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City Planning's Mobility Plan progress report

Astonishing City Planning Department Mobility Plan Status Report Ignores Mobility Plan

By Joe Linton | Apr 13, 2023 | No Comments

The progress report is actually difficult to report on because there is so little substance to it - but it is clear that the city is in no hurry to implement its own multimodal Mobility Plan.

Few things unite Angelenos like attacks on beloved transit booster Kenny Uong. The use of his image by the L.A. Police Protective League suggesting he was being menaced by a Black man set off a social media firestorm over the weekend. WeHo Councilmember Chelsea Byers' tweet was one of many expressing anger and concern about the police union's scarepost.

Police Protective League Deletes, Reposts, Apologizes for, then Deletes Apology for Racist Scaremongering Tweet about Crime on Metro

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 28, 2023 | No Comments

The tweet also falsely claimed Metro had defunded LAPD. But no apology was made for that.

L.A. spot widening via Google Street View

L.A. City Council Planning Committee Approves Motion to End Road Widening

By Joe Linton | Feb 21, 2023 | No Comments

The motion goes next to the full city council, and after that approval, city departments would report back within 60 days with recommendations on how the city can eliminate spot widenings

L.A. Public Works Committee Approves Motion to End Automatic Road Widening

By Joe Linton | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

The Raman-Bonin-Blumenfield motion would "eliminate spot road widenings" instead prioritizing the "pedestrian experience" and "pedestrian safety and visibility" by minimizing crossing distance at intersections

On October 12, protesters shouting "No resignation, no meeting!" ended up putting a halt to council proceedings that morning. Council president Nury Martinez resigned that afternoon, but councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo continue to resist calls for their resignations. Screengrab from council broadcast.

The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments

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.

Clockwise from top left, former council president Nury Martinez, councilmember Gil Cedillo, councilmember Kevin de León, and L.A. Labor Federation president Ron Herrera (bottom left).

Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera Must Resign

By Streetsblog | Oct 10, 2022 | No Comments

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

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