Mitch O’Farrell
Streetsblog LA
Drivers Dismantle Modest Plastic-Bollard Vision Zero Improvements at Silver Lake and Temple
If L.A. is to move toward Vision Zero, the least the city can do is maintain the safety improvements already installed
January 25, 2023
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
Healthy Streets L.A. is Qualified for the Ballot. What Happens Next?
Healthy Streets L.A. paving-mandated implementation would be slow and ineffective - but it's a lot faster than seven years of heel dragging!
August 10, 2022
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground above Santa Monica/Vermont Metro Station
Little Tokyo Service Center's Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments will be 187-units, 100 percent affordable, with half low-income units and half permanent supportive housing for unhoused Angelenos - plus ground floor retail
May 4, 2022
L.A. City Hosts Invitation-Only Grand Opening of New Elysian Valley Bike/Ped Bridge
In the works since 1992, the city of L.A. finally opened its new Elysian Valley Taylor Yard bike/ped bridge. Streetsblog was almost there at the opening.
March 14, 2022
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
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lane on Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A.
The new southbound Grand Avenue bus lane extends just over one mile - from Hope Place to Pico Boulevard. It forms a couplet with a northbound bus lane on Olive Street.
November 29, 2021
As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine
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 policies that could have far-reaching negative consequences... for landlords.
March 27, 2020
New “LeaseUp” Initiative Partners to Lease Housing to Curb Homelessness
The new Measure H funded "LeaseUp" program partners landlords and non-profits to get homeless people into available existing housing units.
November 30, 2018
Eyes on the Street: New Scramble Diagonal Crosswalk at Hollywood and Vine
The new Hollywood/Vine scramble crosswalk debuted last week - a welcome pedestrian safety intervention in a highly walked neighborhood.
July 20, 2018
