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By Joe Linton

8:38 AM PDT on June 29, 2017

Downtown L.A. Streetcar Ready To Open 2021, If Funding Advances (KPCC)
L.A. Installs Rumble Strips Against Deadly Racing On SFV’s Plummer Street (Daily News)
Bonin Opinion: Street Design To Prevent Tragedy (Argonaut)
Residential Tower Planned Near Hollywood And Vine (Urbanize)
Proposed K-Town Park Small, Due To Nixing Of Street Closure (Urbanize)
City Council Renames Rodeo Road For Obama (LAist)
How Sepulveda Canyon Became the 405 Freeway (KCET)
Musk Tunnel Boring Company Finishes L.A. Tunnel (The Verge)
L.A. Makes Evictions A Bit More Difficult (LAT)
Why California Legislature Efforts Failed To Build Enough Housing (LAT)

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