Metro Sides with Police, Against Riders – Shuts Down System, Shuttles Arrestees
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By suspending service and shuttling arrestees, Metro leadership sided with the police, against the needs of its largely Black and brown ridership
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eric Garcetti
Garcetti’s LAPD Protest Statements Wildly Miss the Mark
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Garcetti offers platitudes and magical thinking as protestors scream to defund the police
Advocates Call For Quick-Build Walk-Bike Streets During COVID-19
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Though cities all over are stepping up to make safe walk-bike streets under COVID-19, L.A. City has clearly not made it a priority
![Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-10.51.24-AM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine
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While arguing to limit the grace period tenants would have to pay back any missed rent to six months during the marathon city council session last Tuesday, March 17, Second District councilmember Paul Krekorian beseeched his colleagues to consider the Hippocratic Oath – the pledge physicians make to do no harm – and not enact […]
Climate Directive Update: Jefferson Loses Bike Lanes, Connection to Expo Bike Path
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Eight days into a “Decade of Action” on climate change, the state of Los Angeles’ bike infrastructure is actually worse than it was last week
Garcetti Earns Headlines for Climate Directive, But He’s Running Out of Time to Lead
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“The science could not be clearer and the stakes could not be higher.... There is literally no time to waste."