u/Downtown-Tea-3018

Since I got arrested last December, the city (read: the mayor's office and LADOT) has been deliberately slow-walking efforts to reduce traffic violence. We met the mayor's office once, immediately after my arrest, and we presented two reasonable, achievable goals:

1. That the city recommit to Vision Zero by declaring a state of emergency on traffic violence
2. That the city legitimize volunteer-led efforts to make our streets safer

I like to give local electeds the benefit of the doubt. It's a hard and thankless job. However, at this point it's clear that our city leaders are making a conscious, deliberate choice to favor convenience for cars over quality of life for human beings. For instance, Karen Bass somehow found the time to personally intervene to keep Forest Lawn dangerous, all while ignoring our pleas for action to address traffic violence.

This is a situation that demands urgency. Lives are literally on the line. We'd agreed to hold off on painting crosswalks after I met with Mayor Bass last year, so long as the city was working with us in good faith. Well, that's not happening.

A couple weeks ago, we quietly painted a crosswalk in Jefferson Park to memorialize a hit-and-run victim. We're painting again this Saturday morning and will continue to do so until we see meaningful progress on ending traffic violence. (Side note: it's absolutely wild how threatening to paint crosswalks has become a bargaining chip.)

If you're interested in joining us Saturday morning or getting more involved generally, PM me.

Can we please let this social club happen?

If this actually opens, it’s a gamechanger for the area. Clown CVS is closing, Rose Cafe is gone, and a cowork social club is exactly the kind of thing that could bring some healthy activity back to the area and finally put something in that Church that’s been empty for years.

The concerns I’m seeing feel pretty minor:
- Noise: they already agreed to no live music and extra insulation
- Alcohol: they pulled the license application (come on)
- Rooftop/patio: also pulled
- Parking: have you seen the lot situation by Rose Cafe?

Rose ave is always busy with people walking to the beach, but right now we’re all dodging homeless folks and trash to get there. We need new stuff opening there.

At this point the operators have stripped out of a lot of the good stuff. Seems like people are still opposing. Honestly disappointed in the pushback. Can’t we have nice things???