Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Election 2013

Council Vote on Road Bond Pushed Until Next Tuesday, Advocates Push for Safer Streets for All

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2013 | 3 Comments

At the start of the public hearing on the resolution asking the City Attorney to draft a bond measure for the May 21 that would dedicate 29 years of taxes towards road repair bonds, Council President Herb Wesson announced that the Council would not vote or debate the measure until next Tuesday. While Wesson offered […]

Behind the $3 Billion Road Repair Bond Measure, Englander Promises Better Streets for All

By Damien Newton | Jan 7, 2013 | 13 Comments

Last week, two of Los Angeles’ newest Council Members, Mitch Englander and Joe Buscaino, made news by announcing a campaign for a $3 billion bond to fund road repair on L.A.’s worst streets. The “Los Angeles Emergency Local Street Safety and Traffic Improvement Measure” would need a two-thirds vote of city voters in May 21 […]

Streetsblogger Elson Trinidad Announces Run for City Council in CD 13

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2012 | No Comments

While much of the world focuses on the national elections, East Hollywood Community Activist Elson Trinidad announced his candidacy to replace Eric Garcetti as the Council Member for District 13 earlier this week. District 13 includes Hollywood, East Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Glassell Park, Filipino Town and other mid-town communities. Garcetti of […]

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 […]

A Conversation on the Built Environment with Wendy Greuel

By Lawrence Aldava | Mar 13, 2012 | No Comments

The fourth event in the AIA’s mayoral candidate series with Wendy Greuel began with a 25 minute delay. Greuel was ensnarled in the city’s notorious traffic on her way from a previous engagement on the westside. It was an apt precursor to the engaging conversation that followed. The former councilwoman, Dreamworks executive and current city […]

AIA Mayoral Candidate Conversations: Kevin James

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 6, 2012 | 6 Comments

In the third conversation in AIA’s series with mayoral candidates, Kevin James billed himself as an outsider. James, a former radio host and the sole republican on the LA mayoral ballot, was at his best on Friday night when he was criticizing city council and proposing more power for neighborhood councils. Yet when asked about […]

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