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.

Hearing For One Hit-and-Run is Rescheduled While Another Takes the Life of a Young Man in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 5, 2014 | No Comments

When a female (who may or may not have been walking her bicycle) was hit and killed by a bus on Slauson in South L.A. last month, I got a few phone calls from friends in the area. “Was it you?” “No,” I reassured them. “I’m still here.” I was surprised they had heard about […]

Tonight: Update on Oil Drilling in West Adams, Road Diet along Angeles Vista, and South LA Bike Club Meeting

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 30, 2014 | 1 Comment

The weather may be slightly iffy (for once), but the community is gearing up to make South L.A. a healthier environment tonight. First up, members of the South L.A. bike clubs will be gathering in the parking lot of the Bank of America at Broadway and Manchester at 6 p.m. tonight to show the rest […]

MyFigueroa! Needs a Hero as Livable Streets Villains Line Up Against City’s First Cycletracks

By Damien Newton | Jan 29, 2014 | 12 Comments

Listening to yesterday’s City Council Planning and Land Use Committee over the phone, it felt as though I was listening to a parody of a hearing. What should have been a major moment for the MyFigueroa! project, the city’s most important bicycle and pedestrian project on the books. turned into an almost baffling show of […]

How Will Helicopter Noise Relief Act Help Those in Heavily Policed Communities?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 28, 2014 | 16 Comments

If you live in an area with a lot of police helicopter activity, it can be very frustrating. Not just because it can wake you up in the middle of the night, rattling your windows, shaking your walls, or occasionally even shining a spotlight inside your apartment. But also because you rarely learn why it […]

Garcetti Has Skin in the Game on My Figueroa!

By Damien Newton | Jan 27, 2014 | 11 Comments

Earlier this month, the City of Los Angeles wrote to the Green Lane Project, seeking to be a partner city in “Green Lane Project 2”. If selected, L.A. would be one of six American cities that would work with People for Bikes to receive a suite of technical, financial and strategic resources, opportunities to network […]

The MyFigueroa! Streetscape and Protected Bike Lane Plan Moves Forward as City Council Begins Hearing the Appeal

By Damien Newton | Jan 23, 2014 | 5 Comments

Next week, the Los Angeles City Council will hear the formal appeal of the environmental certification of the MyFigueroa! project brought by Darryl Holter, owner of the Shammas Auto Group. But, even as the Council begins to hear the appeal, the MyFigueroa! team is preparing to put the project out to bids in February and March. […]

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