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GWNC 2026
Sustainability Committee

Parks, trees, and the cooling value of the neighborhood itself.

A smaller but unmistakable set of voices is watching canopy, green space, flooding, and the path to electrification — in a neighborhood whose shade is part of why people chose it.

Lead concern
123of 341 · 36%

Parks and green space.

Parks and green space are paired with the canopy work this committee owns per GWNC convention. The Primary Jurisdictions doc lists tree canopy explicitly but not parks; the lead concern stays here pending Board confirmation.

123 of 341 respondents flagged this.
City-service satisfaction

How satisfied stakeholders are with the services this committee touches

1 = not at all satisfied, 5 = very satisfied. N/A responses are counted but not charted.

Parks and Recreation3.1 / 5
25
1
54
2
99
3
74
4
33
5
Not satisfiedVery satisfied
n = 285 · 42 N/A
By geographic area

Where “Parks and green space” registers most strongly

Each geographic area’s share of its own respondents who named this concern. Click any geographic area to see its full survey cut.

From the survey

Specific locations stakeholders asked GWNC to carry to the city

Direct quotes from the free-text callouts, ranked. Each entry is a sentence a stakeholder wrote; the keywords show why this committee picked it up.

  1. While LASAN is doing some great things, including with the green bins, not all multifamily buildings are offering green bins

    Sycamore Squarekeywords: green
  2. homeless everywhere including larchmont bl, dirty sidewalks same, small biz we currently seem to support sidewalk vendors instead, not sure what sr services are avail in my area, public safety is no brainer, parks we can always make improvements Burns Park seems to be still a nice park - I do struggle with the 10 sec crosswalk light across Bev Blvd & stopped going

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: park, parks
  3. Broken sidewalks throughout Larchmont Village due to ficus trees

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: trees
  4. lack of street tree trimming which blocks street lighting

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: tree
  5. stormwater flooding issues on Beverly Blvd between Larchmont and Arden

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: flooding, stormwater
  6. The parks are full with homeless people, dirty with minimal maintenance

    Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrewskeywords: parks
  7. Water and trash pools which contributes to mosquitos and is a worry for dogs who might drink the water

    Hancock Parkkeywords: water
  8. There is not enough parking on Larchmont and people xo the to double park and park in the center of the road

    Hancock Parkkeywords: park
  9. Get rid of the grass on the Highland Ave traffic medians and replace it with native plants

    Hancock Parkkeywords: native plants
  10. Los Angeles ranks near the bottom of the list of US cities in terms of public parks and access to green space

    Hancock Parkkeywords: parks, green
  11. Poor maintenance of public trees that cause dangerous branches to fall down in high winds

    Brooksidekeywords: trees
  12. Too few parks and public spaces, inability to guard against copper wire theft that disables street lights over and over, and crumbling streets and sidewalks that go decades without repairs

    Sycamore Squarekeywords: parks
  13. Speeding and crashes on 400 block of S Highland Ave, break-ins and robberies in the neighborhood, ailing sycamore trees throughtout the neighborhood

    Hancock Parkkeywords: trees
  14. People not watering parkway trees

    Hancock Parkkeywords: trees
  15. Need more green space especially with apartment buildings that cover all but the sidewalks

    Hancock Parkkeywords: green
  16. , sidewalk ruptures almost everywhere, parkway trees need trimming on 700 block of N McCadden Pl, cars running red lights on Melrose at June St and Highland Ave

    Melrose Neighborhoodkeywords: trees
  17. Street repair & tree maintenance could be better, but the City right now is strapped for money

    Brooksidekeywords: tree
  18. You need to go around and fix sidewalks where trees have made the pavement uneven

    Hancock Parkkeywords: trees
  19. If the City planted the trees, it should not be the homeowners responsibility

    Hancock Parkkeywords: trees
  20. We need to maintain our current parks and playgrounds, and create more green space for children and dogs

    Brooksidekeywords: parks, green
  21. Sidewalk repair needs to be done and ficus trees replaced due to their roots

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: trees
  22. No access to green space in our neighborhood

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: green
  23. Homeless camps and gang activity at corner of Olympic and Crenshaw (old Rite Aid and adjacent weird lot/green space)

    Windsor Villagekeywords: green
  24. Bad actors camping out in and around Harold Henry Park - people letting their kids play while they do drugs in their cars down the block for hours

    Windsor Villagekeywords: park
  25. The Harold Henry Park on S

    Windsor Villagekeywords: park
  26. Need to replace street lights with updated solar panel

    Windsor Squarekeywords: solar, solar panel
  27. Parks: lacking in NW area of the GWNC

    Citrus Squarekeywords: parks
  28. Other: need a broad, robust parkway reforestation program to replace dead or lost heritage trees, remove stumps, fill in empty spaces

    Citrus Squarekeywords: trees
  29. Unleashed dogs (and filth) at Harold Henry Park

    Windsor Villagekeywords: park
  30. Dead trees adjacent to street, commercial garbage bins left in middle of street

    Windsor Villagekeywords: trees

Showing the first 30 of 84 matched callouts. The full list is in the underlying data file; committee chairs can request it.

Priorities in residents’ own words

What Sustainability stakeholders wrote when given a blank box

Themes coded from the free-text "top one to three issues" question (n=304 non-empty responses). One response can touch multiple themes; counts do not sum to 304.

  1. 14of 304 · 5%

    Parks and green space

    • Street and sidewalk maintenance, small business support, parks and green space
      Larchmont Village
    • LAND USE, PARKS AND GREEN SPACE, STREET AND SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE
      Citrus Square
    • Homeless and criminal behavior around the park.
      Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrews
  2. 9of 304 · 3%

    Tree canopy and tree trimming

    • sidewalks, potholes, and tree canopy preservation
      La Brea / Hancock
    • Tree roots bulging into the side walks. Broken street lights. Random homeless people walking by our street.
      Hancock Park
    • Land use and Development, Repairing Sidewalks and Adding Street Trees & adding a Park in SoHo
      Melrose Neighborhood
  3. 2of 304 · 1%

    Solar, EV, and sustainable practices

    • Street lights, perhaps replace them so they don’t have copper wiring, solar powered? Collect the trash in public trash cans regularly so it isn’t overflowing Fix the potholes on major streets
      Citrus Square
    • Welcoming community feeling in GWNC; supporting small businesses on Larchmont (not high end retail only); greener/ sustainable community: no GAS powered gardening equipment
      Windsor Square
  4. 2of 304 · 1%

    Gas-powered yard equipment

    • Gas powered leaf blowers, speeding, running red lights
      Larchmont Village

Free-text mentions, coded by theme. Word-boundary matching; no substring matches. Quotes are verbatim and rendered only with the respondent’s testimonial consent. See methodology for the coding method and the full theme list.

The counterbalance

What residents told us they value about Greater Wilshire.

Concerns coexist with what works. These quotes are answers to a different survey question: “What do you value most about living or working in Greater Wilshire?”

It's a relatively calm and quite residential neighborhood well-situated within the City of LA.
Hancock Park
Beautiful neighborhoods and vibrant Larchmont shopping area with a small town feel. Friends and family close by. LATC a walkable distance from home. Lots of trees. Different generations living on the same streets.
Hancock Park
Because there aren't enough parks in Los Angeles, and none near me, it's wonderful to get to walk every day in HPOZ protected Hancock Park.
Melrose Neighborhood
The green space, location, easy access to downtown and Beverly Hills
Hancock Park
proximity to shopping, tree canopy, single family homes, walkability, close to new metro station
La Brea / Hancock
What we’re asking the city

The ask, in plain language

Addressed to
  • · Bureau of Street Services — Urban Forestry
  • · RAP (Recreation & Parks)
  • · LASAN
  • · LADWP
  • · AQMD (South Coast Air Quality Mgmt District)

This section is in development.

Once the committee has reviewed the survey data and reached its own conclusions, what it’s asking the city will be published here.