Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Jose Huizar

Within the South Coast Air Basin, there are five rendering facilities: Baker
Commodities,
Farmer John/Smithfield Foods, D & D Disposal/West Coast Rendering, Coast
Packing, and Darling Ingredients. Source: AQMD

Proposed Rule Meant to Curb Stink from Animal Rendering Plants

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 24, 2017 | 1 Comment

"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?'"

L.A. City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson addressing an August 2017 Affordable Housing Linkage Fee rally. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Council Planning Committee Again OKs Affordable Housing Linkage Fee

By Joe Linton | Oct 11, 2017 | 7 Comments

The city's proposed Affrordable Housing Linkage Fee passed another hurdle in its slow journey toward approval

Downtown L.A. Celebrates New Protected Bike Lanes On Los Angeles Street

By Joe Linton | Jun 17, 2016 | 23 Comments

Downtown L.A. now has protected bike lanes! Woooot! Wooooot! Not just a block-long tunnel, but full-on grown-up Euro-style protected bike lanes. The newly opened half-mile-long Los Angeles Street protected bike lanes feature bicycle signals, floating bus stop islands, neon-green merge zones and two-phase left turn markings, not to mention freshly resurfaced pavement. All just in time […]

DTLA Pedestrians Get Expanded Head Start Signals

By Joe Linton | Mar 1, 2016 | 9 Comments

Downtown L.A. is getting a little safer for walking with some new traffic signals that give pedestrians a head start. Officially, these are called “Leading Pedestrian Intervals.” The concept is that when pedestrians get the walk signal a few seconds before drivers get a green light, they can walk into the intersection and be more visible, […]

Whittier Boulevard to See Up to $1 Million in Streetscape Improvements

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

Complaints about the condition of Whittier Boulevard are common among youth that regularly walk from the southern end of Boyle Heights to Roosevelt High School and back. And they’re only one of several groups of schoolkids that must cross and/or move along Whittier on a daily basis — a handful of schools and recreational centers […]

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