Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

Re:code L.A. Comes to Boyle Heights Saturday to Talk Updates to Zoning Code

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 15, 2016 | 6 Comments

Re:code L.A. is holding a forum in Boyle Heights Saturday (TOMORROW) morning from 9 a.m. to noon to talk with the community about the city’s $5 million, five-year effort to update its outdated zoning code. I know. That announcement did not set you on fire. Believe me, I get it. But you should still think […]

Residents Debate Priorities for Mariachi Plaza at Second Design Workshop

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 15, 2016 | 1 Comment

“If it wasn’t for Garage [Board Shop and Sk8 for Education program],” 9-year-old skater “Bite Size” told me, “I’d probably be hanging out with the wrong type.” I looked at him. He really was adorably bite-sized as he stood next to a skateboard nearly as as tall as he was. It was hard to believe […]

Planning for Mariachi Plaza Begins Again; How it Will Tie in to Other Area Projects Remains Unclear

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 4, 2016 | 4 Comments

A jacuzzi. Yes, Petronila Lozano, community member and volunteer with Union de Vecinos, repeated in Spanish, a jacuzzi with beautiful trees around it. The Metro lot at Mariachi Plaza could be a place where both the elders and the youth of the community could relax and enjoy themselves, she winked, sketching out her ideal vision […]

“Ovaries so Big…” that They’ve Got Their Own Documentary

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 1, 2016 | 1 Comment

The Ovarian Psyco-Cycles have been a game-changer in the Los Angeles cycling landscape. And now, with a documentary featuring the stories of three of their members set to debut at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year, they are essentially announcing that they are here to stay. Y con ganas.* The Ovas first burst into the […]

Gov. Jerry Brown Asks Legislature for $176.6 Million to Expedite Lead Cleanup around Exide Plant

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 17, 2016 | 2 Comments

The office of Governor Jerry Brown sent out a press release earlier today announcing his intention to “pursue an additional appropriation” of $176.6 million for lead testing and clean-up in the 1.7-mile radius around Exide Technologies’ now-shuttered lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon (seen above). The major allotment of funds — to be comprised, in […]

Watch Two Bridges Being Taken Down

By Melanie Curry | Feb 11, 2016 | No Comments

Caltrans was involved in two very different bridge demolitions last week, and has posted time-lapse footage of both of them. In the first, L.A.’s iconic 6th Street bridge is crunched by big machines while water hoses tamp down the dust, with downtown L.A. glimmering in the background. The footage compresses tw0 days’ work into three […]

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