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SGV Connect 115: Connie Tamkin and the SGV Community Land Trust
This pod covers a lot of information about various land trust models and their place in advocating for and providing housing options in a supply-restricted market, so it's a great primer for someone not well-versed in this issue!
July 25, 2023
Missing Metro Regional Connector First/Last Mile Facilities Worse Than Reported Earlier
Metro and LADOT quietly omitted and downgraded extensive bike and walk improvements approved and funded for Little Tokyo - in addition to omissions at Grand and Broadway stations
July 21, 2023
SGV Connect 114: Allison Henry and the SGV Tenants Council
New podcast features Allison Henry, a San Gabriel Valley housing justice organizer with L.A. Forward and co-founder of the San Gabriel Valley Tenants Alliance
July 19, 2023
Baldwin Park Pilots Roundabout on City’s North Side
The temporary roundabout is located on Maine Avenue, the location of several other mobility and livability projects
July 19, 2023
High-Speed Rail Update: Another Piece Completed
There are more than thirty active construction sites on the HSR project in the Central Valley, including bridges, viaducts, and undercrossings, and close to that number of jobs have been completed.
July 18, 2023
‘Freeway Exit’ Podcast Tells San Diego’s Freeway Histories of Growth, Displacement, and Division
Learn the forgotten history of our urban freeway network, and how decades after that network was finished, some communities are still working to heal the wounds that freeways left behind.
July 13, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s New Higuera Street Bridge
Culver's Higuera Street Bridge replacement project widened the bridge including widened sidewalks, plus added a new access ramp to the Ballona Creek path below, new protected bike lanes, and a new mid-bridge belvedere
July 11, 2023
Mt. SAC Transit Center has Lift Off
Mt. San Antonio College’s new transit center is now open to students - it's located off Temple Avenue, just east of Mt. SAC’s swimming pools
July 10, 2023
Santa Monica’s New 17th Street Curb-Protected Bike Lanes are Amazing
Nearly completed, Santa Monica's excellent 17th Street bike/ped improvements include Southern California's first European-type curb-protected intersections
July 6, 2023
New El Monte Bike Lanes Connect to Transit Station and More
El Monte's heavily traveled alternates to Valley Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue have been re-striped with cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers all in mind
July 5, 2023
