New project aims to reconnect MacArthur Park "The City of Los Ángeles will use a $500,000 grant to help reconnect a part of MaCarthur Park by permanently closing of Wilshire Blvd." (NBC 4)
Could a community land trust help Chinatown stay affordable? Organizers are trying "Born out of the civil rights movement, a community land trust is a nonprofit that takes land off the speculative market to keep housing permanently affordable. The trust owns the land while tenants can rent or own the buildings on top. Residents don’t pay rent to a landlord, and they share in the maintenance, upkeep and governance of the property together." (LA Times)
Aerial view of River Park developmentCity of Long Beach
Community group settles lawsuit seeking to block housing development along LA River "...that will allow the project to proceed with some concessions, such as keeping a privately owned park available to the public in perpetuity" (Long Beach Post)
A Caltrans executive questioned a freeway expansion. Then she was demoted "Caltrans was created to build freeways. For decades those sprawling roads were seen as a sign of progress, even as they exacerbated economic burdens through a reliance on costly vehicles, undermined cleaner and cheaper public transit and divided communities, particularly Black and Latino ones....The agency is now grappling with its legacy, under the pall of deeply rooted inequity and a warming planet. Transportation is the largest contributor to California’s greenhouse gas emissions and studies have shown adding lanes increases vehicle dependence, while doing little to reduce congestion." (LA Times)
A Risky Metro Crossing Is Getting A Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade "A $38.3 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will build a bridge at a busy and dangerous Metro crossing in Glendale. Once complete, the bridge will separate trains from vehicles and pedestrians on Doran Street and San Fernando Road." (LAist)
Segment of San Fernando Road approaching Doran StreetMetro
Waymo’s driverless taxi launch in Santa Monica is met with excitement and tension "Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, began mapping Los Angeles with human drivers in 2019. It began testing self-driving vehicles with safety drivers in Santa Monica last fall, and a Times reporter rode in one in early 2023." (LA Times)
Known For Corruption And Environmental Woes, The City Of Vernon Is Bent On Growth "Since the self-crowned “exclusively industrial” city was nearly abolished 12 years ago as too corrupt, an LAist review found good government improvements, persistent environmental problems and a plan to dramatically grow a residential population." (LAist)
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