Election 2024
Streetsblog LA
Primary Election Round Up for March 5, 2024
Streetsblog endorse Yes on Measure HLA - plus various Election Day tips: free transit, voter guides, and more!
March 4, 2024
Measure HLA Fact Check: Sidewalk Costs
The city says $200 million worth of annual ADA work is "included in the cost" of Measure HLA, but the city is already on the hook for that ADA work anyway, so none of it should be included as HLA costs
February 29, 2024
Two Thoughts on Measure HLA and How Hard Some City Leaders Are Fighting Against Safer Streets
Ballooning HLA cost estimates are hard to take seriously - for example, the CAO forecasts that unprotected bike lanes will cost $1.76 million dollars per mile
February 16, 2024
City Leaders Rally in Support of Measure HLA – the Healthy Streets Initiative
"Angelenos deserve to feel safe on our roads... it's important that we invest in the infrastructure that will foster safe streets for all - families, young people, our elders."
February 15, 2024
Firefighters Oppose L.A. City Safe Streets Initiative Measure HLA
"I hate to tell you," California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice said, "California and Los Angeles in particular, this is a car community. You may not like it, but it is."
February 15, 2024
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-MartÃnez, and Yaroslavsky
February 9, 2024
For Transit, Walk, and Bike, 2023 Still Has Unfinished Business
Stuff that didn't happen yet: Metro was going to install safe connections to stations and build BRT and bikeways, L.A. was going to end road widening and improve street safety
January 3, 2024
With Healthy Streets Initiative Looming, City Departments Say Plans Aren’t Plans, Just Guidance
When is a plan not a plan? When it's "a policy foundation... [with] no... specific projects."
December 20, 2022
City Council Declines to Approve Healthy Streets L.A., Pushing It to 2024 Ballot
Many speakers and most councilmembers favored the alternative "Safe Streets" proposal being shepherded by Council President Nury Martinez
August 24, 2022
Healthy Streets L.A. Goes to L.A. City Council Wednesday (Tomorrow)
Healthy Streets L.A. could take most of the politicking out of the implementation process by requiring the city to add approved bus/bike/walk facilities every time city streets are repaved
August 23, 2022
