Damien Newton

The New Year is started and that means "The Week in Livable Streets Events" is back. While we do our best to make this comprehensive, there's always something we're missing. Don't be offended, just let us know! There's some fun events on the calendar for this weekend and a potentially big meeting in Boyle Heights.

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/745207342241364/?ref=56&unit_ref=suggested_events

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/713470665408072/

Development Agreements are one of the most powerful entitlement processes, providing more flexibility and more certainty to the applicant, the City and the public about a proposed development project. Development Agreements offer a wider array of potential on and off site amenities, infrastructure improvements, and community benefits than traditional use permits or other entitlements, and provide cohesive and enforceable details about timing and responsible parties for all aspects of the development once enacted, even after the Certificate of Occupancy is issued.

National Streetsie Results at Streetsblog USA

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STREETSIE UPDATE: John Jones and Joe Buscaino holding slim leads...a South Bay Sweep?

“The first [bike] ride I took Leah on was the Black-Brown Unity ride two years ago,” says Maryann Aguirre, member of the Ovarian Psyco-Cycles Bicycle Brigade, a cycling group comprised of women of color based in Boyle Heights, “and I was f*cking dying!”

Last night, the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition met to approve the appointment of their new executive director. This morning, via email, they introduced the bicycling community to their new leader, Tamika Butler.