Kevin de León, Agent of Council Chaos, Quietly Exits Stage Left
Disgraced Councilmember Kevin de León finally bows out, two years after his racist scandal roiled the city. Newcomer Ysabel Jurado, who handily defeated him in November, takes the reins of Council District 14 today.
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Metro to Strengthen Station Fare Gates
Metro is installing taller stronger fare gates at ten existing station. New stations - starting with LAX - will also the feature them
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Metro Responds to Missing Downtown Connector Bikeways: Agency Followed Undefined Plans, Prioritized Getting Drivers to Freeway
Metro didn't follow its own designs or city-approved CEQA-approved street standards - instead implementing not clearly defined changes that added car capacity - and omitted bike and walk facilities
No City for Old Men: L.A. Police Commission finds lung-collapsing blow to chest of unarmed Black 60-year-old “in policy”
Although Officer Brian Kolke failed to voluntarily report the use of force and prolonged Earl Roots' agony for several hours, he only received a comment card on his personnel file
Metro’s Orwellian Take: Adding Miles of New Lanes to the 710 Freeway Is Not Expanding the Freeway
Metro claims "no [710 Freeway] expansion whatsoever" - and - at the same time Metro says they won't rule out demolishing homes
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CicLAvia in the West San Fernando Valley – Open Thread
Yesterday's CicLAvia took place on five miles of Sherman Way through the West San Fernando Valley communities of Canoga Park, Reseda, and Winnetka
Metro Approval Sets Stage for Construction of NoHo-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Line
$135M approved today will take the NoHo-Pasadena BRT project through the next two years. If this preconstruction phase goes as planned, the project will ramp up to full construction by 2027.
