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Study Maps Alternatives for New San Gabriel Valley Transit Investment
How should the SGV spend $635M in Measures M funds that had been set aside for the SGV L Line extension?
January 28, 2022
Eyes on the Stations: DTLA Regional Connector Subway Construction
The 1.9-mile Regional Connector light rail subway is 88 percent done, and expected to open at the very end of 2022 or early 2023
January 28, 2022
LAPD Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire
Half a second after the projectile is fired at López – who is in the midst of turning away from officers – a burst of contagious fire erupts.
January 27, 2022
Eyes on the 6th Street Bridge: Concrete Arch Pours Completed
The $588 million replacement bridge, connecting Boyle Heights with downtown Los Angeles, is scheduled to be completed this summer
January 27, 2022
Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub
From 1965-1974, when the state started buying up land through eminent domain for and pushing out residents, more than 4,000 residents were displaced and and more than 1,500 homes were destroyed.
January 27, 2022
Metro Operations Update: Operator Pay Raise, Another Motion to Restore Service Later
Metro is currently canceling ten to fifteen percent of bus runs because of staff shortages, so staff recommends temporarily cutting service by ten percent - starting Sunday February 20.
January 26, 2022
Councilmember Raman Making Good on Pledge to Expand Bike Infrastructure
Raman is currently working to install seven new CD4 bikeways, the first few of which - Riverside Dr. and Burbank Blvd. - are due in the next couple months.
January 24, 2022
LA Metro Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut
The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)
January 21, 2022
Piloting a Gentler, Helpful Response to Non-Emergency 911 Calls Involving Unhoused Angelenos
In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal
January 20, 2022
Three Recalls Rejected on the Westside
It's common to have a high rate of rejected signatures when the person collecting them is paid per signature gathered, regardless of whether the signatures are ultimately found to be valid
January 19, 2022
