Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Equity

Study: Transit Is Failing Non-White Night Shift Workers

By Kea Wilson | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments

Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.

New “Everyone In” Video Shows Homelessness’ Disproportionate Harm to Black Angelenos

By Joe Linton | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

Everyone In tells stories of Black unhoused persons, and offers solutions, including funding from the November Reimagine L.A. ballot measure

Car Dominance Makes Non-White Neighborhoods Hotter

By Kea Wilson | Aug 5, 2020 | No Comments

If you've ever noticed that disinvested, predominantly Black neighborhoods just *feel* hotter than the tree-lined blocks of predominantly white communities...well, it's not just your imagination.

Talking Headways Podcast: Valuing Black Lives and Property

By Jeff Wood | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

This week, we talk to an expert in Black wealth about why development and placemaking leaves out the community. Just because a big company comes to town does not mean everyone will benefit.

Opinion: Urbanism Is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment

By Destiny Thomas | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.

County Supervisors Moving Forward with Re-Imagine L.A. and Other Key Justice Initiatives

By Joe Linton | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Reimagine L.A. would shift funds from law enforcement into community programs. Also approved were establishing a county antiracist agenda, and extending an eviction moratorium and legal assistance to immigrants.

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