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
Cyclists Needed for Project to Monitor Air Quality in Southeast L.A. and on Eastside
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Environmental justice advocate seeks help tracking particulate matter in residential areas bordered by industry, freeways
Black Panther Movement Figures on Crenshaw’s Great Wall Defaced with Swastikas
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One of the mural's original artists worked quickly to erase the symbols and mitigate the damage to the piece
LAUSD to Explore Housing and Wraparound Service Provision for its 17,000+ Homeless Students
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LAUSD board approved a resolution to explore the provision of housing for homeless students and their families.
Rent Stabilization and the Integrity of Vulnerable Ecosystems: Prop 10
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When marginalized communites are viewed as ecosystems, the urgency of putting a floor under them becomes clear
Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations
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Given the role public investment can have in reshaping marginalized communities, what responsibilities does Metro have as an entity that seeks to tell stories about the places it moves people through?
Vermont/Manchester: Reckoning with the Past and Wrestling with the Form Change Should Take
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For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high
Project Planned for Lots at Expo/Crenshaw Takes Another Step Forward
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However, a "revised scenario is being birthed," says Metro Board Director Dupont-Walker
Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
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“Wait, did they just deport the vendor?”
In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers
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Leasing applications are generally treated with more care than concert tickets that go to the first ten callers that happen to be listening in. Not this time.
As L.A. Ramps up Efforts to Get People off the Streets, a Young Man Struggles to Stay Housed
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Before the connection cuts, I hear the plea underlying the panic that pushed him to this point: "Officer, I don't have nowhere else to go."
Muted Applause as Long-Awaited MyFigueroa Officially Opens
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From legacy project to a mixed reaction...
Metro Board Directors Tie “Rosa Parks/Willowbrook” Station Overhaul to Community Development at Groundbreaking
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Construction begins in earnest in January, as do closures between 103rd St and downtown Long Beach