Commission meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month.  To access a record of the agenda and minutes for a specific meeting, click on the desired yearly link to the left.  Each yearly link contains agenda and minute information for the full year unless a cancellation has occurred for the desired month.  Special meetings do not have attached minutes.

Press Release

As you may imagine, we usually have a lot to say about the great things our city is doing. The Environmental Affairs Department collection of press releases is now available by clicking on the above link.  

Announcements & Events

The announcement and events section includes opportunities to attend upcoming environmentally related forums as well as various agency/organization announcements that include upcoming programs and activities.

This section also contains the calendar of events from the EAD's newsletter An Environmental Affair.  The events are archived by year and  includes various events from agencies/non-profit organizations.  

If you would like to submit an event to be inserted into our calendar for the newsletter or on the website, please contact the Environmental Information Center and speak with one of our newsletter editors at (213) 978-0888, Fax to (213) 978-0893, or email to eadinfo@mailbox.lacity.org.

Media Coverage

You can click on the following links to organizations distributing current information regarding various environmental issues.

The Environmental News Network maintains a subscribable news service at: http://www.enn.com/news/index.asp

Envirolink has a similar service at: http://www.envirolink.org/categories.html?do=shownews

The British Broadcasting Corporation maintains a site at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

The Los Angeles Times lists environmentally-oriented stories at: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/

The New York Times has a similar site, with an e-mail notification service, at: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

Faultline, the California-oriented Environmental magazine has a subscription service at: http://www.faultline.org/index.html

Greenbiz, an environmental resource to corporate-based sustainability efforts is at: http://www.greenbiz.com/news/

Grist Magazine (doom and gloom with a sense of humor) is at: http://www.gristmagazine.com/

Sprawlwatch, a news service focused on urban growth issues, is at: http://www.sprawlwatch.org/newsletter.html

Island Press maintains an internet guide to environmental information at: http://www.islandpress.org/ecocompass/

Planning and development news from PLANetizen is at: http://www.planetizen.com/

Some urban planning and development news can be found at: http://www.urbaninsight.com/news/index.php