Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Parks

The LADWP-owned vacant lot at Figueroa and Slauson is slated to become a park. Join the Department of Recreation and Parks and the office of Councilmember Curren Price this Saturday to provide input on the amenities you would like to see there.

Saturday: Help Plan Senator Bill Greene Memorial Park at Figueroa and Slauson

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

The lot at 5800 S. Figueroa has sat vacant since 1959

The city's Riverside Drive Bridge project renderings show bike lanes, but the finished version omitted the lanes, substituting sharrows instead. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Another L.A. City Bridge Project Approved Bike Lanes but Omitted Them: Riverside/Zoo Bridge

By Joe Linton | May 10, 2021 | No Comments

Honey, we forgot the bike lanes

Protected bike lanes coming to the North Spring Street Viaduct soon. Rendering via L.A. City Bureau of Engineering

Delayed Bike Lanes Coming Soon to Widened North Spring Street Bridge

By Joe Linton | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

The delayed Spring and Wilhardt bike lanes are expected to soon connect to L.A. State Historic Park, Chinatown Station, and the L.A. River bike/walk path

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."

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León - via de León

Some Actionable Transportation Ideas for City Councilmember Kevin de León

By Joe Linton | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments

Here are some ways de León can "prioritize bikes, pedestrians, electric buses" - from dedicated bus lanes to protected bikeways to freeway removal

Twenty-five-year old Fred Williams III was killed in Willowbrook by Los Angeles County Sheriffs on October 16. A medical examiner's inquest into his death was held January 28, 2021. Photo source: family gofundme.

LASD Won’t Name Deputies Involved in Killing of Fred Williams III at Otherwise Uninformative Inquest

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments

LASD once again proves unwilling to cooperate in an inquest into a questionable shooting by a deputy.

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