Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bill Rosendahl

Farewell to a Friend, Councilmember Rosendahl Who Declared “Era of L.A. Car Culture Has Come to an End”

By Damien Newton | Mar 30, 2016 | 2 Comments

Earlier today, we learned of the passing of former Westside L.A. City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl. While I personally have a great deal of respect and admiration for my friend Bill, I’m not writing another personal ode to a pal. I’m writing to remember one of the most important political figures that helped change the conversation […]

Major Blowback from City Council Members Over Leimert Park Funding Plan

By Damien Newton | Jun 12, 2013 | 7 Comments

A new Metro Board report released to the public on Monday details where Metro found the $120 million needed to build the Leimert Park Station for the Crenshaw Line, and many people aren’t happy. In fact, Los Angeles City Council Members Paul Koretz and Bill Rosendahl are so unhappy, they introduced a motion yesterday that […]

An Ode to Bill Rosendahl

By Damien Newton | Oct 11, 2012 | 2 Comments

I had to look up the date, but I’ll never forget the time I ran into City Council Member Bill Rosendahl on the evening of June 14. I ran into my Councilman in our usual place, the produce section of the Whole Foods on the corner of National and Barrington. The usually ebullient Rosendahl was […]

LA/2B Stops at City Hall on Way to Public Workshops This Weekend

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2012 | 1 Comment

This Saturday marks the first two of four of the introductory public meetings for the City of Los Angeles Mobility plan, set to be completed in 2014. Maybe they learned something from the disastrous early outreach meetings for the Bike Plan in 2008, because this time enthusiasm is higher for the plan. Much of that […]

For Bill Rosendahl, It Was Just Like Riding a Bicycle

By Damien Newton | Jul 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

(Video by Rob Adams. The whole project was made possible thanks to a generous grant from the David Bohnett Foundation.) I have to admit, when City Council Transportation Committee Chair Bill Rosendahl’s office first approached us about the Councilman taking a bike safety class, my first thought was “this will be hilarious.” Despite being a […]

City Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Harassment Ordinance

By Damien Newton | Jul 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

When Streetsblog first began publishing in Los Angeles, there would be Transportation Committee hearings where I was literally the only-person in the room that wasn’t either city staff or a lobbyist. The scene at City Hall couldn’t be more different these days as advocates for cyclists rights and infrastructure are a common site in the […]

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