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Tormented by a Bandit, Unhoused Residents Just Want to Be Left in Peace

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 9, 2020 | No Comments

A few feet down from where the handwashing station lies on its side, El Abuelo Travieso – a name that translates to the Naughty Grandfather (though he told me with a giggle that it translates to Grandpa Tush) – is spraying his arms and hands down with a liquid from a disinfectant bottle. He had […]

Street vendors rallied to call for the cancellation of rents and for access to assistance one day after the Department of Public Health asked Angelenos to report vendors that did not appear to have permits or be practicing proper social distancing. The rally, it should be noted, was planned for May Day - not in response to the DPH briefing. But the continued stigmatization of vendors underscores how urgent it is that they be heard.

As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization

Test train on Metro's Crenshaw Line - photo via Metro

Crenshaw Line Opening Pushed Back to Late 2021 – Nearly a Year Later than the Date Projected Six Months Ago

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 9, 2020 | No Comments

The 2021 opening will come nearly a year later than the date Metro offered last October, and two years later than its original projected opening

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Apr 1, 2020 | No Comments

COVID-19 Will Upend California Life For Weeks To Come (LAT) First L.A. County Healthcare Worker Coronavirus Death (Daily News) Rent Is Due – What To Do If You Can’t Pay (Curbed) …Many Small Businesses Can’t Pay (LAist) …Crisis Sparking Movement For Housing Justice (Curbed) Two Santa Monica Bus Drivers Test Positive For COVID-19 (SMDP) …Three […]

Last Tuesday's city council meeting was held in an empty chamber. Those hoping to make public comment were kept outside under a tent in the cold. They could see and hear the councilmembers, but the councilmembers could only hear them. [Screenshot of the live feed taken at some point during the eight hour marathon.]

As Council Heads to Chambers Today, a Plea that It Abandon the Do-No-Harm-to-Landlords Doctrine

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

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 […]

This past Monday, at 55th and Long Beach Ave., a driver turned in front of an oncoming Blue (A) Line train after failing to heed the flashing lights, bells, and lowered gate arm. Source: Google maps

Eyes on the Tracks: Driver Darts in Front of Blue (A) Line Train

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments

At around 11 a.m. this past Monday, a driver ignored the flashing lights, bells, lowered barriers, and horns at 55th and Long Beach Ave. and made a left turn in front of an oncoming Blue Line (A) train. Miraculously, both the driver and the train occupants walked away largely unscathed (though the train operator was […]

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