Thread by @StreetsblogLA

SBLA is live tweeting this morning’s LA City Council meeting vote on #HealthyStreetsLA. 10am meeting will start shortly. Healthy Streets is item 20 on agenda. KnockLA also tweeting this meeting

https://twitter.com/knockdotla/status/1562481752248967173

Meeting underway. 10 of 15 Councilmembers present - Buscaino, Cedillo, KDL absent right now.

President @CD6Nury Martinez just offered a motion on #HealthyStreetsLA item 20 - saying move “option 2”

Martinez moved option 2 which would send #HealthyStreetsLA to the March 2024 election ballot. (Option 1 would approve the ordinance outright)

Now Council is taking public comment- on multiple items. A valley (Reseda?) Neighborhood Council rep is reading a statement in support of HSLA. @SCOPE_LA rep speaks against HSLA- asking for equitable implementation

@All4Transit rep urges plan implementation, prioritizing equity. @peopleforMJ urges council not to adopt HSLA instead adopt council ‘Safe Streets’ motion due to equity concerns.

@PB__Community & @LANLT reps urges center equity communities - supports Safe Streets not HSLA. @streetsforall @schneider urges HSLA approval, says Safe Streets can work with HSLA - people will die waiting for March 2024

@InvestinPlace says system is broken - need capital infrastructure plan. Commenter urges approving HSLA - for world class mobility, climate. @LosAngelesWalks against approving HSLA today, supports Martinez’ Safe Streets motion. @ClimateResolve rep supports HSLA approval option 1.

Speaker urges adopting HSLA for safe biking. 3 speakers supports HSLA, citing traffic deaths, unsafe streets, increasing deaths. @CleanairCA supports HSLA

A Metro rider urges HSLA approval. South LA cyclist speaks in support of HSLA “pass it now”. 3 more speakers urge approval of option 1 - approving HSLA

Speaker says LA falling behind other cities Paris, Long Beach, San Francisco, urges approval of HSLA. 3 more speakers in support of HSLA - as @CD6Nury cuts off further comments.

Now @CD6Nury speaking on HSLA item. Cites longstanding inequality: deadly streets concentrated in low income communities of color. Speaks about her thoughtful motion which implements mobility plan in an equitable way

@CD6Nury “not everyone has the luxury to give up their car” … “the voices of poor people matter” - urges option 2 - sending HSLA to 2024 ballot

@kdeleon speaks about increasing traffic fatalities - wants Barcelona-type “park blocks.” Says city departments lacked leadership “slow walked this” Mobility Plan implementation

@kdeleon calls for negotiations… speaks about 6th Street Bridge, street racing

@CurrenDPriceJr speaks about halo installation for traffic victim. Black and Latino Angelenos over-represented in traffic deaths. Supports @CD6Nury motion

@BobBlumenfield says he opposes legislation by initiatives. Cites projects in his district. Says lack of LA bikeways is unconscionable. Doesn’t support adopting HSLA as is

@BobBlumenfield wants to negotiate with HSLA supporters to rewrite initiative. Supports “option 3” - not approving today. Negotiations later.

@MRodCD7 speaks about unfulfilled promises for safer streets. “We must do better.” Make streets safe for “those who don’t have the luxury of a vehicle to commute.” But, echoing Blumenfield, don’t handcuff ourselves with voter initiative legislation

@cd4losangeles @nithyavraman inspired by push for bike lanes - a change. Wants city to match urgency - via @CD6Nury motion

Raman cites a handful of city bike and bus projects, says city is turning a corner.

@MikeBoninLA tells stories of traffic violence victims who would have been safer had Mobility Plan been implemented. Every day we delay, people are killed.

@MikeBoninLA cites lack of capital program, accountability. Says @LADOTofficial has been blocked by Councilmembers.

@MikeBoninLA says he supports both HSLA & Martinez motion - says city won’t implement plan unless it is handncuffed. Says need to implement equitably.

@mhdcd8 says equity just doesn’t make it to the streets. Vision Zero projects languish unbuilt in his district. Says council needs accountability. Speaks up for people who walk and ride bikes because they don’t have a choice - whose family can’t afford an automobile

@CD6Nury says she is committed to implementation. Her father never drove - took bus. Says city’s lack of mobility plan progress is shameful.

Martinez motion passes unanimously- council does not approve #HealthyStreetsLA but pushes it to 2024 ballot. (While council’s Safe Streets alternative version works its way through the council’s legislative process)