Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Displacement

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Does the Building Trades Council Really Believe Freeways Are More Important than Homes?

By Melanie Curry and Joe Linton | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

Labor is prioritizing a few hours of labor over people's lives, and homes.

L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 15, 2021 | No Comments

In five states - California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas - the Times found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods

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