How to break the HLA stalemate

We voted to link bike lanes to repaving. We got neither. Now what?

Sep 24 • Oren Hadar

How to build 145 new LA parks

SB 79 is here, and lots of new housing is coming. Is anything else?

Sep 11 • Oren Hadar

July 2026

The crosswalk designed to appease angry drivers

Our codependent relationship with people in cars is preventing us from getting to Vision Zero

Jul 30 • Oren Hadar

June 2026

The train slower than a cyclist

A grassroots group of volunteers - including me - is working to speed up LA's transit.

Jun 20 • Oren Hadar

May 2026

Let's start a policy think tank for LA

A research and advocacy nonprofit could lay the groundwork for LA to fulfill its world-capital destiny.

May 20 • Oren Hadar

April 2026

Sometimes planning means letting go

LA's new SB 79 plan is trying too hard to control how our neighborhoods look.

Apr 29 • Oren Hadar

Everybody is wrong about ED 1

Ignore the haters. Mayor Bass' signature housing policy is a big success.

Apr 15 • Oren Hadar

March 2026

Maybe not totally fake upzoning

LA has taken the first baby step toward ending single-family zoning in the city. Is it real?

Mar 21 • Oren Hadar

February 2026

Slowly CHIPping away

The city's big housing plan turned a year old last week. It's not exactly going gangbusters.

Feb 19 • Oren Hadar

January 2026

Dissolve the Metro board

Sacramento should reform this dysfunctional body. It's holding LA back.

Jan 22 • Oren Hadar

December 2025

LA has stopped repaving our streets

The reason why is probably illegal

Dec 8, 2025 • Oren Hadar

October 2025

The first SB 79 battle

LA has to pick which neighborhoods to let the law take effect in next July. Advocates are already drawing lines.

Oct 29, 2025 • Oren Hadar