This Action Plan translates these priorities into a clear set of steps to guide decision-making, resource allocation, and partnership development over time. It provides a roadmap for how the Department of Recreation and Parks can deliver more equitable, accessible, and high-quality parks and facilities across Los Angeles. By defining near-term actions, this chapter helps ensure that the City stays focused, adaptable, and accountable as it works to meet the evolving needs of all Angelenos.
How Do We Get There?
THE PNA IS A ROADMAP
When making decisions or responding to the Los Angeles community or to elected or appointed officials, the PNA serves as a critical reference point. Because the assessment is an integral tool for the Department, it should also be central to training for existing and new employees.
The Park Needs Assessment sets forth an ambitious strategy for growing the park system in a way that is driven by community voices. The PNA is the product of rigorous community conversations, multiple surveys, in-depth analysis, and agency and partner visioning. Going forward, the City should use the PNA as a tool to assist in decision making as it relates to investment strategies and resource allocation to ensure barriers to participation are removed and create a more equitable system.
The PNA should serve as a unifying document that helps align the needs of the community with the priorities and actions of the City in order to continue to grow an inclusive, loved, and connected recreation and parks system.
STEPS FORWARD
The following steps build on the strategies and priorities identified in the Park Needs Assessment and serve as long-term guidance and day-to-day tools for managing the city’s recreation and parks system. They include:
RAP'S OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
Proactively Pursue Projects
RAP should proactively pursue and lead projects. In this approach, if there is a special funding source that applies only to a certain region, type of park, or amenity, find the highest ranked sties that meet the funding source criteria. If not, find the highest ranked site overall.
When RAP is presented with a potential project at a site:
If there is an identified funding source for the project, pursue if the project aligns with priorities of the PNA. Otherwise, pursue only if the project is a top ranked site.
Existing parks and New Park Priority Areas were prioritized based on a system of community and data driven criteria.
These sites represent those that scored the highest out of all 518 in the prioritization framework. They range in classification, size, and region.
Frist priority sites, arranged alphabetically:
Site Level Decision Framework
Site Level Decision Framework
