Los Angeles Thread #11: Let's Save Vincente Minnelli's House

This rain!

Loving every minute of it

if this keeps up for another decade we might get through this drought

those santa anas were bonkers last night - lost power for a good 5 minutes

How’s the weather in march / April? Looking to visit for a few days

No power loss here, but I now have dozens of palm fronds in my yard.

March/April usually good, cool but not cold, and usually no rain by April (even March rain has been rare lately).

please sign this ballot measure petition if you get the chance! https://www.healthystreetsla.com/

Public transit into Angeles National Forest being planned for first time in 130 years

For the first time in 130 years, forest lovers might once again ride public transit into the Angeles National Forest, a vast area of mountains, hiking trails, creeks and pine-shaded picnic grounds that make up almost three-quarters of Los Angeles County’s open space.

Because the only way to reach the 700,176-acre green space towering above Los Angeles is by car. Access is denied to underserved county residents who don’t own a car or have no access to a private vehicle.

To change that, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, presented the nonprofit Nature For All a check for $995,000 on Aug. 28 to begin planning and building the Mount Wilson Express Shuttle, a van or bus service starting from the Metro L Line (Gold) Memorial Park Station in Old Pasadena and connecting to western forest locations.

It is the most money received by the nonprofit in a single grant. Chu also placed a request for $750,000 in the 2023 House of Representatives appropriations bill, which would raise the shuttle program’s funding to $1,745,000, if approved.

Early plans call for a regular, weekend shuttle that will take passengers on the 210 Freeway to Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2), with forest stops at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center at Red Box, Clear Creek Information Center, and trailheads at Eaton Saddle, Colby Canyon and Gould Mesa, explained Bryan Matsumoto, program manager for Nature For All.

(judy chu is my rep!)

(mine too!)

new metro line opening on Oct 7th:

The K Line will serve the communities of West Adams, Jefferson Park, Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, Hyde Park, Inglewood, Westchester and more. Seven K Line stations will open on October 7, 2022.

https://kline.metro.net/

Eater ran a nice feature on Mary's Market here in Sierra Madre. Big recommendation for their breakfast burritos.

need to go there sometime! i got married at the nearby nature friends lodge :)

Also in Sierra Madre news:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7KGpEqnT4

(this is a trail I hike on at least 2-3 times a week)

Quite the city council we’ve got here.

great bunch

They aren't going to resign from the council completely, are they?

yeah martinez is going to try to tough it out.

IIUC 2/4 are not standing for re-election in november. they should resign, but OOTH the process by which they would be replaced is not exactly a model of good governance.

(this is a trail I hike on at least 2-3 times a week)

Is that Mt. Wilson? I haven't been that far east. I've hiked the Beaudry Loop in Glendale several times. I've seen coyotes but not bears.

i don't think he has the power he believes he does, but this is pretty spicy

The owner of the Los Angeles Times has now waded into the political firestorm after his paper broke the story of city councilmembers’ racist remarks pic.twitter.com/CJuHqoKsd1

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) October 10, 2022

Is that Mt. Wilson? I haven't been that far east.

Yah, it's the Mt. Wilson trail

damn, RIP Art Laboe

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-10/art-laboe-dead

yeah martinez is going to try to tough it out.

Apparently not

She hasn’t resigned from the council yet right?

The stories I've seen today say she has.

she has stepped down as council president. she's still on the council.

You're right, I should have gone past the headlines.

I don’t know how any of them survive that but especially her. Am really curious about the audio leak, the who and why, considering how old it is.

yeah it's weird. i've seen speculation it's LAPD, although you'd expect leaks to be directed at council's left wing if it was them.

anyway

One hour before the public city council meeting, @CD6Nury is taking a leave of absence. She retains her seat on council. https://t.co/KHNEZ4vy1v

— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) October 11, 2022

The ugliness and arrogance of what’s on that tape is wild even by the usual low standards of L.A. politics.

That’s gonna quietly shift into a permanent leave of absence soon enough I gotta imagine.

looking back on it, wouldn't you love to have resigned from your job before the president of the united states and head of your political party weighed in

— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) October 11, 2022

looking back on it, wouldn't you love to have resigned from your job before the president of the united states and head of your political party weighed in

— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) October 11, 2022

The ugliness and arrogance of what’s on that tape is wild even by the usual low standards of L.A. politics.

By coincidence, I was re-re-re-re-reading City Of Quartz over the weekend and when the story broke I literally outbursted "fuck, AGAIN?!"

i've seen speculation it's LAPD

LASD, maybe?

LASD is county. i'm sure they have opinions about council but they don't necessarily have routine access.

seems more and more like it was someone inside the union though.

A source tells me that LA Fed staffers signed an NDA months ago that prevents them from publicly speaking about leadership, and that they are not to go out and protest right now, or it would be grounds for termination. Additionally, their computers are being surveilled.

— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) October 11, 2022

wtf

CADOJ will investigate Los Angeles' redistricting process.

The leaked audio has cast doubt on a cornerstone of our political processes.

We will endeavor to bring the truth to light to help restore confidence in the process for the people of our state. pic.twitter.com/HpvjWf8wAp

— Rob Bonta (@AGRobBonta) October 12, 2022

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso declares he's not white because he's Italian

https://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-mayoral-candidate-rick-184822598.html

I remember LA councilman John Ferraro (also Italian-American) saying he was an "original Latino."

Wow

Statement just in from @CD6Nury: "It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew up in and my home."

— Brittny Mejia (@brittny_mejia) October 12, 2022

You’ll always have a home on nextdoor

My NextDoor group is less racist than them.

glad to see council back up running

Capt Castillo on mic announces he’s declaring an unlawful assembly and directing everyone to leave or be arrested or subjected to other police action, including “less lethal” ammunition. pic.twitter.com/CljSeiR0Xl

— Kate Cagle (@KateCagle) October 26, 2022

Iliad Bookstore hit with arson:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjIhD8P2j-/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

no one was hurt and damage was apparently minimal but still, incredibly shitty

Bookshop*

They left their flier at the scene?

Karen Bass slightly ahead now. Villanueva is OUT

this fuckin guy

rest easy, P-22

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-17/p22-obituary-celebrity-mountain-lion-cougar-puma-griffith-park-california