Jose Huizar
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Huizar Opens New Main Street Protected Bike Lanes
Downtown L.A.'s Main Street has a new bike lane designed to improve safety and prevent conflict between cyclists and transit
November 26, 2019
L.A. City Council Committee Approves Fashion District Bridge Housing
L.A. City Council Homelessness Committee gave the go-ahead for a 115-bed bridge housing facility in the DTLA Fashion District.
February 20, 2019
Huizar Cuts Ribbon On Spring Street’s New Protected Bike Lane
On Thursday, L.A. City Councilmember José Huizar hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate Downtown L.A.'s newly protected bike lane. As SBLA's earlier photo piece showed, the existing southbound buffered bike lane on Spring has been widened, protected, and moved to the left side of the street.
October 11, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Spring Street Bike Lane Upgraded to Parking-Protected
Spring Street has a widened bike lane, newly parking-protected and moved to the left side of the one-way street, to avoid conflict with transit buses.
October 5, 2018
Huizar Cuts Ribbon on El Sereno’s Alhambra Avenue Safety Improvements
Just over a week ago, El Sereno leaders joined L.A. City Councilmember José Huizar and city staff to cut the ceremonial ribbon on the Alhambra Avenue Safety Improvements project.
August 13, 2018
Huizar Breaks Ground on El Sereno Alhambra Avenue Improvements
Last Saturday, Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar joined neighborhood leaders and city staff in breaking ground on safety improvements for Alhambra Avenue in El Sereno. The improvements will take a dangerous stretch of Alhambra Avenue and make it safer for walking and bicycling.
January 16, 2018
Proposed Rule Meant to Curb Stink from Animal Rendering Plants
"We have to ask ourselves, 'If this was any in other community being impacted like this...would they have been allowed to continue [to emit] these odors [that are] going out and affecting the community?'"
October 24, 2017
L.A. Council Planning Committee Again OKs Affordable Housing Linkage Fee
The city's proposed Affrordable Housing Linkage Fee passed another hurdle in its slow journey toward approval
October 11, 2017
Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Los Angeles Street
Downtown L.A. now has protected bike lanes! Woooot! Wooooot!
June 17, 2016
Councilmember Jose Huizar Promotes a More Bikeable Downtown L.A.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar is excited about the future of bicycling in downtown Los Angeles. At a press event yesterday, Huizar took a test spin on one of Metro's bike-share bikes. SBLA Streetsie-winner Huizar sees bike-share as one key feature of "a snowball effect" virtuous cycle for central Los Angeles: more bikes on the street will trigger more safety-in-numbers, which will prompt more city investment in bikeways, which will lead to even more bicycling.
April 21, 2016