Official Web site of the Los Angeles-based Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage since 1969.
LOS ANGELES — The 2015 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance (DOR) program will be held on Saturday, February 21, at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) from 2:00 – 4:00 PM. The DOR continues to be dedicated to commemorating the impact of E.O. 9066 on the Issei, Nisei and subsequent generations of Japanese Americans. It... Continue Reading →
In recent days, the National Park Service began work on restoring and painting the cemetery monument at Manzanar National Historic Site, and they shared photos of their work, now completed. The famous white obelisk, the Soul Consoling Tower, is one of the few remaining structures from the Manzanar concentration camp and the cemetery it marks... Continue Reading →
The following is a press release from the Tule Lake Committee. On July 28, the Tule Lake Committee filed suit in Modoc County Superior Court to stop Modoc County and the City of Tulelake from consideration of leasing and fencing the Tulelake Airport until conducting a public environmental review process. State law requires study and... Continue Reading →
On July 8, 2014, the Manzanar Committee submitted its official comments to the Inyo County Planning Department and Board of Supervisors in response to their Notice of Preparation for the Program Environmental Impact Report for their 2013 Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment (REGPA). In their initial draft of this amendment, the County would have opened... Continue Reading →
On June 9, the National Japanese American Citizens League wrote letters to the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and to the president of the LADWP Board of Water and Power Commissioners, opposing their planned Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch, a 1,200-acre industrial solar energy generating facility that would... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — The Manzanar Committee expresses its deepest sympathies to the family of Yuri Kochiyama, a long-time civil rights and community activist in the African American, Latino, Native American and Asian American communities, who passed away on June 1, at the age of 93. On June 2, the Kochiyama family released the following statement:... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — Saving Payahüüpü: The Owens Valley Solar Story, is a documentary short that looks at the land, people, history and future of California’s Owens Valley, including the Manzanar National Historic Site, all of which face a grave threat from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) proposed Southern Owens Valley Solar... Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES — On May 6, the Inyo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to move their Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment (REGPA) to the next step, which will be to draft a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report. The amendment no longer includes the Owens Valley as a “Renewable Energy Development Area,” (REDA) where large-scale, industrial... Continue Reading →
The following is a letter written by Edward R. Bosley, a resident of both the Owens Valley and Los Angeles. April 28, 2014 Mayor Eric Garcetti 200 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Commissioner Mel Levine Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Room 1555-H, 15th Floor 111 North Hope Street Los Angeles,... Continue Reading →
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