Recent Streetsblog LA posts about gentrification

The defunct campus of Glenelder Elementary in Hacienda Heights, could be the future site of a luxury condo development. Credit: Chris Greenspon/Streetsblog

County Supervisors Toss Out Activist Appeal Against Hacienda Heights Condos, Solis Abstains

By Chris Greenspon | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

A coalition of concerned residents had a dozen arguments up their sleeves to stave off development in their neighborhood, but it wasn’t enough to get their way

Officer Frank Hernández rains blows down on Richard Castillo while his partner stands by with her taser ready in Boyle Heights on April 27. Image captured from LAPD body cam footage.

How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments

Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police

The late rapper Nipsey Hussle filmed a number of music videos in Dorset Village over the course of his career, including "Higher," by DJ Khaled.

Public Comment Period on Dorset Village Extended; Number of Proposed Affordable Units Dropped to 141

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

The original comment period straddled Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa before closing on December 27.

Kindness in action. In a new Metro etiquette PSA, "Super Kind" blasts "Rude Dude" in the face for listening to loud music.

Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 26, 2018 | 20 Comments

“Wait, did they just deport the vendor?”

The Paul R. Williams Apartments at 1010 E. Jefferson Blvd. in Historic South Central. Williams was the first African-American architect to receive the AIA Gold Medal (it was awarded posthumously in 2017; Williams died in 1980). Source: Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 21, 2018 | 2 Comments

Leasing applications are generally treated with more care than concert tickets that go to the first ten callers that happen to be listening in. Not this time.

Officer drags Bethany Nava off the train at Westlake/MacArthur Park for not removing her foot from the seat where it was propped up. [Image: still from video taken by Brock Bryan.]

“Burn the Witch!”: Public Enthusiasm for Dragging Rude Youth from Trains Highlights Gap in Metro’s Equity Platform

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 8, 2018 | 104 Comments

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.

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