On Thursday, May 4, 2006, L.A. County Sup. Gloria Molina joined local schoolchildren and environmentalists to commemorate Earth Day in Southeast L.A. by participating in the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Cudahy-Bell Los Angeles Riverfront Project. Sup. Gloria Molina invested over $2 million in Proposition A funds and flood control dollars via the L.A. County Department of Public Works to bring the greening project to fruition. Children from the Ellen Ochoa Learning Center joined youth from the L.A. Conservation Corps, volunteers from North East Trees, local dignitaries, and Sup. Gloria Molina to plant trees and native flora along the L.A. River as part of the riverfront project, which now connects to the greater L.A. River Bikeway.