Recent Streetsblog LA posts about South LA

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues impact the health and character 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 the Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and is leading our coverage efforts in these communities. This page serves as a place to read Sahra’s and all of Streetsblog’s coverage of issues in South L.A. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

Street Beats Inspires Spontaneous Episodes of Dance, Music, Joy, and Safety on Crenshaw Corner

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 26, 2016 | No Comments

Last week, the Street Beats team converted the extremely busy and often dangerous intersection of Crenshaw and Florence into a play zone. No, really. With the help of a grant from the Mayor’s Great Streets program and countless extra hours over several months dedicated to pounding the pavement, knocking on doors, and building relationships with […]

110 Freeway Off-Ramp Project Threatens Historic Church, MyFigueroa

By Joe Linton | Feb 23, 2016 | 41 Comments

Tonight, Caltrans is hosting a meeting to gather input on a new freeway off-ramp that would funnel 110 Freeway traffic onto Figueroa Street just south of downtown Los Angeles. The meeting takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orthopedic Institute for Children, 403 West Adams Boulevard in South Los Angeles. Caltrans’ proposal, officially titled the Interstate […]

Ride4Love Rides Again: More than 200 Cyclists Roll for Unity, Love in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 19, 2016 | No Comments

“This is such a great turnout!” was something I must have heard come out of my own mouth somewhere between 20 and 30 times during the East Side Riders’ Ride4Love last weekend. And it was. I mean, they always get a good turnout. Last year, just under 200 cyclists showed up for the event. But […]

No Más Deaths!: Stakeholders Demand Curren Price Support a Bike Lane for Central Avenue ahead of Mobility Plan Hearing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2016 | 96 Comments

“Bottom line is, citizens want to be involved, they want to be engaged in the process of figuring out how we reprogram our streets, how we reprogram our communities, making it more livable, making it more desirable, making it safer.” So said councilmember for the 9th District, Curren Price, when interviewed by KCET’s Nic Cha […]

South L.A. Art News: The Tenth Wonder of the World is No More

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 20, 2016 | No Comments

While South L.A. does have its share of incredible murals, it doesn’t have much in the way of public art, as a general rule. This is beginning to change. Councilmember Joe Buscaino recently celebrated the installation of several new sculptures along 103rd St. recently. In the 8th district, Community Coalition’s Power Fest and artivist events […]

Well-Intended Proposal to Shame “Johns” Using License Plate Readers Could End up Shaming Entire Communities in South L.A., Valley

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 1, 2015 | 11 Comments

In the excitement of seeing the City Council rescind its vote on an amended Mobility Plan 2035 and re-adopt the plan in its draft form just before Thanksgiving, I managed to miss another item on the Council agenda from Councilmember Nury Martinez: a motion requesting that “the City Attorney report on issuing John Letters to […]

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