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L.A. voters went the polls and strongly supported for bus, walk, and bike improvements six months ago to the day. What is there to show for Measure HLA passage? Aside from a couple of projects that were already announced prior to the vote… nothing. (cue cricket noises.) The city says that will change this week, because HLA is about to trigger 450 feet of hilly new bike lanes in Tarzana. Meanwhile the city is resurfacing streets in South and omitting required walk, bike and bus improvements. Read Streetsblog’s HLA update.

The latest greatest SGV Connect podcast recaps the highs and lows of the 2024 state legislative session.

And it looks like all that Metro/Caltrans freeway widening is working, because the climate is sizzling from all those tailpipe emissions, meaning today’s daily SBLA headlines – again – are sweltering under record-setting heat across the county, er, the state, well, the West, er, the hemisphere… got it: the globe.

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  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    May 1, 2026
    May Day, Voting Rights Act, curb ramp costs, Ride that D, WeHo CicLAvia, Whittier election, East Hollywood, Pasadena, car-nage, and more
  • Ribbon Cutting Celebrates New Mixed-Use Affordable Housing at Vermont/Santa Monica Metro Station
    by Joe Linton
    April 30, 2026
    Little Tokyo Service Center’s new Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments provide 185 affordable units, half permanent supportive housing and half low-income
  • SGV Connect 147: Living Schools and the Covina City Council Race
    by Damien Newton
    April 30, 2026
    The executive director of Active SGV updates us on an exciting project for El Monte schools and we begin our election 2026 coverage.
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