Recent Streetsblog LA posts about gentrification

Little-Tokyo-to-Watts Ride Explores Shared History of Japanese- and African-American Angelenos

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 2, 2016 | No Comments

The unity bike ride – the third annual effort between the East Side Riders Bike Club and the Asian and Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance (APIOPA) to link the communities that lie along the historic Central Avenue corridor by unearthing their shared history – kicked off yesterday’s event with a discussion of the origins of […]

Equity Advocates Discuss Needs of “Invisible” Cyclists on HuffPost Live

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 4, 2015 | 18 Comments

Last week, the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University published a story declaring that “Most Cyclists Are Working-Class Immigrants, Not Hipsters.” If you spend any time in the streets and/or pay attention to cycling issues, this is something you probably already knew. At least, intuitively. It’s been a little harder to substantiate that […]

Mayor Eric Garcetti tried to pacify activists by discussing his efforts to humanize policing just before the South L.A. Town Hall was finally shut down. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

South L.A. Town Hall Ends in Protests but Residents Hope Dialogue with Mayor Is Just Beginning

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 21, 2015 | 35 Comments

Really? A helicopter?? The aircraft swooped in low and fast outside Holman United Methodist Church Monday night as Mayor Eric Garcetti’s first ever South L.A. Town Hall came to an otherwise unceremonious close. It was a little after 8 p.m., and pleas from an exasperated Reverend Kelvin Sauls that those “interested in having a civil […]

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 […]

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 […]

Beyond the Gates: USC Planning Students Build Ties with Communities through Tours

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 12, 2014 | 4 Comments

A few weeks ago, I got a phone call asking me to help someone interested in journalism put together a tour in South L.A. I immediately found myself getting anxious. Tours into lower-income areas can be a touchy thing, depending on who wants to do the tour, what their intentions and expectations are, who leads […]

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