South Bay Projects

South of the city of Los Angeles will be the most challenging part of the river to restore. Over the past century much of our industrial land use has been sited along the river here, and densely populated communities have grown up around it. For instance, the city of Maywood is the most densely populated and park-poor city in the region. The Army Corps of Engineers recently raised the concrete levees on the river south of the Rio Hondo confluence in South Gate. Compton Creek, which joins the river just north of the 405 freeway, has a mile of habitat-supporting soft bottom just upstream of the confluence.

The river's estuary in Long Beach also has a natural bottom for the last three miles before emptying into San Pedro Bay. Some people think of the Queen Mary as the toothpick in the mouth of the LA River.

Please use the map above or the links below to learn more about Southern Los Angeles projects.
Maywood Riverfront Park
Cudahy River Landscaping Project
Lynwood
South Gate Restoration Project
Ralph Dills Park
Paramount's River Murals
De Forest Wetland Study
Dominguez Gap
Compton Creek Regional Garden Park
Wrigley Heights Park Expansion
Wrigley Greenbelt
Cesar Chavez Park to Drake Park Greenbelt
Chavez/6th Street Wetland
Golden Shore Marine Reserve
El Dorado Park Nature Center
El Dorado Park Lakes Restoration
Los Cerritos Wetlands
Dunster Biological Reserve and Jack Nichol Park

Projects without a specific location:
Signage Manual
Landscape Guidelines