A huge town hall at Holman Church and appearances by two key L.A. City Council members last week underscored the intense opposition in South Los Angeles to Senate Bill 50, …
Outcry in Hollywood Saves Huge Shade Trees on Cherokee from Destruction — For Now
Widespread anger at Los Angeles City government’s failure for three years to adopt best practices to save large public shade trees while repairing sidewalk cracks finally erupted, in Hollywood, last …
Los Angeles City Planning Commission Approves Diesel Truck Smog in an Angry Family Neighborhood
(Note: Under Los Angeles City Planning Commission President David Ambrose, L.A. has taken a distinct turn against working-class neighborhoods and environmental equity. Here is the latest example, from the respected …
Curren Price, City Council District 9, Vetos Homeless Housing for Seniors
We all learned from Los Angeles Times reporter Emily Alpert-Reyes of a slyly concocted “veto letter” that allows each Los Angeles City Council member, in this case Curren Price, to write a ban any …
South L.A. Mothers Shut Down Insulting Open Space Hearing
South L.A. mothers halted a city hearing on open space Saturday after city planners failed to involve the black community, held it the day of the huge Taste of Soul …
Will Crenshaw Mall Luxury Redevelopment Cause A ‘Gentrification Tsunami’?
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition predicts that the proposed luxury redevelopment of the Crenshaw Mall will unleash a “gentrification tsunami” in South L.A. So far, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City …
Planning Commission Ignores Gentrification; Approves South L.A. Luxury Project
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission ignored South L.A. residents’ concerns about displacement and gentrification, swiftly approving a luxury mixed-use redevelopment of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. The City Council’s …