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.

Operation Pothole in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 11, 2013 | No Comments

Do you live in or travel through Watts? Are you stymied by the potholes there? 15th District Councilman and Chairman of the City Council’s Public Works Committee Joe Buscaino plans to come to your rescue. Following up on efforts made in Wilmington, San Pedro, Harbor City, and Harbor Gateway, he is launching Operation Pothole in Watts. On […]

Hurray for Pedestrian Improvements! Now, If Only Drivers Would Respect Them…

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 10, 2013 | 13 Comments

Soon after taking some city planners on a tour through Watts, a new bike lane appeared along Central Avenue, between Century and 95th St. A week or two later, the owner of the Watts Cyclery, Stalin Medina, told me that parking had been removed from in front of his shop at 112th and Wilmington and […]

Calling All Transit Users: LA/2B Needs Your Feedback (That Means YOU, South L.A.)

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 8, 2013 | 5 Comments

At the end of 2012, LA/2B, the project to revamp the Mobility Element of the General Plan for L.A, announced they had narrowed down the feedback gathered during more than a year’s worth of public engagement to six draft goals and their corresponding policies. The six goals include finding ways to put street Safety first, […]

Preliminary Drafts of New Community Plans Released for South L.A. Region

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 3, 2013 | 4 Comments

Just before the Christmas holiday, the Department of City Planning released the Preliminary Drafts of the New Community Plans for South and Southeast Los Angeles. The plans, along with those for the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert Park area, together comprise the approximately 45-square mile South L.A. Planning Region. It is an area that Principal City Planner […]

Hit-and-Run Kills 50-year Old Man at Western and Vernon

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

Authorities are searching for the driver of a dark-colored, older model Lexus that ran down 50-year old Tracy Louis Walker this past Wednesday. He was struck at 3:25 p.m. while crossing in the crosswalk at Western and Vernon by a vehicle traveling north along Western. Walker sustained life-threatening injuries from the impact and was taken […]

Dear Santa: the 50 Parks Initiative is Great, but Please Bring South L.A. Some Green Space for Christmas

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 20, 2012 | No Comments

While hiking in Griffith Park, my friend remarked that he found it refreshing to be surrounded by so much wildlife. “What wildlife?” I hadn’t spotted any yet. “All the squirrels.” “The squirrels…?” Yes, the squirrels. A ubiquitous chattering presence in some areas of town, they are a rarer sight where my friend lives in South […]

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