Recent Streetsblog LA posts about L (Gold) Line

Metro Moves Affordable Housing Projects in Boyle Heights Forward, Returns Grocery Store Project to Drawing Board

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 4, 2015 | 2 Comments

At Thursday’s Metro Board meeting, boardmembers took action on several items pertaining to the future of Metro-owned lots in Boyle Heights. The Board approved motions allowing affordable housing projects at 1st and Soto, Cesar Chavez and Soto, and 1st and Lorena to continue moving forward, while rescinding the agreement with McCormack Baron Salazar regarding their […]

Form (and Speedy Implementation) over Function Yields Semi-Obsolete Street Furniture in Boyle Heights

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 12, 2015 | 10 Comments

When the butterflies, flowers, and decorative benches first started popping up along 1st Street in Boyle Heights last year, reviews were mixed. Okay… That’s not really true — the reviews I heard were largely not that great. Particularly from business owners that had been given some advance notice — but no choice and no recourse […]

Metro Takes Another Step Forward in Effort to Build and Preserve Affordable Housing at Transit Hubs

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 2, 2015 | 12 Comments

In case you haven’t heard, we’re in a bit of an affordable housing crunch. According to the L.A. Times, “the city recently estimated that 82,000 additional affordable units will be needed by 2021.” Non-profit developers have been aware of this problem for some time. Approximately 8000 families applied for the 184 units of affordable housing […]

Boyle Heights Youth Research Community Challenges, Find Proposed TOD Solutions Don’t Go Far Enough to Help Neediest

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 19, 2015 | No Comments

“So…” I begin, looking around the table at CALO YouthBuild students Abigail Navarro, Irvin Plata, Stephanie Olwen, and Eric Aguayo. I am there to ask them about how the youth at this charter school — a school whose student body is comprised of at-risk students aged 16-24 who struggled at one or more traditional high […]

Youth Rise Above Heckling to Win Concession for Community on Metro Projects at Neighborhood Council Meeting

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

“They’re not even from Boyle Heights!” heckled an agitated Teresa Marquez before the handful of youth from YouthBuild Boyle Heights that had nervously stepped up to speak at the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council (BHNC) regarding the fate of Metro-owned properties Wednesday night had even had a chance to make their comments. Another woman, Yolanda Gonzalez, also […]

Move L.A.’s South L.A. Forum Asks if Transit Can Deliver Shared Prosperity

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 27, 2015 | 7 Comments

Riding my bike the 15 miles between my apartment and a Move L.A. forum on the future of transit at Southwest College on a dreary Saturday morning while battling the tail end of a stubborn respiratory infection was not among the brightest ideas I had ever had, I reflected as it began to drizzle and […]

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