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City Attorney Takes Her Own Swing at Man Sucker Punched by LAPD in 2024 - Streetsblog Los Angeles Eleven months after Officer Joshua Sportiello punched Alexander Mitchell in the face, the City Attorney's office filed misdemeanor resisting charges against him. Was it in retaliation for Mitchell's c...

SCOOP: City Attorney Takes Her Own Swing at Man Sucker Punched by LAPD in 2024 - la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/06/c...

The city’s only #MeasureHLA accomplishment in 2 years: 300 feet of new bike lanes

It’s Not Complicated The mainstream media failed the public during the genocide in Gaza. The Key's editor-in-chief shares her vision for what comes next.

Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."

Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...

Is the Mayor's Office of Public Works (MOPW) new? A rebranding? Was not aware of it.

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Text group: "OME Chiefs, 6 members" A text message says: "In LADOT press clips: https://futureis.la/p/la-has-stopped-repaving-our-streets" Response says "A good read," Thanks for sharing"

Learned through a public records request that there is/was a group chat called "OME Chiefs" for the Office of Major Events in the mayor's office.

How to get people excited about transit "It will literally be your best selling t-shirt, it will get you so much PR, and if anyone interprets this inappropriately that's a them problem"

I wrote about the one actually great thing that happened this week

"Streetsblog L.A. reached out to multiple departments for this story, including LADOT, the Bureau of Engineering (which manages L.A.’s sidewalk program), StreetsLA and the Department on Disability. All of them referred inquiries to the mayor’s office."

“Disrespectful” and “infuriating”: L.A.’s progress on making streets safe and accessible for disabled people stalled for decades - Streetsblog Los Angeles Curb ramps have been required when repaving a street since 1992. Why is L.A. only now saying it must follow the law?

Can only write 3,000 word pieces now, sry

Nine people froze to death in Connecticut last year. 'No one should die without a home' The questions their stories raise is still the same: Who is responsible when preventable deaths become routine?

NEW: Nine people experiencing homelessness died from hypothermia in Connecticut last year.

@jrabethomas.bsky.social and I spoke with friends and family for four of those people about who their loved ones were.

Our latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

Reporting on public works in LA is laughably hard. City departments refuse to provide even basic details about how the city operates and/or send a 3-line statement that says nothing.

Listening in on Metro 10am Finance Committee meeting - about to get underway. Follow online at boardagendas.metro.net/event/financ...

Why is the driver in fatal West Portal crash likely to avoid jail? Experts weigh in as outrage erupts Backlash erupted after a San Francisco judge signaled probation, not prison, for a driver accused of killing a family of four in a 2024 West Portal crash.

A speeding driver killed a family of four, including a toddler and an infant. The judge in the case has signaled he will give the SF woman probation instead of prison.

It's a stark example of how killing someone with a vehicle is often perceived and treated differently within the US justice system.

If you want to know why this happened, I wrote about why LA doesn’t fund walking and biking infrastructure and how it might get even worse as we host a string of megaevents over at my newsletter which you should definitely subscribe to 😇

Melrose was supposed to undergo a complete streets makeover from Highland to Fairfax that would have installed stormwater gardens to mitigate flooding, among other critical safety improvements. The previous councilmember killed the project

L.A. Seeks Input on Proposed Speed Camera Locations - Streetsblog Los Angeles L.A. is planning 125 speed camera systems citywide - location criteria includes histories of speeding/crashes/racing, areas with concentrated vulnerable populations, etc.

Speed cameras are coming to L.A. City streets! View proposed locations and give your feedback la.streetsblog.org/2026/02/11/l...

ID: A flier for the event reads, "The Sick Times: Free Webinar, The Long COVID Op-Ed. Help Break the Stigma. February 19th, 7-8:15pm ET. Learn how to pitch and share your story with tips from expert guests. Hosted by Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets. Below are the headshots of three guests, Torie Bosch, First Opinion Editor, STAT. Madeline Miller, Best-selling author. Funmi Okunola, MD, Co-founder Long COVID the Answers. A button at the bottom reads, "Comment "RSVP" for a registration link!"

Join us for a free webinar! The Sick Times editors @mileswgriffis.bsky.social and @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social — plus special guest speakers — will demystify the process of writing and pitching op-eds and essays on Long COVID. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Metro board meeting: first up Sepulveda rail - item 10. Item would approve heavy rail alternative connecting Westwood to Van Nuys boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

She lost her school to a wildfire. What she saved was more important. When the Eaton Fire destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, its executive director focused on keeping her students engaged and her community intact, even without a campus.

She lost her school and home to a wildfire. What Executive Director Shawn Brown saved was her community. Pasadena Rosebud Academy's story is a masterclass in resilience and leadership. #EatonFire #Altadena 19thnews.org/2026/01/eato...

I am still writing about policing and injustice, but chasing another beat for a moment. I am working on an investigation into illegal staffing agencies in California and want to interview folks who’ve experienced wage theft or weren’t paid workers comp doing temp work. DM, email, or Signal me.

LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds The commission is set to take up a motion by its chair, Raymond Meza, who had previously taken a hands-off approach to sharing such private conversations, saying it was up to the City Council.

LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds thelareporter.la/p/la-charter...

Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack' People submitted more than 260 letters, and crammed into a North Hollywood meeting room last week to urge against a proposal to strip the City Controller's office of its accounting duties. This comes ...

Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack'
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Working on a story (about city of LA) and keep getting referred to the mayor's office by different departments. Anyone else experiencing this?

~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.

organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68

Department assignment: Added: Media Department assignment: Added: Public Records Requests

Noticed my CPRA requests to LA Metro are being assigned to a "Media" bucket. Not sure if this is new? Happy #foiafriday to all who celebrate!

Mayor Karen Bass' office FINALLY sent me a copy of the town hall meeting the mayor hosted in Nov. to discuss the ongoing federal immigration raids. The recording includes a watermark that says: "This video cannot be modified or excerpted without authorization."

Just when you thought this campaign couldn’t get worse.

This is a photo of Bali

this got me digging into this project again and noticed LAWA has a new 'ATMP fact VS. fiction' page and I swear they think people are stupid

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"Opponents of this project claim this project will induce 50,000 new VMT. In reality its a measly... 41,000"

Photo of today's Bureau of Street Services "large asphalt repair" resurfacing of Hoover Street, which left an un-resurfaced ~4-ft-wide strip on a 30-ft-wide part of Hoover in order to avoid triggering adding curb ramps for wheelchair access

An illustration of how L.A. City Public Works so-called "Large Asphalt Repair" works (or really *doesn't work*). Today Bureau of Street Services left an un-resurfaced ~4-ft-wide strip on a 30-ft-wide part of Hoover... in order to avoid triggering curb ramps for wheelchair access

Noticing that there appear to be more departments available on this NextRequest dropdown, including Rec & Parks (RAP)

#foia #losangeles

I don't write in first person much at Streetsblog, but the city's so-called "large asphalt repair" really gets my goat