Sahra Sulaiman

There is no way forward without a genuine reckoning with the costs that structures empowered to hold blackness at bay continue to exact from people of color.

The office of County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has released renderings of the project planned for the lots at Vermont/Manchester ahead of Congresswoman Maxine Waters' community forum this Saturday.

As he films the scene unfolding in front of him at the Westlake/MacArthur Park station, Metro passenger Brock Bryan calmly pleads with an LAPD officer to stop manhandling a young woman he dragged off the train for putting her foot up on the seat.

Many of those speaking up in favor of the project Wednesday touched on how important it was that Metro had shifted gears and listened to the community three years ago. But they also wanted Metro to understand the agency would have to deepen its relationship with the community for the project to be truly successful.

Wednesday, January 17, Metro's Planning and Programming Cmte votes on negotiation agreements with developers regarding proposals for affordable housing and retail at Mariachi Plaza and Cesar Chavez/Fickett.

Nominees for this year: South L.A. BHC Network/Future Fest, L.A. County Electric Bus Coalition, and UNIDAD Coalition/People's Plan

Voting will close on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at noon.

This Saturday, the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council will hold a town hall featuring a presentation from Metro on the mixed-use project proposed for the two lots at Exposition and Crenshaw.

Between May and September of this year, the lawsuit Public Counsel filed on behalf of the Labor/Community Strategy Center (LCSC) this past December 13 states, both Metro and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) failed to adequately respond (or respond at all) to multiple requests for public records regarding policing and fare enforcement practices, breakdowns of data on those arrested, cited, and engaged by law enforcement, and the agreements and communications between Metro and law enforcement agencies regarding law enforcement's role in policing transit. [The lawsuit can be found here: PDF]

Self Help Graphics to finally own its site, affordable housing approved for three sites, and funds allocated for improvements along key streets