Sahra Sulaiman
Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles.
Recent Posts
Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
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“Finally, we get a brief and somewhat dark look at how Super Kind handles peddlers hawking their wares (in this case a knockoff of her own shtick), called ‘Supernice and Rude Boi.’” So reads the AdWeek post celebrating Metro Los Angeles’ release of three new Public Service Announcements aimed at teaching transit etiquette. In the […]
In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers
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Leasing applications are generally treated with more care than concert tickets that go to the first ten callers that happen to be listening in. Not this time.
As L.A. Ramps Up Efforts to Get People Off the Streets, a Young Man Struggles to Stay Housed
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Before the connection cuts, I hear the plea underlying the panic that pushed him to this point: "Officer, I don't have nowhere else to go."
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Moves Ahead, Awaits Gov. Brown’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Statewide Moves Through Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]
Video of Moments Before Man Crushed by Blue Line Train Raises More Questions for Family in Mourning
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"They stole a part of our hearts with my brother."
Proposed Ordinance Treats Street Vendors as Streetscape Amenities Rather Than Community Assets
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The gentleman who sets up on the residential corner two blocks from my apartment is a neighborhood fixture. Under the proposed sidewalk vending ordinance making its way through city council, his fruit stand would be illegal.
Rallygoers Demanding Justice for Hit-and-Run Victim Frederick “Woon” Frazier Crash Community Meeting on Safe Streets
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Staff from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) had already packed up their Vision Zero maps and materials and headed out the back of the Mark Ridley-Thomas Constituent Service Center by the time the “Justice for Woon” rally attendees arrived last Thursday evening. The rallygoers – members of the Chief Lunes crew and friends […]
You Can’t Plan Mexican Hot Chocolate: How Monique López Deploys a Justice Lens in Her Engagement of Street Vendors
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Monique felt it was imperative to begin, as she always did, with the basics: How does this ecosystem work and what does it need to thrive?
LAPD Announces Arrests in Hit-and-Runs that Killed Frederick Frazier and Injured Quatrell Stallings
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"There is no human language to describe the pain."
Long-Awaited Watts Skate and BMX Park Takes Significant Step Forward
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At the Watts Gang Task Force meeting Monday morning in Watts, Councilmember Joe Buscaino announced that he had finally secured the necessary $925,000 in funds and a location for a combination skate and BMX bike park that the community has been waiting for for at least a decade. [If you can’t see the video, click here.] […]
When an Accidental Planner Brings Intentionality to Her Work: A Conversation with Monique López of Pueblo Planning
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“Once you change the city planning process," says Monique López, founder of the participatory planning and design firm Pueblo Planning, "you're going to change the city in a manner that's more equitable, that's more sustainable, that's more human, and that's more just."