Damien Newton

Street Vendors Adjusting to Life During Covid (LAT) Metro Provides Update on “605 Corridor” Freeway Widening Project (The Source) LA County Sets New Record for New COVID Cases (Daily News) Editorial : We Need a National Face Mask Mandate (LAT) LA (and CA) Transportation Systems Prioritize Private Vehicles. That Must Change (The Source) California Transit … Continued

Whittier's upcoming new homeless navigation center will provide 139 beds for people experiencing homelessness as well as access to resources to help them transition to more permanent housing

Karen Bass, Foothill Gold Line, Metro COVID Recovery Task Force, LACBC BikesMeansBusiness and more

National headlines at Streetsblog USA. State headlines at Streetsblog California.

The Project Roomkey program temporarily houses unhoused individuals in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 crisis

Late last night, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results from this January's homeless count in Los Angeles County. As expected, the numbers were bad: more Angelenos fell into homelessness than the county can place in temporary, bridge or permanent housing. Homelessness in Los Angeles County rose by 12.7% compared to the 2019 count to a total of 66,433 people. The count, taken in January by volunteers, does not take into account any changes since the sheltering orders and economic recession caused by COVID-19.

Don't fall for it. Don't blame the protestors. Don't blame Black Lives Matter.

Garcetti offers platitudes and magical thinking as protestors scream to defund the police

Mayor Tornek: "if the social distancing doesn’t work, then we’re going to be back to ground zero on this.”

San Bernardino is planning a new Bus Rapid Transit line extending from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga - and SGV Connect is expanding