Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Gentrification

CEQA has encouraged street designs like Balboa Blvd in Granada Hills, which has a very good LOS but is not so easy to use if you are not in a car. Image: Google Street View

Update: Last Chance to Comment on Statewide Changes to CEQA

By Melanie Curry | Mar 9, 2018 | 3 Comments

New rules called for by S.B. 743 will require development projects to estimate the vehicle miles of travel they will produce, instead of the amount of traffic delay they might cause. But as currently proposed, the rules will not apply to transportation projects.

Inquilinos Unidos rally for affordable housing. Photo courtesy Jesús Hermosillo

Speculators Discover Westlake: Will the “Lake on Wilshire” Complete the Takeover of Central Los Angeles?

By Jesús Hermosillo | Oct 12, 2017 | No Comments

The 41-story “Lake on Wilshire” megaproject goes to the City Planning Commission today. If approved, the project would spur gentrification in L.A.'s immigrant-rich Westlake neighborhood.

Redlining had its deepest impacts in areas of South L.A., Central L.A., and the Eastside. The book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein, details how redlining was just one of many ways in which policy was used to enforce segregation. Source: HOLC

America Walks “Walking Toward Justice” Webinar: The Color of Law & Residential Segregation

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 29, 2017 | No Comments

The important and timely book, The Color of Law, addresses the myth that segregation in our metropolitan areas evolved naturally and therefore cannot be remedied through policy. No: segregation is the product of explicit federal, state, and local policy designed to both insulate whites and give them a leg up in the process.