Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mark Ridley-Thomas

Crenshaw/Green operations alternatives. Chart via Metro staff presentation

Metro Approves Crenshaw/Green Line Operations Plan Pushed by Hahn, South Bay

By Joe Linton | Dec 6, 2018 | 4 Comments

Farther-flung suburban interests won the day, to the detriment of core urban riders

Screenshot of LeaseUp website, described as "Zillow for affordable supportive housing"

New “LeaseUp” Initiative Partners to Lease Housing to Curb Homelessness

By Joe Linton | Nov 30, 2018

The new Measure H funded "LeaseUp" program partners landlords and non-profits to get homeless people into available existing housing units.

The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

As Metro’s Transportation School at Vermont/Manchester Moves Forward, a Community Reckons with the Past, Wrestles with the Form Change Should Take

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 16, 2018 | 1 Comment

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

Juan Carlos Mercado and Miguel Sanchez stand in a vacant lot at Manchester and Vermont. The former swap meet site saw a groundbreaking three years ago but the mall project, planned by developer Eli Sasson, never materialized. And the buildings behind the youth - occupied by homeless folks from the area - burned down in February. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

County Wins Control of Vermont/Manchester Lots in Superior Court Ruling

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 26, 2018 | 13 Comments

Thursday's ruling approving the County's bid to acquire the lots from developer Eli Sasson via eminent domain effectively closes the book on the 26 years the community has been held hostage to blight.

A rendering of the affordable housing, boarding school, and transit plaza planned for Vermont/Manchester. Source: Mark Ridley-Thomas

New Renderings for Housing, School, Transit Plaza Planned for Vermont/Manchester Posted Ahead of Saturday Forum

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2018 | 5 Comments

The office of County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has released renderings of the project planned for the lots at Vermont/Manchester ahead of Congresswoman Maxine Waters' community forum this Saturday.

Metro Board Passes Ridley-Thomas Motions: Loan Fund, College Student Pass

By Joe Linton | Sep 24, 2015

At this morning’s Metro Board of Directors meeting, County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas shepherded the passage of two worthwhile motions that advance local livability. The motions are detailed below: Community College Student Passes The board unanimously approved a Ridley-Thomas motion that directs Metro’s CEO to report back in 60 days regarding current college […]

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