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Pasadena could use Metro funds to remove/relocate freeway on/off-ramps in the relinquished North 710 Freeway stub. Photo via city of Pasadena

Pasadena Proposes 19 Street Improvement Projects for Remaining Metro 710 Funding

By Chris Greenspon | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

About half of the Crown City’s proposed projects make good on the Metro Board’s mandate for multimodal. That is, if they survive the selection and scoping process.

Metro's Grand Avenue/Bunker Hill Station under construction in April 2022. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro and L.A. Keep Widening Streets At Transit Stations: Regional Connector Grand Avenue Edition

By Joe Linton | Sep 9, 2022 | No Comments

Metro's Regional Connector subway project is

Healthy Streets L.A. is Qualified for the Ballot. What Happens Next?

By Joe Linton | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Healthy Streets L.A. paving-mandated implementation would be slow and ineffective - but it's a lot faster than seven years of heel dragging!

A new motion could help spread 100 percent affordable housing projects throughout the city of Los Angeles. Rendering of East L.A. Community Corp all affordable development planned in Boyle Heights.

Council Approves Raman/Harris-Dawson Motion to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas

By Joe Linton | Oct 28, 2021 | No Comments

The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.

Community meeting that Central City United collectively held to engage with our community members about the plan - photo via Central City United

Planning for Equity: Putting the Community in the Downtown Community Plan

By Manuel Pastor and Sissy Trinh | Jun 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of City Planning has the chance to live up to its statements on equity by prioritizing meaningful engagement in planning with communities, and creating programs and policies that will ensure outcomes that are fair, sustainable, and community-supported.

The new DTLA 2040 plan expands where housing can be built. Map via City Planning

Latest Draft Downtown L.A. Community Plan Released for Input

By Joe Linton | Aug 7, 2020 | No Comments

DTLA 2040 incentivizes affordable housing, eliminates parking requirements, favors walk/bike/transit, and strengthens adaptive re-use

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