Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Election 2017

Creed, left, literally Biked the Vote on election day last November. Image: Bike the Vote via ##https://twitter.com/jessecreed@jessecreed##

“Bike the Vote” Endorses Challenger Jesse Creed in Bid to Unseat Paul Koretz

By Damien Newton | Jan 17, 2017 | No Comments

(Read the survey responses for Jesse Creed, Paul Koretz and Mark Herd by clicking on their names.) In 2013, I described the election in the Los Angeles City Council District 5 as “quiet.” Paul Koretz was a reliable vote for bicycle friendly policies, albeit a little slow to implement change in his district. His only […]

A Target store at Western and Sunset that has sat unfinished for three years as a result of a lawsuit by an anti-development neighborhood association. The association vowed to sue again if City Council reauthorized its completion. Photo by Edwin Folven.

Top 7 Reasons to Oppose L.A.’s Measure S, the “Neighborhood Integrity Initiative”

By Shane Phillips | Jan 13, 2017 | 4 Comments

Passage of Measure S would be a catastrophe for the future of the city; new housing is the only thing keeping rents from growing even faster. Anti-development advocates are making a grievous error when they view new luxury housing as a cause of rising prices, rather than a symptom of them.

When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing Is Bad

By Brian Addison | Jan 12, 2017 | 12 Comments

if passed, Measure S - the "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" - would shut down housing on practically all levels in a city that is short on housing in a county that is short on housing in a state that is short on housing

Livability Proponents Split on Measure JJJ, the Build Better L.A. Initiative

By Joe Linton | Oct 18, 2016 | 6 Comments

This November, City of Los Angeles voters will decide Measure JJJ, termed the “Build Better L.A.” initiative. Measure JJJ is designed to create new affordable housing, especially around transit, built by local workers paid living wages. Some critics assert that JJJ would likely result in unintended consequences, including potentially dampening overall construction of new housing. What Measure […]

Broad Coalition Rallies To Oppose “Neighborhood Integrity” Housing Ban

By Joe Linton | Oct 10, 2016 | 4 Comments

At a city parking lot in Lincoln Heights this morning, an unusually broad coalition gathered to speak out against the so-called Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. In formation for some time, the Coalition to Protect L.A. Neighborhoods and Jobs includes business and labor, with housing and homeless advocates, developers, environmentalists, and many others all joined together to oppose […]

No-Growth Initiative Opponents, Proponents Square-off at Westside Urban Forum

By Jason Islas | Mar 18, 2016 | 1 Comment

The so-called Coalition to Preserve L.A. announced earlier this week that they will push their no-growth ballot initiative back to L.A.’s March 2017 municipal election. Supporters of the initiative, backed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, claimed they wanted to move the initiative because they feared it would get buried on the November ballot; without any […]

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