Metro MacArthur Park Station Pilot: So Far, Heavy on Punitive Measures
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Metro turned down the torture music, but more MacArthur Park station interventions are planned - including getting around to some positive programs
Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Homelessness
February 2022 Metro Board Meeting Recap: Security, Homelessness, Valley Rail, and More
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The Metro board meeting focused mostly on issues related to transit system security and homelessness. Also - brief updates on East San Fernando Valley light rail, ridership, and more.
Three Ways DOTs Can Help the Unhoused — On and Off the Road
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A new study finds that departments of transportation can and must do more to protect a particularly vulnerable group: the unhoused people who take shelter on and alongside American roads.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Overlap of Public Transit and Homelessness
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Here's a very good conversation about the need for more federal agency coordination among transportation, health, and human services as well as how transit agencies are tackling the issues vulnerable populations face.
L.A. City Council Approves Significant New Renter Protections
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Tennant protections represent an important, though incomplete, victory for L.A. tenants and for the council's growing progressive cohort
United to House L.A. Proponents Rally for Resources to End Homelessness
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If passed, "Measure ULA" would enact a new tax on the sale of high value property in L.A. City; tax revenues would be dedicated to projects and programs to end homelessness.