Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Damian Kevitt

Governor Vetoes One of Four Hit-and-Run Bills; Deadline for Others: Today

By Melanie Curry | Sep 29, 2014 | 12 Comments

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed one of four hit-and-run bills passed by the California Senate and Assembly. A.B. 2337, by Assemblymember Eric Linder (R-Corona), would have increased the automatic driver’s license suspension for a hit-and-run conviction from one to two years. Despite near unanimous support in both houses of the legislature, Brown vetoed the bill on […]

Gatto and Englander Stump State Legislation for Hit-and-Run Alert System

By Joe Linton | Jul 24, 2014 | No Comments

At a press conference on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall yesterday, state and local legislators joined forces with local non-profits to draw attention to efforts to stem the tide of hit-and-run crimes. The press conference focused on A.B. 47 – a proposal to create a new emergency alert system to notify the public […]

CA Bills to Crack Down on Hit-and-Run Drivers Sail Through Committees

By Melanie Curry | Jun 26, 2014 | No Comments

Two bills focused on addressing hit-and-run crashes, authored by CA Assemblymember Mike Gatto, appear quickly on their way to being passed. A.B. 47, which would create an alert system on California highways to help the public assist police in catching drivers involved in hit-and-run crashes, sailed through the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday with a 6-1 […]

Addressing the Hit-and-Run Epidemic: When “Finishing the Ride” Acts as the Launch of a Movement

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 28, 2014 | 2 Comments

So, this is what it takes to make people angry enough to care, I thought as I looked out over the sea of elected officials, journalists, cameras, and cyclists gathering at the start point for Damian Kevitt’s Finish the Ride event Sunday morning. It apparently takes someone like Kevitt being dragged under a van onto […]

Join Damian Kevitt to Finish the Ride on April 27

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2014 | 10 Comments

– There is no way following that crash that I wan’t going to get back on my bike – Damian Kevitt has become something of a folk hero to Los Angeles cyclists. Just last February, a driver struck him with his vehicle while Kevitt was bicycling to meet his wife for lunch. The driver drug […]