Damien Newton
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One Last Thank You to Our Streetsie Winners and Sponsors for This Year’s Awards!
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Last night, a group of two dozen activists, civil servants and elected leaders gathered on zoom to celebrate the 2020 Streetsie Award Winners for Streetsblog Los Angeles.
Streetsies 2020: Big Thanks to Sheila Kuehl for the AMA and SBLA Dinner Party is Tomorrow Night
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Sign up for tomorrow's Streetsie Awards! Made possible by The David Bohnett Foundation, Climate Resolve, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, Pocrass & De Los Reyes LLP, StreetsLA, and Santa Monica SPOKE!
Streetsies 2020: Thanks for Games Night, and See You Saturday!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for our first Streetsie Week event and our first Games Night.
Kensington Campus Opens in Lancaster Providing Temporary Housing, Permanent Housing, and Jobs for Antelope Valley’s Homeless
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"It was built to be as inviting as possible. We wanted to treat people like people." says Mayor Parris.
Announcing Three October Events to Celebrate Our Streetsie Winners
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Let's celebrate some Livable Streets Heroes at this year's Streetsie events.
SGV Connect 72: Ballot Endorsements and a New Park Coming to the Playhouse Village
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Featuring Brian Wallace of the Playhouse Village Association and Joe Linton, Editor of Streetsblog L.A.
SGV Connect 71: An Update on Metro’s SGV Projects and How to Stay Safe from Bad Air
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Damien talks with Philip Fine of the South Coast Air Quality Management District while Kris speaks with Metro's Androush Danielians and Errol Taylor
Join Us This October for a Series Celebrating Our Streetsie Winners
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Congratulations to Sheila Kuehl, Meghan Sahli-Wells, Tafarai Bayne, Climate Resolve, Jim Pocrass, and Joshua Cohen
SGV Connect 70: Pasadena’s Parking and El Monte’s Parkway Drive
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This week, SGV Connect looks at studies that examine how Pasadena is reimagining parking and how El Monte is shaping upgrades to Parkway Drive. Pasadena has recently launched a study of parking throughout the city. The study, which will wrap up in early 2021, is looking to create a multi-leveled policy that will address the […]
SGV Connect 69: Stormwater Planning in East L.A. and a Look at the Transit Picture Across the Country
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Kris interviews Paul Alva about East L.A. Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project. Damien talks to Streetsblog USA editor Kea Wilson about the state of transit during the ongoing pandemic.
As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
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When much of the establishment was praising a flawed Long Range Plan for San Diego, Harris joined local enviros to take SANDAG to court
Re-Imagine L.A. County Coalition Forms to Push for Amendment that Would Shift County Budgets forever
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Re-Imagine L.A. is pressing for a November ballot measure to dedicate 10% of the unrestricted county budget towards "community investment and alternatives to incarceration."