SGV Connect 71: An Update on Metro’s SGV Projects and How to Stay Safe from Bad Air
Damien talks with Philip Fine of the South Coast Air Quality Management District while Kris speaks with Metro's Androush Danielians and Errol Taylor
September 17, 2020
As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court
August 12, 2020
Garcetti Opens New Bus-Only Lanes On 5th and 6th Streets in Downtown Los Angeles
New bus-only lanes opened today on 5th and 6th Streets. More coming soon on Aliso Street, Grand Avenue and Olive Street - and according to Garcetti "in your neighborhood."
August 11, 2020
Today’s Headlines
More California Headlines with Streetsblog Los Angeles and Streetsblog San Francisco
August 11, 2020
Study: Parks in Non-White Neighborhoods Are Half As Large and 5x As Crowded
Decades of racist transportation policy have saturated non-white neighborhoods in heat-absorbing asphalt and shortchanged residents of those communities of greenspaces that might absorb all that heat — resulting in parks that are half the size as those in majority-white communities, a new study finds.
August 10, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Angie Schmitt
A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America"
August 4, 2020
Re-Imagine L.A. County Coalition Pushes for Shift in County Budget Process
Re-Imagine L.A. is pressing for a November ballot measure to dedicate 10% of the unrestricted county budget towards "community investment and alternatives to incarceration."
July 21, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan
Policy Director of Working Partnerships discusses what can be done now to build a great ballot measure
July 21, 2020
SGV Connect 68: Homeless Outreach; Goodbye to an Original Metro Board Member
Damien interviews Shawn Morrissey and Teresa Eilers about how COVID-19 impacts outreach to people experiencing homelessnes. Kris interviews John Fasana, who will leave the Metro Board of Directors after 27 years this December.
July 14, 2020