Todays Headlines
| | No Comments- 9th Day Of Police Brutality Protests (LAist)
…DTLA Protests Target DA Jackie Lacey (LAT, KTLA)
…George Floyd Protests Broke City Hall’s Unwavering Support For Police (LAT)
…Supervisors Urge Change To Police Use of Force Policies (Daily News)
…After ACLU Lawsuit, Curfews Lifted (Daily News) - K-Pop Fans Winning Twitter (LAT)
- County and Metro Launch Transit-Oriented Business Recovery Loan Fund (Urbanize)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Large Police Brutality Protests Continue Across Southern California (LAT)
- L.A. City Proposes Cutting LAPD Budget By $150M (LAT, LAist)
- ACLU and BLM Sue Against Unlawful Curfews
…Sheriff Says Curfew Continues Until Protests Are Gone (KTLA) - KCRW Interviews Civil Rights Lawyer Connie Rice On Uprisings
- Anglenos Speak On Policing In Their Neighborhoods (LAist)
- Videos Of Police Misconduct Surfacing (L.A. Taco, LAT)
…Watch Nick Andert‘s Garcetti LAPD Lowlights Reel - Driver Cuts Through Protesters In Newport Beach (@Acyn, Biking in L.A.)
- L.A. Reopening Plan Leaves Street Vendors Out (LAT)
- Fundraiser Justin Kim Pleads Guilty In City Hall Corruption Scandal (LAT)
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Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers
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Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Day 7 Of Anti-Racist Protests (LAist)
…More Arrests, Less Looting, Mostly Peaceful (LAT)
…Black Lives Matter Protest At Mayor’s House In Hancock Park (LAist)
…Protests Intentionally Stay Out Of South L.A. (LAT)
…UCLA Protests Use Of Jackie Robinson Stadium For Processing Detainees (LAT) - Curfews An Agressive Strategy That Brings Police Misconduct (LAist)
- Police Hostility Against Protestors (Reddit, @likeasifpatrick, @balleralert)
- What L.A. Could Do With Its $1.8B Police Budget (Curbed)
- More On Metro Stranding Riders While Transporting Police Detainees (LAist)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Recap of Day 6 of Protests Against Police Brutality (LAist, LAT)
…LAT Interviews Protestors - LAPD Chief Moore Equates Looters With Police Who Murdered George Floyd (LAT)
…Moore Then Somewhat Walks Back Claim (LAist, Daily News) - L.A. Podcast Reviews the Tumuluous Past Week
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Black Lives Matter/George Floyd/LAPD Protests Take Over L.A. Streets (LAist)
…Saturday Protest and Looting In Melrose (LAT)
…Sunday Protest and Looting Long Beach (LAT)
…Sunday Protest and Looting In Santa Monica (LAT)
…L.A. Calls In National Guard (LAT) - Black Lives Matter Explains Choice Of Higher-Income Areas (LAist)
- SBLA Editor Sahra Sulaiman Tweets Ground-Truth Garcetti Speech Sunday
- Several Cars Vs. Protestors Incidents, Including Police Cars (Reddit, mcas_LA, Daily News)
- Metro Shuts Down Service Stranding Riders Saturday (LAT)
…While Metro Buses Serves as Arrested Protestor Paddy Wagons (LAist Twitter) - More On Metro Budget and Ridership Woes Under COVID-19 (LAist)
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Rush Hour Transit Demand Craters Due to COVID-19 — But Midday Demand Doesn’t
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COVID-19 has understandably caused steep declines in public transit demand, but the pattern of that fall is important.
Congestion Pricing Can Be Built For Equity
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City leaders can bust myths about congestion pricing in the public consciousness — and implement road pricing that makes entire transportation networks more equitable, rather than less, a new study reveals.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Black Lives Matters Protests Continue In DTLA (LAT)
…L.A. Protestors Against Floyd Killing and Garcetti’s Pro-LAPD Budget (LAist) - CA COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 4,000 (LAT)
…As National Toll Reaches 100,000 (LAT) - State Legislators Concerned That Corporate Landlords Will Gobble Homes During Recession (LAist)
- L.A. City Announces Rent Relief Program (Curbed)
- L.A. Podcast Instagram Explains Latest Council Corruption Developents
…Garcetti, Martinez Call For Councilmember Huizar to Resign (LAT) - L.A. Bike Shops Experiencing Sales Boom (Biking in L.A.)
- Thousand Oaks Transit Faces Existential Crisis (TO Acorn)
- Metro Releases Draft Long Range Transportation Plan For 45-Day Review (The Source)
- Construction Underway At Massive LAX Car Rental Facility (Urbanize)
- Federal Judges Push Back on Trump Fossil Fuel Agenda (LAT)
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Metro Approves Three-Month Continuing Budget Amid COVID-19 Downturn and CARES Stimulus
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Even with $1 billion L.A. County federal CARES Act stimulus coming, Metro sees cash flow issues, cost-cutting, and delays to projects not already under construction
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- COVID-19 Worse In Poor Communities (LAT)
- Black Lives Matter Protestors Block DTLA Freeway Over Police Killing George Floyd (LAT)
…CHP Drives Cars Into Crowd (NBC) - Beverly Hills Wilshire Closure Decking To Be Complete Early June (The Source)
- Mid-City West Slow Street Catches On Quckly (Beverly Press)
- Slow Streets Coming To Unincorporated County Areas (Urbanize)
- Whittier Temporarily Closing Greenleaf Avenue For Expanding Dining, Shops Into Street (Greenleaf Guardian)
- Pasadena Over-Engineered Rose Bowl Loop Re-Opening (Pasadena Star News)
- The Source Previews Today’s Metro Board Meeting
- 7-Story Mixed-Use Apartments Planned at Vermont/Expo (Urbanize)
- Former Huizar Staffer Esparza Pleads Guilty In City Hall Corruption Scandal (NBC, LAT)
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