Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Civil Rights

On October 12, protesters shouting "No resignation, no meeting!" ended up putting a halt to council proceedings that morning. Council president Nury Martinez resigned that afternoon, but councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo continue to resist calls for their resignations. Screengrab from council broadcast.

The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments

It had been just three days since KNOCK-LA and the L.A. Times published the racist recordings that emotionally ransacked the populace, and things were not going well at City Hall.

Mrs. Willa Bruce (left) with her daughter-in-law Meda (center) and her sister - near Bruce's Lodge in Manhattan Beach, ca 1920s . Photo via Living the California Dream by Alison Rose Jefferson, courtesy California African American Museum

L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 9, 2021 | No Comments

"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."

The one heavily damaged Metro bus on Beverly was an outlier - Photo via Reddit user kaykakis

May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal

By Joe Linton | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.

Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Campaign Pushes for Manhattan Beach to Honor Full Black History of Bruce’s Beach

By Joe Linton | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments

A new petition calls for Manhattan Beach to provide restitution to the Bruce family, whose land was seized by the city in the 1920s

New Legal Details Emerge on City Sidewalk Repair Settlement

By Joe Linton | Jan 12, 2016 | 10 Comments

New court filings today reveal more details about the settlement in Willits v. City of Los Angeles, a class action lawsuit over L.A.’s failure to make the public pedestrian right-of-way accessible to disabled people. Today’s documents concur with the basic outlines of the settlement revealed in April 2014: the city of Los Angeles will spend $1.4 […]

This is what stopping youth or men of color often looks like, regardless of the reason for the stop. Mikey, Jonathan, and George/Jorge were frisked for weapons on Ave. 50 and York Blvd. in Highland Park in 2013 while waiting for friends. Sahra Sulaiman/LA Streetsblog

Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 17, 2015 | 20 Comments

Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines. The 22-year-old African-American man had been riding his bike along Avalon Blvd. near 55th St. in South L.A. one night when a car pulled up alongside him and someone […]

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