Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Public Health

Introducing L.A.’s Proposed Health and Wellness Plan, What It Isn’t and Is

By Joe Linton | Mar 11, 2014 | 3 Comments

The city of Los Angeles Department of City Planning is kicking off a series of seven community planning forums starting this Saturday, March 15th, and running through April 12th. They’re at various locations from Granada Hills to San Pedro. The forums are for public feedback on three citywide planning processes: re:code L.A., Mobility Plan 2035, and Plan […]

What Should Doctors Do to Prevent Traffic Deaths?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 13, 2014 | No Comments

When cars first became a common presence in American cities, doctors were shocked by the carnage. In 1925, editors of the New England Journal of Medicine called the bloodshed caused by motorists “appalling” and lamented children’s loss of life as “a massacre of the innocent.” The sense of urgency was still detectable a few decades later. […]

Public Safety Committee Acknowledges the Hit and Run Crisis, LAPD Not So Much.

By Don Ward | Aug 2, 2013 | 9 Comments

In Los Angeles, according to LAPD crime statistics for 2011, 1273 cyclists and pedestrians were victims of hit and run crimes. In other words every single day, 3 or 4 cyclists and pedestrians become hit and run victims within Los Angeles city limits. Of these, 26 people walking or biking died as a result of […]

Zoning a Healthier Los Angeles?

By Mark Vallianatos | Feb 22, 2013 | 11 Comments

(editor’s note: When I saw L.A. County was being praised for updating its zoning code to encourage wider sidewalks and bicycling facilities, I went to some zoning experts to ask them to weigh in on the county’s proposal. Occidental College Professor Mark Vallianatos answered my call. – DN) Shock City The Los Angeles region was […]

BNSF Falsely Claims Marginalized Communities “Better Off” with Proposed Railyard; Public Hearing Tonight

By Brian Addison | Oct 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

In a sadly misunderstood and ill-grounded editorial, the Press-Telegram endorsed Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s (BNSF) proposed 153-acre railyard project west of the 710 freeway, the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG). The endorsement comes right before a public hearing featuring demonstrations from some 20 community organizations who will offer evidence denouncing the benefits of the project […]

Spring Into Health this Weekend at a Family Festival at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

“Celebrate Health!” is the main message of the the Spring Into Health Festival that will be held this weekend at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is more a health “festival” than “fair,” said North Area Neighborhood Development Council (NANDC) representative Yelba Castellon. It is an opportunity […]

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