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Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
“Wait, did they just deport the vendor?”
September 26, 2018
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Statewide Moves Through Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
Here in Los Angeles, the work of the L.A. Street Vendor Campaign has been key to bringing these issues to light and helping give vendors the confidence to come out of the shadows.
August 22, 2018
Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning
"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."
August 14, 2018
Proposed Ordinance Treats Street Vendors as Streetscape Amenities Rather than Community Assets
The gentleman who sets up on the residential corner two blocks from my apartment is a neighborhood fixture. Under the proposed sidewalk vending ordinance making its way through city council, his fruit stand would be illegal.
July 25, 2018
You Can’t Plan Mexican Hot Chocolate: How Monique López Deploys a Justice Lens in Her Engagement of Street Vendors
Monique felt it was imperative to begin, as she always did, with the basics: How does this ecosystem work and what does it need to thrive?
June 27, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Sixth Street Bridge Construction Underway
Construction is proceeding on L.A.'s $482 million Sixth Street Viaduct, anticipated to open in 2019
May 31, 2018
When an Accidental Planner Brings Intentionality to Her Work: A Conversation with Monique López of Pueblo Planning
“Once you change the city planning process," says Monique López, founder of the participatory planning and design firm Pueblo Planning, "you're going to change the city in a manner that's more equitable, that's more sustainable, that's more human, and that's more just."
May 25, 2018
Ground Breaks on Improvements for Streets Around Breed, Sheridan Schools
Given that approximately 80 percent of all students live within a quarter-mile of both schools and two-thirds of all students walk or bike to class, the improvements are welcome.
May 23, 2018
S.B. 827 News: Rules Cmte Affirms Need to Address Housing Crisis; Says No to Sacramento’s Approach
While curbing the power of the I-got-mine-so-go-away-peasant crowd to veto growth is indeed a most urgent imperative, the fact that the zoning changes are tied to transit lines means that, here in Los Angeles, it is disproportionately lower-income communities of color that will be affected by the bill.
March 23, 2018
“Burn the Witch!”: Public Enthusiasm for Dragging Rude Youth from Trains Highlights Gap in Metro’s Equity Platform
People had been so caught up in detailing the crimes against humanity her “poopy feet” had wrought that there was very little space for reflection on the larger implications of what it was that people were cheering.
March 8, 2018
