Marqueece Harris-Dawson
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Measure HLA Endorsements Grow, No Organized Opposition as Voting Gets Underway
Measure HLA, the Healthy Streets L.A. initiative is endorsed by 6 of 15 L.A. City Councilmembers: Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, Raman, Soto-Martínez, and Yaroslavsky
February 9, 2024
L.A. City Council Approves Significant New Renter Protections
Tennant protections represent an important, though incomplete, victory for L.A. tenants and for the council's growing progressive cohort
January 20, 2023
How Do You Solve a Problem Like KDL?
KDL's latest defense for not resigning is that “millions of Americans go to work every single day with folks that they don't like.”
December 20, 2022
The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording
It had been just three days since KNOCK-LA and the L.A. Times published the racist recordings that emotionally ransacked the populace, and things were not going well at City Hall.
November 4, 2022
Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera Must Resign
Streetsblog joins with numerous organizations, elected officials, and individuals calling for the immediate resignations of all four of the participants on the call. It's time to resign, Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera
October 10, 2022
Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson; Officials Speak to Its Significance for Corridor
Construction was to have begun in 2018, but the community had been waiting for something to happen there for much longer than that.
July 12, 2022
CicLAvia South L.A. Opens Western Avenue – Open Thread
CicLAvia's first event along South L.A.'s Western Avenue featured mayoral hopeful Karen Bass, City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, and tens of thousands participants.
July 11, 2022
L.A. and CA Leaders Praise Federal Infrastructure Funding On the Way
The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, "BIL," is investing billions of dollars in transportation projects in L.A. and throughout California.
December 17, 2021
Council Approves Raman/Harris-Dawson Motion to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas
The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.
October 28, 2021
LADOT Annual Bikeway Mileage Installation Up in FY20-21, Buoyed By Resurfacing
It's the new L.A. City fiscal year, so time for Streetsblog L.A.'s annual look at the past year's bikeway implementation.
August 19, 2021
