This Week In Livable Streets

Culver City tactical mobility vote, ACT-LA workshops, and COVID-19 briefings.

• Monday 7/13 and Wednesday 7/15 – L.A. County Public Health’s former daily 1 p.m. COVID-19 briefings are now Mondays and Wednesdays. Watch at the County Channel, Channel 94 on most cable systems, or via the County of Los Angeles Facebook page, where broadcast briefings are archived.
• Daily – L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti hosts a daily COVID-19 briefing at 5:30 p.m. Watch archived at the mayor’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.
• Monday 7/13 – The Culver City Council will vote on a tactical dedicated busway and tactical mobility lanes on Washington Boulevard from Downtown Culver City to the Helms Bakery District. The pilot program would include a new open-air, low-emission trolley service. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. tonight. Details at meeting agenda (page 15, item A-3) and staff report. (h/t Kenny Uong)
• Starting Thursday 7/16 – The Alliance for Community Transit (ACT-LA) is holding an interactive teach-in series to build capacity and community learning on their transit justice campaign work. The three workshops will include ACT-LA’s vision for transit justice, Metro and its budget, how to engage in creating an inclusive budget process, and will provide campaign messaging and spokesperson 101 skills for transit leaders. Details at Eventbrite.
  10 a.m. to noon Thursday 7/16 Part 1: Transit Justice Vision
  10 a.m. to noon Thursday 7/23 Part 2: Budget Advocacy at Metro
  10 a.m. to noon Thursday 8/13 Part 3: Campaign Messaging and Spokespeople Skills

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