Sahra Sulaiman
Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles.
Recent Posts
Metro Relaunches Rail-to-River Community Engagement Process to Choose New Southeast Cities Route
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The planned WSAB rail line won't leave enough room for a bike/walk path on Randolph, forcing Metro to seek an alternative route
LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest
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LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.
Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women
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Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'
124-Unit Project at 4242 S. Crenshaw Approved by City Planning
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The largely market-rate project is one of over half a dozen that were recently completed or are in the works along Crenshaw between Exposition and 61st.
Video Contradicts New Sheriff Account of Dijon Frizzee Killing
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The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
Bystander Shot Six Times Left Homeless, Struggling; LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
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“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation
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"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."
How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
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Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
Thousands Housed in Project Roomkey in Los Angeles, but NIMBYism, Lack of Permanent Affordable Housing Blunt Progress
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The Project Roomkey program temporarily houses unhoused individuals in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 crisis
CIM Group Abandons Effort to Buy Crenshaw Mall; Community Members Take Victory Lap
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"When our community comes together we can achieve anything" - Akili
Tormented by a Bandit, Unhoused Residents Just Want to Be Left in Peace
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A young man who regularly harasses the unhoused residents of the 110 freeway underpass at Venice Blvd. had come through and tipped the hand-washing station over, spilling its remaining water out.
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
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Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization