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LA schools get greening grants but officials put projects on ice
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Oct 23, 2013
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LA schools get greening grants but officials put projects on ice
Southern California schools have received grants from Prop. 84 to tear out asphalt and plant trees as part of urban renewal. But some projects are now on hold.

Southern California schools have received grants from Prop. 84 to tear out asphalt and plant trees as part of urban renewal. But some projects are now on hold.

Seven years ago, voters approved millions of dollars in bonds for Proposition 84. The money would fund new community gardens, wetlands renewal, and tree planting in public spaces.

Since then, the state's received more than a-dozen proposals for greening projects at public schools. The first of these made it to the ribbon-cutting stage, but others face obstacles. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports.