L.A. Committee Debates Framework for Sidewalk Vending Ordinance; One Step Closer to Legal
The authorities confiscated her friend's goods this past Saturday, an emotional Caridad Vasquez told the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee yesterday.
December 14, 2016
Controversial South L.A. Housing Project Heads to City Council Today
Putting on Your "Big Boy Pants" v. Putting Together a Good Project
November 22, 2016
“Law-and-Order,” the Resilience of White Supremacy, and You
"Where do things stand now?" I asked Adonia Lugo as we organized potential discussion themes ahead of this Sunday's Untokening event.
November 10, 2016
Metro Asks South L.A. Stakeholders: How Would You Use Rail-to-River Path?
"They've started work on that bike path!" a South Central bike shop owner announced excitedly after noticing mounds of dirt piled up in the rail right-of-way (ROW) at Slauson and Normandie.
October 26, 2016
Justice-Oriented Mobility Advocates to “Untokenize” Active Transportation Movement
The Token One
He was so glad I had "talked about people of color committing violence against other people of color," he gushed, shaking my hand.
September 20, 2016
L.A. Metro Explores Alternative Rail-to-River Routes Through Southeast Cities
In thinking about the potential routes the eastern segment (B) of the Rail-to-River (R2R) active transportation corridor might take, stressed Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, it was important that the needs of workers, youth, and community members of the Southeast Cities be put front and center. Connectivity to job centers and schools should therefore be the first priority.
August 31, 2016
In L.A., Eastside Sol Engages Community on Clean Energy, Transportation
In lower-income communities - particularly those where rentership is very high - people often have very little access to clean energy or clean technology alternatives.
August 23, 2016
Bike Talk: What Bike Advocacy Needs to Understand about South Central
"What is the situation in South L.A.?" is the question Colin Bogart, Education Director at the L.A. County Bicycle Coalition, posed to launch our discussion of the removal of a 7.2 mile bike lane planned for Central Avenue from the Mobility Plan 2035.
July 18, 2016
Filed Under: “Do You Need a Patch?”
Six months ago he had been hit by a car on Rodeo Road, the young man told me. He was laid up for seventeen days. Now he had a metal rod in his back.
July 5, 2016