Recent Streetsblog LA posts about equity

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."

County Supervisors Approve Reimagine L.A. Initiative – Second of Three Approvals

By Joe Linton | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Reimagine L.A. would partially defund county law enforcement, shifting funding to services and programs for underserved communities

The Reimagine L.A. initiative seeks to shift county funding away from policing and into community programs and services

County Supervisors Moving Forward with Re-Imagine L.A. and Other Key Justice Initiatives

By Joe Linton | Jul 23, 2020 | No Comments

Reimagine L.A. would shift funds from law enforcement into community programs. Also approved were establishing a county antiracist agenda, and extending an eviction moratorium and legal assistance to immigrants.

Re-Imagine L.A. County Coalition Forms to Push for Amendment that Would Shift County Budgets forever

By Damien Newton | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

Re-Imagine L.A. is pressing for a November ballot measure to dedicate 10% of the unrestricted county budget towards "community investment and alternatives to incarceration."

A low-res screengrab from a video posted to the Foos Gone Wild twitter account shows the moment a mugger jumps on the back of an elotera and puts her in a chokehold at 92nd and Figueroa.

Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help

Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]

As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge physicians make to do no harm – and not enact […]

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