Mike Bonin
Streetsblog LA
Venice and Hollywood Piloting Expanded Unarmed Response to Non-Emergency Incidents Involving Unhoused Angelenos
In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal
January 19, 2022
Three Recalls Rejected on the Westside
It's common to have a high rate of rejected signatures when the person collecting them is paid per signature gathered, regardless of whether the signatures are ultimately found to be valid
January 19, 2022
Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021
COVID, new Metro leadership, resistance to freeway widening, new bus lanes, unsuccessful recall campaigns, and police accountability
December 29, 2021
Metro Approves Transit Policing Contract Extension, While Setting Up Some Shift to Alternatives
The one year contract extension combines with other Metro approvals to queue up a planned partial shift of resources away from armed law enforcement to a community safety approach
December 3, 2021
Sheriff Villanueva Is Opposing Metro’s Slow Moves Toward Transit Policing Reform
Metro transit policing will be on next week's board meeting, though the reform process will continue to be before the board in the coming year as Metro's five-year multi-agency policing contract comes up for renewal
November 23, 2021
Recall Bonin? Critics Submit Signatures That Could Force Recall Weeks Before Regular Election
The City Clerk estimates the recall election, if the signatures are verified, would occur in May. The date of the city's primary election, which includes Mike Bonin's re-election campaign, is June 7, 2022.
November 15, 2021
Wednesday Round-Up: 710 Widening Task Force, 110 Flyover Scoping, Speed Limits, and More
Metro 710 Freeway widening task force, Metro/Caltrans 110 Freeway flyover, Speed Limits, Slow Streets, and new bikeway on Airport Boulevard
November 10, 2021
Transportation Committee Approved Motions To Implement New CA Laws: Speed Limits, Bus Lane Cameras, Slow Streets
L.A. could very soon see: reduced speed limits, on-bus cameras automatically enforcing no-parking in bus lanes, and more Slow Streets being made permanent
November 2, 2021
Is Metro Committed To An Effective Clean Truck Program?
Metro established a task force to address 710 Freeway corridor investments, advocates question why the rush for a Clean Truck Program outside that established process?
October 25, 2021
New Bike Lanes Installed on Channel Road in Pacific Palisades
New Channel Road bike lanes extend about about 0.2-mile from Mesa Road to Short Street. The facility connects to the beach bike path via one block of new sharrows and an existing pedestrian undercrossing.
October 15, 2021
