This month the City of Los Angeles undertook difficult discussions about setting a budget for the next fiscal year in the context of a $1 billion budget shortfall. TERA provided feedback on this process, expressing concern about the possibility of drastic layoffs. Read our letter to the Los Angeles City Council and comments on budget priorities:
Category: Los Angeles
Over the past three months, the City of Los Angeles has presented three implementation options for bikeway infrastructure of TERA’s Rock The Boulevard project on Eagle Rock Boulevard. TERA prefers Option 2 as the concept that best works towards Rock The Boulevard’s goals of a safer, greener, and more pedestrian-friendly Eagle Rock Boulevard. Option 2 is the option that not only provides the safest and most comfortable space for pedestrians, but also preserves the most on-street parking and most well distributed on-street parking to provide access to our existing local businesses.
TERA further encourages Streets LA to study the community generated “Walkable Boulevard” concept, which would fine-tune Option 2 to allocate portions of unusable median space towards expanded sidewalks, space for new sidewalk trees, and space for Al Fresco dining for local businesses.
Click below to read TERA’s letter to Streets LA:
In a recent television interview on ABC7, Councilmember Kevin de León stated, “If it is my constituents’ decision that I move forward and step down then I’ll accept that.”
TERA—with the broader Eagle Rock community—unequivocally urges that the Councilmember resign. The time has come for him to stand by his word, accept this call, and resign.
Click below to read TERA’s open letter to Councilmember Kevin de León:
As the lead organization behind the Take Back The Boulevard initiative that is focused on Colorado Boulevard, TERA objects to the use of Take Back The Boulevard funds to downgrade the walkability of Colorado Boulevard.
Click below to read TERA’s letter to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation:
To our members and the Eagle Rock community, TERA officially endorses the Beautiful Boulevard plan to make BRT on Colorado Blvd work for all members of our community. We also believe there must be funding support for our businesses impacted by the project’s construction and a plan to deter potential cut-through traffic in the neighborhood. You can read our full statement here:
The Eagle Rock Association wholeheartedly supports the Vidiots Foundation’s application for a conditional use permit for the use and sale of alcohol in conjunction with the proposed renovation of the Eagle Theatre at 4884 N. Eagle Rock Boulevard. TERA believes this proposed development is a critical component of the renovation and re-imagining of Eagle Rock Boulevard.