites: Griffith Park Site 1997

box 147, folder 4

Sites: Hazardous Waste Storage- Olympic Facility 1995

box 4, folder 5

Sites: Headworks Spreading Grounds 1999

box 4, folder 6

Sites: Long Beach Site 1990s

box 37, folder 4

Sites: Long Beach Site 1996-1997

box 4, folder 7

Sites: Long Beach Site- City Associations 1990s

box 4, folder 9

Sites: Long Beach Site- Dominguez Gap Restoration 1997

box 4, folder 8

Sites: Long Beach Site- Proposals 2000s

box 4, folder 11

Sites: Newhall Ranch Site 2000-2003

box 4, folder 10

Sites: Piggyback Yard 2007-2010

box 37, folder 6

Sites: Rio Hondo Site 1997

box 4, folder 12

Sites: Sepulveda Basin Site 1990s

box 37, folder 7

Sites: Studio City Site 1990s-2000s

box 5, folder 1-6

Sites: Taylor Yard Site 1992-2007

box 6, folder 1-2

Sites: Tujunga Wash 1990s

box 6, folder 3

Sites: Universal City Site 1996-1997

box 147, folder 6

Watershed Management 1996-2000