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Boyle Heights Community Plan Aims to Guard Against Displacement, Still Lacks Teeth
This Saturday, city planning will be hosting an open house at Boyle Heights City Hall offering residents updates on the Boyle Heights Community Plan.
October 27, 2017
Speculators Discover Westlake: Will the “Lake on Wilshire” Complete the Takeover of Central Los Angeles?
The 41-story “Lake on Wilshire” megaproject goes to the City Planning Commission tomorrow. If approved the project would spur gentrification in L.A.'s immigrant-rich Westlake neighborhood.
October 11, 2017
With California Lawmakers Back from Recess, Housing Crisis Is in the Crosshairs
It won’t be an easy task to get the votes necessary to pass some of bigger-ticket legislation, like S.B. 2 and S.B. 3.
August 22, 2017
Amigas Who Run Reclaim Streets for Women/Women-Identified Folks of Color in Boyle Heights and Beyond
Reasserting their presence in the streets via a massively well-attended event like Amigas Who Run is a way to reclaim - as people of color and as women - some control over how they and their community are defined and a voice in determining the future trajectory for both.
March 17, 2017
Measure S and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Status Quo
So here we are. Trapped in other people's debates. Unable to address the really urgent questions we should be addressing about how we are growing as a city. And forced to take a developer-friendly position just to maintain a deeply imperfect status quo.
February 21, 2017
The Women’s March, the “It’s Not Your Time” Doctrine, Urban Planning, and You
The divide between the communities I write about and the people who seek to plan or advocate on their behalf has never felt deeper.
January 26, 2017
Leimert Park Village Hosts Third Design Charrette Saturday
Launched in 2014, the 20/20 Vision Initiative was born out of the desire of area stakeholders to harness both the change and the opportunities expected to accompany the 2020 opening of the Crenshaw/LAX Line and the new Leimert Park station.
January 5, 2017
Equity 101: Bikes v. Bodies on Bikes
"Maybe you didn't catch that you jumped into a convo specifically about transportation/police issues?" snarked the self-described "police/community relations specialist" and bike advocate.
September 28, 2016
Justice-Oriented Mobility Advocates to “Untokenize” Active Transportation Movement at November Convening
He was so glad I had "talked about people of color committing violence against other people of color," the man gushed, shaking my hand.
September 20, 2016
Scoping Meeting to Explore Impacts of Update to Boyle Heights Community Plan to be Held Tuesday
Tuesday night, from 6 - 8:30 p.m., the Department of City Planning will be holding a Scoping Meeting to gather feedback from the community regarding the potential impacts the policies and goals contained within Boyle Heights Community Plan might have on the area's environment, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
September 12, 2016