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When a Progressive Community Fails to See Its Own Biases, Bullying and Bigotry Get a Pass
So I resorted to the sincere query that I’ve made to him on several occasions, namely: Help me understand why consideration of the needs of the most vulnerable among us - particularly lower-income black and brown communities - is so offensive to you?
May 8, 2017
Jobs or Housing? Historic South Central Residents Decry Feeling Asked to Choose by Billion Dollar Reef Project
THE NUMBER ONE THING that representatives from the "creative habitat" known as the Reef felt they had learned from engaging the community, the speaker told the more than 600 town hall attendees this past May 5, was that Historic South Central was "lacking a sense of place."
June 14, 2016
Op/Ed – Before Garcetti Can Be the Hero, He Needs to Slay the Zombies
Yesterday's announcement that a planned pedestrian bridge for most of the corners of Lankershim Boulevard and Universal Hollywood Drive would cost $27 million, instead of the originally announced $19 million, was more bad news for those striving to make Los Angeles' streets a better place. When Streetsblog last reported on this project, the cost was only $19 million, which seemed an expensive alternative to improving the intersection to facilitate pedestrian traffic.
October 15, 2013
At Grand Central, Ignore the “Flying Doughnut” and Look to the Street
*Friday, we posted about Pedestrian Donuts in the Sky. This was Streetsblog's Stephen Miller's answer to SOM's plans.
October 22, 2012
Listening to the Streets in Order to Make Them More Livable: Part III in a Series
This is the third (and long overdue) piece in a series re-examining the way we think about Livable Streets. The first two articles (here and here) detail the history of a wonderful young man named Fidel who ran with a crew just north of USC. His experience mirrors that of many of the teens I know in South Central and, as such, offers insight into what "livability" means in areas where streets are contested.
August 9, 2012
City Announces Meetings to Help Select Police Chief: We Need a Plan
Yesterday, the City announced the details of their outreach strategy to gather public input on the qualities that Angelenos want to see in their next police chief. In early September, the city will hold four public outreach meetings in the Valley, South L.A., the Westside and, as Zach Behrens notes, near the Eastside.
August 19, 2009
Livable Streets: Urban Histories with Modern Lessons
Downtown San Francisco as seen from Potrero Hill. Photo: Joe Bencharsky This week brought urban history lessons to StreetsWiki from Livable Streets members coast to coast. Joe Bencharsky penned a neighborhood profile of Potrero Hill, San Francisco, where his family has lived for three generations. Says Joe: Partly because of street and freeway configuration, partly … Continued
June 19, 2009