Zev discusses the July 16-17, 2011 405 Freeway closure.

This video was produced by the Jewish Journal.

Something remarkable is unfolding in the mountains above our urban sprawl—something for the ages. Parcel by parcel, acre by acre, we have amassed the largest swath of protected open space of any major metropolis in the nation. It’s a text-book example of collaboration between federal, state and local officials who worked hand-in-hand with grass roots groups dedicated to protecting the area from the kind of development that overtook the Hollywood Hills. For Zev Yaroslavsky, the preservation of the Santa Monica Mountains is both political and personal.

Video by John Vande Wege

Board Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky speaks at the press conference in Encino at the launch of the H1N1 flu vaccine clinics in Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky challenges us and our congressional delegation to “go to the mountain” for health care just as we’ve done for education and voting rights, which he declares a fundamental human right. Video clip is one of a series of the Sept. 3, 2009 Organizing for America event shot by Doug Drenkow, reporting for OpEdNews.