Skip to Content
Streetsblog Los Angeles home
Log In
Jack Weiss

Edit My Questionnaire for the City Attorney Candidates

2:40 PM PDT on April 2, 2009

4_2_09_trutanich.jpg4_2_09_weiss.jpgPhoto: Los Angeles Times

I've been promising for awhile to write out questionnaires for the remaining candidates for City Attorney.  Here are a couple of questions I would like to put to paper, but since the whole point of blogs is "two-way communication" how about all of you play editor and review my questions and add your own in the comments section.  Next week, I'll compile everyone's comments into a document and send it both Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich.  When I hear back from them, you'll be the first to know.

There has been an uptick of violent collisions where drivers are failing to see pedestrians in crosswalks resulting in a crash. What role do you see the city attorney taking in the efforts to keep our streets safe for all users?

When a motorist kills a pedestrian and the motorist is found not to have any drugs or alcohol in their system it seems as though the police have their hands tied on what they can do. How would you empower police to better investigate when a pedestrian is killed by an unsafe driver?

There’s been a lot of discussion of cyclists as a key part of reforming transportation. Conversely, I hear from drivers all of the time that cyclists don’t follow traffic laws and are generally a nuisance. What, if anything, do you hear about cyclists and how would that affect the way you perceive traffic justice?

Many times when a cyclist is struck by a car, there is little to no effort to charge the driver with any sort of crime unless there is something spectacular about the crash such as last summer’s crash in Mandeville Canyon. Why do you think this is, and what can be changed about it?

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Input Meetings Starting This Weekend for Ballona Creek “Finish the Creek” Extension Study

Learn more and give your ideas for extending the Ballona Creek bike/walk path upstream through Culver City and into Mid-City Los Angeles

September 21, 2023

Guest Opinion: Metro Should Treat Walk and Bike Projects with the Respect They Deserve

Prioritizing true first mile/last mile infrastructure isn’t somehow optional; it’s how your customers get to and from the transit stations.

September 21, 2023

Eyes on the Street: Slow Streets in South Pasadena

The city has a sampler platter of quick-build temporary traffic calming installations to experience for the rest of the year

September 20, 2023
See all posts