josh vredevoogd
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Joe undersells it, this is the first time HLA has been used to improve a street post repaving (fixing a bunch of sidewalks!) Notably it’s a project installed just months after the measure passed - lots more in the appeal pipeline
A very minor victory buried in the city's staff report responding to an appeal I filed regarding Hollywood Boulevard improvements. Here is the staff report - which includes my appeal labikas.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Joe undersells it, this is the first time HLA has been used to improve a street post repaving (fixing a bunch of sidewalks!) Notably it’s a project installed just months after the measure passed - lots more in the appeal pipeline
lord i see what you’ve done for nyc and seattle
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
lord i see what you’ve done for nyc and seattle
lmao amazing that even LAWA's own fact sheet says their $2 billion roadway won't reduce travel time
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
lmao amazing that even LAWA's own fact sheet says their $2 billion roadway won't reduce travel time
now could a broke city do this
LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX.
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away
Air traffic control
The LAX-pressway must be stopped
www.torched.la
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
now could a broke city do this
honestly shocked how quickly the G Line bridge is going up over Van Nuys
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
honestly shocked how quickly the G Line bridge is going up over Van Nuys
my favorite part of this project was realizing a short 24/7 bus lane though the Los Angeles Country Club qualifies and the 1/2 mile catchment will upzone a ton of mansions in Holmby Hills (falling just short of the Playboy Mansion)
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
my favorite part of this project was realizing a short 24/7 bus lane though the Los Angeles Country Club qualifies and the 1/2 mile catchment will upzone a ton of mansions in Holmby Hills (falling just short of the Playboy Mansion)
"The 105 violated environmental laws, displaced more than 25,000 people and left behind a legacy of noise and pollution in some of Los Angeles County’s poorest neighborhoods."
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October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The 105 violated environmental laws, displaced more than 25,000 people and left behind a legacy of noise and pollution in some of Los Angeles County’s poorest neighborhoods."
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BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
October 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
very excited for @lintonjoe.bsky.social's tiktok era
Take a quick tour of new first/last mile facilities nearly completed at #SantaMonica 26th/Bergamot Metro E Line Station
October 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
very excited for @lintonjoe.bsky.social's tiktok era
I've seen this headline a couple times and just realized it's *literally* his upstairs neighbor
Los Angeles councilman's upstairs neighbor running to unseat him
Los Angeles councilman’s upstairs neighbor running to unseat him
Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez is facing a challenge in his reelection bid, and he won’t have to go far to find out who his rival is. In the race to represent neighborhoods…
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October 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I've seen this headline a couple times and just realized it's *literally* his upstairs neighbor
why is WSDOT running ads for a new highway on king county metro buses
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
why is WSDOT running ads for a new highway on king county metro buses
i think in the last couple years we’ve confidently turned a corner on LA’s multi decade ‘slow growth’ political juggernaut - maybe this started with measure R in 2008? but the wave of JJJ, Measure M, HLA, now SB 79 (among others) are eroding suburban power in a serious way
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i think in the last couple years we’ve confidently turned a corner on LA’s multi decade ‘slow growth’ political juggernaut - maybe this started with measure R in 2008? but the wave of JJJ, Measure M, HLA, now SB 79 (among others) are eroding suburban power in a serious way
pushback from homeowners in Lafyette square about digging K Line tunnels under their homes is getting Metro to study some wild alternatives
August 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
pushback from homeowners in Lafyette square about digging K Line tunnels under their homes is getting Metro to study some wild alternatives
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Support Nadir Gavarrete’s family via GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-dea...
Donate to Tragic death of my little brother Nadir, organized by Valentina Deras
My name is Valentina. I am the sister of Nadir and Carlos. My 9- year-old br… Valentina Deras needs your support for Tragic death of my little brother Nadir
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August 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Support Nadir Gavarrete’s family via GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-dea...
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I can’t believe nothing has been done at 4th and New Hampshire *still*! What happened to the mini roundabout project?? Slow walked by bureaucracy? ladot.lacity.gov/4thstreet
August 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I can’t believe nothing has been done at 4th and New Hampshire *still*! What happened to the mini roundabout project?? Slow walked by bureaucracy? ladot.lacity.gov/4thstreet
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Trees are essential, but LA streets need cooling now. A new initiative, ShadeLA, is launching today — racing to fill shade gaps ahead of looming megaevents with a neighborhood legacy mindset
Made in the shade
"We're trying to change the way that we as Angelenos think about our neighborhoods, so that we actually look around and say, where can there be more shade — in the same way that many of us have though...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Trees are essential, but LA streets need cooling now. A new initiative, ShadeLA, is launching today — racing to fill shade gaps ahead of looming megaevents with a neighborhood legacy mindset
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14 miles of new roadway, half is expensive car bridges. A short bike surface trail that doesn't connect across the existing barriers. LAX has no bike access from the south through Sepulveda tunnel. New bike bridge is long detour to cross new car road.
I hate it. This design must not be built.
I hate it. This design must not be built.
July 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
14 miles of new roadway, half is expensive car bridges. A short bike surface trail that doesn't connect across the existing barriers. LAX has no bike access from the south through Sepulveda tunnel. New bike bridge is long detour to cross new car road.
I hate it. This design must not be built.
I hate it. This design must not be built.
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There are very few people staying in MacArthur Park right now, so this does seem like it's just for show. But there's a summer camp at the rec center, one of the few affordable childcare options for LA families.
Glad they could make their little propaganda video while traumatizing local kids
Glad they could make their little propaganda video while traumatizing local kids
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There are very few people staying in MacArthur Park right now, so this does seem like it's just for show. But there's a summer camp at the rec center, one of the few affordable childcare options for LA families.
Glad they could make their little propaganda video while traumatizing local kids
Glad they could make their little propaganda video while traumatizing local kids
in 6 months when the people mover opens most rideshare and buses will stop going through the horseshoes which is a lot of current traffic - LAX travel is already down 10% since before the pandemic who is this for
Construction of 14 miles of new roadway would require relocating the airport's iconic pylons
Vehicular access to LAX set for major shakeup
Starting next year, the combination of Metro's LAX Metro Transit Center and the new LAX automated people mover will offer a new way to reach the region's busiest airport without a private automobile. ...
la.urbanize.city
July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
in 6 months when the people mover opens most rideshare and buses will stop going through the horseshoes which is a lot of current traffic - LAX travel is already down 10% since before the pandemic who is this for
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If you’re in LA in a public space this month and someone tries to get you to sign a petition about wages and voting DO NOT SIGN IT.
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
June 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you’re in LA in a public space this month and someone tries to get you to sign a petition about wages and voting DO NOT SIGN IT.
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
this is businesses trying to repeal an ordinance that increases wages for workers in hospitality spaces ahead of the Super Bowl, World Cup, & Olympics.
Do not sign!
this week has been a month long
June 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this week has been a month long
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Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.
June 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.
jesus christ
From a trusted source: Train conductor at LA Union Station made an announcement that the train would not be leaving because conductor was shot in the head by a rubber bullet on the way in. #NoKings #LosAngeles
June 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
jesus christ
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Blumenfield motion introduced yesterday calls for eliminating parking requirements
June 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Blumenfield motion introduced yesterday calls for eliminating parking requirements
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Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.
June 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.