Eyes on the Street: New Arches on the Sixth Street Bridge
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The 40 percent over budget Sixth Street Viaduct is now expected to open in 2022.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside
In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.
Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
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“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," says Jermaine Welch. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
Black and Brown Residents Speak to Urgency of Deep Systemic Transformation, Offer Insights Regarding Reinvestment
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"We’re done paying for an institution that produces racism, violence, and poverty," said Carlos Cázares. "We are done talking. It’s time to put money where the people are at."
How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
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Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
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Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked
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Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help