Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eric Garcetti

Eric Garcetti, Pedestrian Super Hero

By Damien Newton | Apr 29, 2013 | 6 Comments

The next Cory Booker, or just a nice guy? Social media’s been buzzing with news that City Council Member Eric Garcetti is using his mayoral campaign to help out pedestrians in need. Chris Cruse reports on Facebook, in a story that has been confirmed on background by two people in the Garcetti campaign, that the […]

Garcetti Commits to Small Ideas, Big Festivals, and Regular CicLAvias

By Stephen Box | Mar 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

The election is still a year away and already the campaign promises are flying! This past friday evening, Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti joined Bill Roschen, President of LA’s Planning Commission, and Christopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic for the LA Times, in a fast-paced conversation that was full of poetry, philosophy, and campaign promises. When asked what […]

Garcetti, LaBonge Want Car Free Yucca Street

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2012 | 6 Comments

(Update: I got a little confused by the motion. It will shut down through traffic on Yucca Street in Hollywood, between Las Palmas Ave. and Whitley Ave. Cars are permitted, through traffic is blocked. Curbed found me out. – DN) In 1995, the City of Los Angeles installed some temporary traffic diverters at three intersections along […]

Mayor, Garcetti, and Englander Call for Exempting Auto Dealers from City’s Business Tax

By Damien Newton | Nov 8, 2011 | 9 Comments

Picture this. One day one of the most important political figures in the city stands in front of a major Downtown attraction and announces that train service to this attraction will be increased dramatically in the coming weeks. The next day, a major political figure, flanked by an up-and-coming political star and the City Council […]

LADOT Converts Former Meters Into Bike Racks in Hollywood (Updated 12:49)

By Damien Newton | Jun 24, 2009 | 10 Comments

Photo: Eric Garcetti (Update: We’re getting word that these racks have also popped up on Flower Street and Ventura Boulevard. One person was so excited he wants to know where to send a "thank you" note to LADOT. If you’re the first to send in a picture of meters in an area there’s a Streetfilms […]