Communities

L.A. City Council Homelessness Committee gave the go-ahead for a 115-bed bridge housing facility in the DTLA Fashion District.

There's a weapon that’s far more effective at keeping the poor and huddled masses off our lawns: exclusionary zoning

Destination Crenshaw turns "insult into opportunity” to reclaim space for the celebration of Black life, culture, and contributions via a 1.3-mile-long open-air "People's Museum"

Metro is hosting input meetings for the conceptual design for the L.A. River path through central L.A. The $365 million 8-mile project is expected to open circa 2025.

This week, API Forward Movement Program Director Scott Chan returns to SGV Connect for a conversation about the Alhambra Community Plan. Kris Fortin talks with Chan about how the plan initially had lacked sufficient outreach, and how the bike plan that's included was more sharrows, without much else. Chan mentions that city staff will present again at next Monday's Planning Commission meeting to give a response to the commissioners' comments. (Note: According to the city of Alhambra website, it appears that next Monday's meeting was canceled, so it may be pushed back to the next commission meeting on Monday February 19.)

Metro's "New Blue" rehabilitation has temporarily closed the lower end of the Blue Line. Replacement buses are making the Long Beach to L.A. an exhaustingly long trek.

The latest podcast features Dorothy Wong on ways to get involved and Joe Linton on the Foothill Gold Line's next phase.

A portion of the Northeast L.A. Arroyo Seco in-channel walk/bike path was damaged. The facility remains passable.

The next phase of Foothill Gold Line construction will get underway this year - it could go to Pomona or La Verne - depending on funding and politics