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Rose Gutiérrez and three of her sons (the other is 23 and living on his own) slept in a Safe Parking L.A. lot

For this Family, Safe Parking L.A. Was a Lifeline During the Crisis of a Lifetime

By Damien Newton | Dec 10, 2018

"Yes it helped. Of course it helped," explained Rose in a call last week. "Everything happened so fast, and there was so much to take care of. To know we had a place to stay every night we needed it was a huge help."

A sidewalk vendor feeds cyclists on Olympic Blvd. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

City Council Set to Approve Historic Sidewalk Vending Ordinance

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 28, 2018 | 1 Comment

"Por favor..." vendor Belén Ortiz implored the councilmembers, "Queremos salir de la sombra." (Please, we want to come out of the shadows.)

Part of the Student Residency Questionnaire gets at the different living situations students might be experiencing.

LAUSD to Explore Housing and Wraparound Service Provision for its 17,000+ Homeless Students

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 20, 2018 | 2 Comments

Last week, in response to the problem of homelessness among youth in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the school board approved a resolution directing Superintendent Austin Beutner to “explore innovative solutions to provide permanent and or interim housing for homeless students and their families,” advocate for the expansion of Section 8 voucher program, […]

The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

As Metro’s Transportation School at Vermont/Manchester Moves Forward, a Community Reckons with the Past, Wrestles with the Form Change Should Take

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 16, 2018 | 1 Comment

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Oct 3, 2018

More On Advocates Protesting Garcetti Yesterday (LAist, Biking in L.A.) Carnage: Driver Kills West Hollywood Pedestrian (WeHoVille) …Fatal Crash On 5 Freeway In Sun Valley (Daily News) Two Mixed-Use Towers Planned For Downtown Long Beach (Urbanize) Sherman Oaks Rallies In Favor Of Homeless Shelter (Daily News) Polling Shows Gas Tax Staying, Rent Control Losing (SGV […]

Long Beach Post Maps Pedestrian Crashes

By Brian Addison | Oct 2, 2018

This story originally appeared on LongBeachize at the Long Beach Post. To read the original post, or work with the interactive map, click here. Over the past five and a half years, there have been almost 2,000 times when someone walking through Long Beach was hit by a car, motorcycle, bicycle or other type of vehicle. There were 1,982 […]

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