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Culver City just elected transportation/LGBTQ+/housing advocate Bubba Fish, who shifts the city council back to a 3:2 progressive majority. An excerpt from SBLA’s interview with councilmember-elect Fish:
“Climate change, traffic violence, and congestion are all at a crisis point. We have the highest rates of childhood asthma in the country, we lose nearly a week each year stuck in traffic, and car crashes are the number one cause of death for kids across the county. The status quo simply doesn’t cut it anymore. We must make bold progress toward our mobility and climate goals.”
Streetsblog L.A. will be publishing lightly this week.
Lawyers for Alexander Mitchell believe the misdemeanor resisting charges, filed 11 months after Officer Joshua Sportiello socked Mitchell in the face, were retaliatory and intended to interfere with proceedings in the civil suit Mitchell filed against the City. That suit was stayed earlier this year, pending resolution of the criminal case.
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Lawyers for Alexander Mitchell believe the misdemeanor resisting charges, filed 11 months after Officer Joshua Sportiello socked Mitchell in the face, were retaliatory and intended to interfere with proceedings in the civil suit Mitchell filed against the City. That suit was stayed earlier this year, pending resolution of the criminal case.
