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Interactive Zoning Map of Boyle Heights Community Plan Includes Look at “Innovative District”
The ability to isolate specific zoning changes along the river and see the shift toward lighter industry is a reminder that the city has yet to launch a meaningful dialogue with Boyle Heights about what it means to create an "Innovation District" on its western edge.
November 1, 2017
Long Beach Beach Streets Uptown 2017 – Open Thread
Last Saturday, the city of Long Beach hosted the fourth iteration of its popular Beach Streets open streets festival.
October 31, 2017
Boyle Heights Community Plan Aims to Guard Against Displacement, Still Lacks Teeth
The Boyle Heights plan, one of 35 community plans that make up the city's General Plan Land Use Element, is meant to lay out the goals reflecting the vision for the community, the policies that will guide land usage and development in line with those goals.
October 30, 2017
L.A. Times, LAPD Misleading on Awful Car Crash Killing Venice Pedestrian
LAPD and LA Times blame law-abiding pedestrian killed by a law-breaking driver
October 30, 2017
Here’s an Alternative Response to Collision Lawsuits in L.A.
Responding to cyclist lawsuits, Councilmembers Krekorian and Englander focus on bike lanes, even though that's not where these crashes take place.
October 27, 2017
L.A. Transportation Committee Approves Speed Limit Changes, Electric Bus Goal
T-Committee approved speed limit changes needed for LAPD enforcement, and set all-electric transit by 2030 goal.
October 26, 2017
Proposed Rule Meant to Curb Stink from Animal Rendering Plants
"We have to ask ourselves, 'If this was any in other community being impacted like this...would they have been allowed to continue [to emit] these odors [that are] going out and affecting the community?'"
October 25, 2017
SGV Connect #9 – Roland Cordero and What Happens to the Buses Between Routes
SGV Connect talks with Roland Cordero of Foothill Transit to talk about the daily maintenance of the buses and Foothill Transit's Lost and Found
October 24, 2017
Skeptical L.A. Councilmember Hosts Meeting on Sixth Street Safety Improvements
At Councilmember Ryu's community input meeting on safety improvements for Sixth Street, two options were presented: more left turn pockets, or a road diet.
October 24, 2017
Metro Committee OKs 2018 All-Door Boarding For Vermont, Wilshire Rapid Buses
All-door boarding speeds up buses, and saves money. Coming to Vermont and Wilshire in 2018.
October 20, 2017
