Wendy Greuel pledges to “champion” the community’s efforts on Crenshaw/LAX Rail Line, while Eric Garcetti’s written commitments differ from his verbal statements. Regardless of who becomes the next Mayor the battle for a Park Mesa Heights tunnel and Leimert Park Village station will continue.
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One of the two remaining candidates can determine will determine whether there is a tunnel on Crenshaw and may determine whether there is a station at Leimert Park Village.
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With all of the focus on Leimert Park Village over the next month, we want to highlight a special screening at the Mayme Clayton Museum of Leimert Park: The Story of a Village in South Central Los Angeles.
More →A key item on today’s MTA board meeting is the acceleration of all MTA transit and highway projects, that would be delayed well into the 2020s and 2030s by bonding against future revenues. $10.2B in funding would be created – NOT a penny would be for the Crenshaw-LAX Line or any project in South LA.
More →Join us at our May 2nd Community Meeting where we will discuss the Mayoral Candidates’ Stances on the Crenshaw Line & Preparing for the May 23 MTA Board Decision on the Leimert Park Village Station.
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Our Executive Director Damien Goodmon sent this message to the Crenshaw community urging us all to vote No on Measure J, a sales tax increase that will generate $90 billion for MTA, while not returning a single penny back to our community to add a station at Leimert Park Village or underground the Crenshaw-LAX Line in Park Mesa Heights.
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The People’s Motion is an effort to request the MTA simply study a tunnel in Park Mesa Heights (from 48th to 59th Streets) in the only section of the Crenshaw-LAX Line currently proposed to be built at street-level on Crenshaw Blvd.
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In a press release issued yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced that she sent a letter to MTA CEO Art Leahy, urging him to seek federal funds for the construction of light rail stations in Leimert Park and Westchester on the Crenshaw-LAX Rail Line, which are currently considered optional.
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Thandi Chimurenga’s commentary on the seriousness of modern day social activist movements in the context of our threat to stop construction of the Crenshaw-LAX line if people of the community are not guaranteed a small percentage of the construction jobs is an important one.
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Every October over 100,000 people enjoy good food, good music and safe fellowship on Crenshaw Blvd at the L.A. Sentinel’s Taste of Soul. Volunteers for the Crenshaw Subway Coalition were out in full force collecting petitions and distributing information about how MTA’s proposed plan would affect our community and wonderful festivals like [...]
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Last week MTA and the Federal Transit Administration released for public review the Final Environmental Impact Report/Statement (“FEIR/S”) for the Crenshaw-LAX Line. The next step is for the MTA board to vote to certify the document at their Thu, Sept 22 board meeting at MTA headquarters.
Our team of experts has already started identifying [...]
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After hundreds of citizens, business leaders, clergy and staff from all South L.A. political offices descended upon the board room, the MTA board unanimously approved the Ridley-Thomas motion to study a full Crenshaw Blvd subway on the Crenshaw Line.
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In response to widespread community requests, L.A. County Supervisor & MTA Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas steps up to the plate and delivers a motion to require study of a full subway on the Crenshaw Blvd portion of the Crenshaw Line.
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