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2019 Volume 58 Volume A Publication of the A Publication CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY GEOGRAPHICAL CALIFORNIA The California Geographer Volume 58 THE CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHER 2019 THE CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHER The California Geographical Society List of Editors Founded in 1946 as the California Society of Teachers of Geography, the (Vol.) California Geographical Society (CGS) is the oldest statewide organization I–X 1960–1969 Robert A. Kennelly XI 1970 Robert W. Durrenberger devoted to enhancing the understanding of geography. During the 1950s XII–XIII 1971–1972 Elliot G. McIntire the organization became affiliated with the National Council for Geographic XIV 1973–1974 Roderick C. McKenzie Education and changed its name to the California Council for Geographic XV–XVIII 1975–1978 Donald G. Holtgrieve Education. It acquired its present name during the 1980s as it sought, XIX–XXII 1979–1982 Ronald F. Lockman successfully, to become inclusive of all individuals interested in geography— XXIII–XXXI 1983–1990 Donald R. Floyd academic and applied geographers, students, laypersons, and educators at XXII–XXXIV 1991–1994 Elliot McIntire XXXV–XXXVI 1995–1996 Bill Takizawa every level. The CGS promotes interaction among its diverse members and XXXVII–XLI 1997–2001 Ray Sumner holds an annual meeting in the spring at different venues around the state. 42–43 2002–2003 Judy Walton Meetings include field trips and paper, poster, and map presentations, with 44–50 2004–2010 Dorothy Freidel cash awards for outstanding student presentations, and scholarships for 51–52 2011–2012 Kathryn Davis and Benjamin M. Sleeter graduate and undergraduate students. Teaching excellence and professional 53–55 2013–2015 Kathryn Davis service are recognized with awards. 56–58 2016–2018 Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff List of Associate and Guest Editors (Vol.) XI 1970 Elliot G. McIntire XVIII 1978 Nancy Schluntz XIX 1979 James W. Yerdon XXIII–XXX 1983–1990 William L. Preston XXXV 1995 Ray Sumner XXXVI 1996 Carol Jean Cox XXXVII 1997 Arnold Court, Dennis Napier, Barney Warf XXXVIII 1998 David Nemeth XXXIX 1999 Dale Pullin The California Geographer Volume 58, 2019 A Publication of the California Geographical Society Edited by Matthew Derrick Rosemary Sherriff Copyediting and layout by Rick Cooper CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 2019–2020 OFFICERS President Vice President The California Geographer Matthew Derrick Jennifer Kusler Humboldt State University CSU Sacramento Editors Matthew Derrick, Humboldt State University Secretary Treasurers Rosemary Sherriff, Humboldt State University Jennifer McHenry Zia Salim Los Rios College CSU Fullerton Editorial Board Gregory Bohr, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Lilly House-Peters, CSU Long Beach Past President Jodi Titus Soheil Boroushaki, CSU Northridge James Keese, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Scott Crosier Irvine Valley College Robin Datel, CSU Sacramento Michael Pretes, University of North Alabama Cosumnes River College Ian Dunham, San Francisco State University Robert Voeks, CSU Fullerton James Wanket, CSU Sacramento Kathleen Farley, San Diego State University BOARD MEMBERS Emmanuel Delgado, Reedley College The California Geographer is a refereed journal of the California Geographical Society, and has Ian Dunham, San Francisco State University been published annually since 1960. All statements and opinions that appear in the journal are Stephen Koletty, East Los Angeles College the full responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the California Geographical Society. Alison McNally, CSU Stanislaus Nicholas Perdue, Humboldt State University Volume XVII (1977) indexes volumes through I XVII, and volume XXIX (1989) indexes Tiffany Seeley, East Los Angeles College volumes through I XXIX. Volume numbering changed from Roman to Arabic numbering with Chris Straub, Allen Hancock College volume 42 (2002). Volume 44 (2004) indexes volumes IXXX through 43. Student Representatives For information on submitting a manuscript, see “Instructions to Contributors” on website, Ryan Tuong An Koyanagi, CSU Fullerton https://sites.google.com/site/calgeogsociety/publications/california_geographer/submissions. Direct all manuscript inquiries to either Matthew Derrick, Department of Geography, Humboldt Ryan Miller, UC Davis State University ([email protected]); or Rosemary Sherriff, Department of Geography, Humboldt State University ([email protected]). ASSOCIATES (non-Board members) CGS Business Manager Editor, CGS Bulletin Information for Subscribers and Advertisers Steve Graves Jenny McHenry Subscriptions: The California Geographer is available only online, at EBSCO and ScholarWorks. CSU Northridge Los Rios College However, back issues are still available for $20 each; contact CGS, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330-8249. Editors, California Geographer CGS Webmaster Advertising: Full-page (4.5" w x 7.5" h) ads: inside front cover = $300; inside back cover = $250; Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff Nicholas Perdue back cover = $300; elsewhere = $200. Half-page (2.25" w x 3.75" h) ads are 50% of full-page rates. Humboldt State University Humboldt State University For more information, contact Nicholas Perdue, Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521, phone (707) 826-4115, email [email protected]. Website: http://calgeog.org/ Copyright 2019 by the California Geographical Society California Geographical Society 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330-8249 Table of Contents Articles 1 Network Analysis of Local Food in California: A Study of Farmers’ Markets in Los Angeles and Their Farm Supply Chains Luke Drake, California State University, Northridge 21 From Marketplace to Promenade: Gentrification and Place Ownership in Santa Ana Ryan Tuong An Koyanagi, California State University, Fullerton 43 The Contours of Creativity: Public Art, Cultural Landscapes, and Urban Space in Venice, California Zia Salim, California State University, Fullerton 81 The California-Baja California Collecting Sites of Edgar A. Mearns During the Second International Boundary Survey Frederick H. Wills, Research Associate, Mountain Empire Historical Society 101 Rediscovering and Reimagining the Geography of California William Selby, Santa Monica College 105 Book review: Upstream: Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River Ian R. Sims, University of Nevada, Reno 111 Book review: Ecosystems of California Robert Voeks, California State University, Fullerton 115 Field Notes from Astana, Kazakhstan: The Glass City Jake Zawlacki, Stanford University Geographic Chronicles 123 2018 CGS Annual Conference Award Winners Network Analysis of Local Food in California: A Study of Farmers’ Markets in Los Angeles and Their Farm Supply Chains Luke Drake California State University, Northridge Abstract This paper examines the geography of local food through a spatial anal- ysis of farms and farmers’ markets. It draws on two themes in the geo- graphical literature on local food, which focus on territorial and prox- imity definitions on one hand and on relationality on the other. Through GIS analysis, this paper explores spatial patterns of ninety-one farmers’ markets in Los Angeles County, California, USA; spatial patterns of 282 farms that supplied a sample of thirty-three markets; and intra-urban patterns of those supply chains. The results show an uneven geography of farms across California that supplied the sampled markets, but also show that farms travel just as far to markets in working-class neighborhoods as to wealthier neighborhoods. Conclusions explain how integrating territorial and relational conceptions of local food provide insights into the complex spatiality of production and consumption, and how local food can be understood as an interdependence between places. Key Words: spatial analysis, relational place, local food Introduction The question “where does your food come from?” is by now a main- stay in much of the popular discourse around local food. It is invoked as a prelude to numerous themes among diverse advocacy groups from sus- tainability to education, among others. This paper emerged in part from a puzzle that the where in this question is often defined in multiple ways. In a strict sense of spatial proximity, those in the locavore movement aim to constrain their food purchases by setting the maximum distance from which that food has traveled (Dunne et al. 2011). Others, however, want to know how and by whom their food was made when they ask where it comes from (Schnell 2013). The website seedmap.org also poses the question to stress the importance of knowing the evolutionary, not spatial, origins of food crops. Science policy and education advocates also simply want people to know that food comes from farms (sciencenetlinks.com). For many people, it is important to teach others not only to answer the question, but also to ask The California Geographer 58, © 2019 by The California Geographical Society the question in the first place (Guthman 2008). Clearly, there are multiple patterns to farmers’ market supply chains—in other words, are there spatial meanings to this geographical concept of where when it comes to local patterns that differentiate the supply networks between markets in different food. This paper takes a spatial perspective on this question by examining types of neighborhoods? The project is driven by a theoretical approach the connections between farms and farmers’ markets through Geographic that understands place as relationally viewed through connections to other Information Systems