Open Thread: Expo Phase Two Grand Opening
The day Los Angeles transit enthusiasts have been waiting for finally arrived this morning when the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opened, bringing passenger rail back to the westside of L.A. County for the first time since 1953.
May 20, 2016
Santa Monica Really Wants to Make It Easy for You to Go Multimodal
Santa Monica is an embarrassment of riches in many ways. That is especially true when it comes to alternatives to driving everywhere.
May 19, 2016
Touring the Soon-To-Open Metro Expo Line Phase 2
The countdown has begun for the opening of Expo Phase 2 with just over a week left before the 6.6 mile extension of the Expo line opens to the public.
May 11, 2016
Santa Monica’s First Open Streets Festival Set for June 5
(There are six more open streets festivals coming up April through June 2016. See this earlier CicLAvia article for listings for Lawndale, Southeast Cities, Downey, and two San Gabriel Valley events!)
March 22, 2016
No-Growth Initiative Opponents, Proponents Square-off at Westside Urban Forum
The so-called Coalition to Preserve L.A. announced earlier this week that they will push their no-growth ballot initiative back to L.A.’s March 2017 municipal election.
March 18, 2016
Santa Monica Assemblymember Bloom Takes Aim at CA Housing Shortage
California State Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) has set his sights on tackling the dire shortage of homes—and the resulting affordability crisis—currently facing the state.
March 17, 2016
Expo Line Phase 2 Opening Announced for May 20
Passengers will be able to ride a train to Santa Monica for the first time in more than half a century starting on Friday May 20, Metro officials announced today.
February 25, 2016
New ‘Build Better LA’ Ballot Initiative Would Require Affordable Housing and Local Hiring
A coalition spearheaded by the L.A. County Federation of Labor, announced Thursday that it has filed language for a ballot initiative that supporters say will increase affordable housing and jobs in the city of Los Angeles.
February 19, 2016
Want to Slow Displacement? Then Build More Housing, Says Legislative Analyst’s Office
What will it take to make sure there’s a future for lower- and middle-income people in California? Anyone who has tried to look for a place to live recently knows that question is much more than an abstract policy discussion.
February 10, 2016
More Housing — Especially the Affordable Kind — Is Exactly What the Westside Needs
L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin has begun championing the redevelopment of an obsolete Metro bus yard in his district into something that the westside of L.A. County is desperately short of: affordable housing.
February 8, 2016