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
Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
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“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
How Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
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Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
As Public Health Prepares for Vending Crackdown, Street Vendors Call for the Cancellation of Rents
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Street vendors decry having been left to fend for themselves during a disaster, seek cash assistance, the cancellation of rents, and an end to criminalization
COVID Crisis Stokes Homelessness in Los Angeles
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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Streetsblog LA. The clacking of dominoes against the picnic table was a welcome sound of community on an otherwise largely empty street. The three masked men engaged in a friendly game initially didn’t want to be photographed, but 47-year-old Miguel R. decided he had things he needed to […]
Evicted During COVID-19: “I Have Been Homeless for 20 Days…What’s Going to Happen to Me?”
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A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked
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Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help
Friends, Family March for Justice for Woon, Pen Personal Messages Asking for Change
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"Whenever I ride, I think if I'll make it back to see my mom wake up or to have dinner. Put yourself in our shoes."
USC’s Public Safety Officers Tackle, Traumatize Woman for Hugging Tree on Sorority’s Lawn
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"How is USC going to make it right?"
Paint Is Not Protection: Woman Killed in Horrific LA Hit-and-Run
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Paint and signage suggesting a pedestrian can expect a safe crossing where drivers regularly hit well above 40 miles an hour is not just negligence, it's criminal. Especially at night.
Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You
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"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"
City Attorney Keeps up Pressure to Evict Nipsey Hussle’s Legacy
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The effort to push Hussle off the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson is nothing new, but the timing couldn't be worse.
South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime
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Few communities love harder than South Central.