From the description : George Wolfe, an environmental activist, was among the first to paddle a boat down 51 miles of the L.A. River in 2008, when the stunt risked fines and jail time. The trip inspired proposals for turning the concrete-lined channel into a natural and recreational resource. But today there are few visible signs of a transformed waterway. 3:15 They started Mayor Garcetti's tenure with a promise of US$1.3 billion from the US Army Corps Board but nothing came of it: It was long overdue: "This report is in partial response to a resolution by the Senate Committee on Public Works approved 25 June 1969, requesting review of "the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek, California, published as House Document numbered 838, Seventy-sixth Congress, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications contained therein are advisable at the present time, in the interest of providin...