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35 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 321 (2005)
Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River: An NGO and Academic Institute Influence the Policy Discourse

handle is hein.journals/ggulr35 and id is 349 raw text is: ARTICLE RE-ENVISIONING THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: AN NGO AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTE INFLUENCE THE POLICY DISCOURSE ROBERT GOTTLIEB* & ANDREA MISAKO AZUMA* INTRODUCTION: RIVER STORIES Landscapes tell stories, filmmaker Wim Wenders de- clared, and the Los Angeles River tells a story of violence and danger.' Wenders made these remarks during one of the ses- sions of the Re-Envisioning the L.A. River program, a year-long * Robert Gottlieb is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. He also directs the Urban & Envi- ronmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental. Gottlieb has authored ten books, including the most recently, The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City, co- authored with UEPI faculty and staff Mark Vallianatos, Regina Freer and Peter Dreier. He was the principal investigator for the Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River project that is described in this article. Financial support for the Re-Envisioning pro- gram came from the California Council for the Humanities. ' Andrea Misako Azuma currently serves as a Project Manager at the Center for Food & Justice at the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute of Occidental College. She was Project Manager for the Re-Envisioning the Los Angeles River project and holds a bachelor's degree from Occidental College and a M.S. from Cornell University. 1 Videotape: Hollywood Looks at the River (CBS Studio City 2000) (on file with authors). During the discussion, Wenders also commented that landscapes ask for their own stories to be told. The L.A. River, as it now exists as a cemented river, has a story of aggression to tell. 321

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