The Week In...

This Week In Livable Streets

Metro board, County supervisors, and daily COVID-19 briefings.

By Joe Linton

1:12 PM PDT on May 26, 2020

Virtually attend Metro board, County supervisors, and daily COVID-19 briefings.

Monday/Wednesday/Friday – L.A. County Public Health’s former daily 1 p.m. COVID-19 briefings have shifted down to three days per week. Watch at the County Channel, Channel 94 on most cable systems, or via the County of Los Angeles Facebook page, where earlier broadcast briefings are archived.
Daily – L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti hosts a daily COVID-19 briefing at 5:30 p.m. Watch at the mayor’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.
Tuesday 5/26 – L.A. County Supervisors are voting on a motion that would create COVID-19 Slow Streets. For information, see supplemental agenda (item 39-E) and motion text. Update: motion approved.
Thursday 5/28 – The Metro board will convene its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. this Thursday. The agenda includes Crenshaw light rail cost overruns and grade separation, new bus lanes, COVID-19 operations updates, a motion for cutting fares post-COVID-19, and more. Details at Metro meeting webpage.

Did we miss anything? Is there something we should list on future calendars? Email joe [at] streetsblog.org.m

Joe Linton

The Week In...

Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

pretextual stops

City Atty Loses Bid to Criminalize Man Punched During Traffic Stop; Diversion Agreement Paves Way for Civil Proceedings Against City, LAPD to Resume

Lawyers for Alexander Mitchell believe the misdemeanor resisting charges, filed 11 months after Officer Joshua Sportiello socked Mitchell in the face, were retaliatory and intended to interfere with proceedings in the civil suit Mitchell filed against the City. That suit was stayed earlier this year, pending resolution of the criminal case.