Efforts bring new playground to Lamont Park

District Supervisor Leticia Perez, the host of an event to celebrate Lamont Park's new playground, said the renovations were made in response to concerns she heard from the community. Private donors and a grant from Kaboom!, a national organization devoted to to remedying a “play deficit” among urban children, made the project possible. “We’ve been meeting with residents here at the library and what we’ve been hearing time and time again is that the park has been taken over by a criminal element; older men who come and play poker, drink beer, and make the environment uninviting for families. Parks should be places where families and children feel safe, places you can even send your kid from across the street to play at the park.” Read more on South Kern Sol.