Damien Newton
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Los Angeles Introduces Citywide Hit and Run System
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LOS ANGELES— Councilmembers Mitchell Englander and Joe Buscaino will join the Los Angeles Police Department, the Department of Transportation to announce the implementation of a hit-and-run mass notification system within the City of Los Angeles. This system will use existing technology platforms such as Nixle, Twitter and Facebook to broadcast to localized communities in the […]
Arroyo Seco and Downtown NC’s Candidate Forum for CD 14
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ARROYO SECO & DOWNTOWN LA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS PRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 CANDIDATE FORUM AT THE BEAUTIFUL LOS ANGELES THEATER 615 S. Broadway FEBRUARY 11, 2015 doors open 6:30pm • program begins 7pm first 100 ABM lot 639 S. Broadway tickets park free • validate at event check-in Bike Valet provided complimentary of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition for information call […]
Overwhelming Support for #VisionHyperion, Other Livability Issues at CD 4 Livable Streets Candidates Forum
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Last night’s Livable Streets Candidates was more of a political rally for bicycle safety and bicycle lanes than anything else. The only true moments of conflict came when a heckler booed Tara Bannister for expressing concern for putting bicycle lanes on streets with high traffic, high speed streets and when Steve Veres sat alone with […]
Thanks Everyone for a Great Livable Streets Forum. More to Come…
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Last night, eight of the fourteen candidates to replace Tom LaBonge in the oddly-shaped Los Angeles City Council District Four sat down to discuss traffic safety, bicycling, sidewalks, transportation funding, and more. The event took place at Hollywood United Methodist Church. The amicable debate was often interrupted by applause, with one heckler thrown in for […]
Can’t Make the CD 4 Livable Streets Forum Tonight? Watch it on LiveStream
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[UPDATE: It turns out we won’t be able to Livestream the forum tonight. Apologies for the inconvenience. Check back later for updates on how it went.] Can’t make tonight’s Livable Streets Forum at the Hollywood United Methodist Church (6817 Franklin Ave)? Then join us online at Streetsblog TV for Live Stream of the event. Or, […]
Metro Presents: The Mudbug Brass Band
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Celebrate Mardi Gras at Union Station with The Mudbug Brass Band. Louisiana-rooted but Los Angeles based, the 8-piece New Orleans Jazz band is dedicated to the Second Line tradition, drawing from New Orleans traditional jazz, R&B, funk and Mardi Gras. In a Los Angeles twist on the New Orleans roving block party-like tradition, the group […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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There’s a lot of fun stuff out there this week if you like transportation policy. Of course, the highlight for us is our Candidates Forum for CD4 on Thursday. See you there! Today – At 2 p.m. the Budget and Finance Committee will discuss a report on the city’s obligation to maintain sidewalks surrounding city-owned […]
Happy Birthday, Streetsblog Los Angeles
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It’s party time! Well, on February 21 it’s party time. Join Joel Epstein, Juan and Sirinya Matute, Deborah Murphy, Jay Slater, Meghan Sahli-Wells, and Lee Wallach and the rest of the Streetsblog Los Angeles team to celebrate Streetsblog’s 7th birthday at the House of Amy and Jonathan Weiss on February 21 at 4 p.m. Make your reservation at Event […]
Excitement Builds for Livable Streets Candidate Forum for CD 4 Candidates
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With nine days left until the Livable Streets Candidates Forum at Hollywood United Methodist Church, excitement for the event is rising. Social media is buzzing. Rides are being planned. Many people are pitching in beyond the original sponsors. But before the forum, held on February 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., make sure to make […]
The Week in Livable Streets Events
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Things always start to pick up in late January and there’s a full schedule of events coming up this week. We’re also happy to announce our 7th Birthday Party! for Streetsblog Los Angeles later next month! Tuesday – ULI Los Angeles, presents FutureBuild 2015, an interactive event with the top thinkers and innovators in business and government. […]
Bike the Vote/Wolfpack Hustle Ride to Livable Streets CD4 Forum
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Mass Ride to the debate starts at Mornings Night Coffee at Sunset and Griffith Park. We need to show the candidates that we matter. Do NOT SLEEP. This matters. We will ride down Hollywood Blvd and up Highland to the forum for City Council Election. RSVP for the Debate HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livable-streets-candidates-forum-tickets-15305080909
Night on Broadway: Celebrating 7 Years of Bringing Back Broadway
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Night On Broadway (www.NightOnBroadway.la) will feature innovative, multi-cultural entertainment programming in more than a half dozen of Broadway’s historic theatres, open to the public especially for this event, in celebration of the 7th anniversary of Councilmember José Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway – a 10-year plan for Broadway’s revitalization. It has been decades since this many of Broadway’s […]