Did you know that despite overwhelming negative community input, the current Griffith Park Master Plan, now in draft form, proposes the intensive development and commercialization of Griffith Park? Suggested "improvements" (with their page numbers from the plan*) include:

• Six multi-level parking structures (5.17-5.19, 5.27)
• Two aerial tramways (5.8, 6.6)
• Street widenings, such as a 117-foot wide Crystal Springs Promenade (5.5)
• Introduction of traffic into the interior of the Park (5.8)
• Division of the Park into separate themed "zones" (7.2-7.6)
• Creation of a hotel, restaurant, culinary school and sports complex in the Park's interior (6.8, 8.9, 6.25)
• Redesign of the 18-hole golf course at the expense of the Zoo Magnet School (6.19)
• A commercial pier on the Los Angeles River at the Los Feliz Bridge (6.10)
• Additional public-private partnerships and revenue-enhancing schemes (8.9)
  
  *Please note that many of these "improvements" appear multiple times throughout the plan. You can also find them on pages other those listed above.

What can you do to halt these destructive proposals?

1. Visit www.laparks.org and read the Master Plan draft; download and return the response form with your comments.
2. Call, write or email Mayor Villaraigosa (mayor@lacity.org) and your Los Angeles City councilperson (www.lacity.org) and tell them what you think about the Master Plan. Please copy your mail to wm@savegriffithpark.org.
3. Sign and mail the attached Griffith Park Urban Wilderness Petition to Griffith Park Master Plan, Los Angeles Dept. of Recreation and Parks, 3900 Chevy Chase Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90039.
4. Voice your opinion at a public meeting.

The Master Plan draft is available on-line at www.laparks.org.

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