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There are police cars parked in the bus lanes on 42nd St. I can see 42nd/10th and 11th from my balcony and EVERYDAY the bus lanes are used as parking for police vehicles. I ride the M42 and it’s bumper to bumper cars parked in the bus lanes. So no, I don’t see these designated lanes helping as long as police cars use them as extra parking.

The other thing is … and I’m totally open to people having different ideas about this, bc above all I think we shouldn’t try to micromanage too much, or repeat Soviet mistakes … hear that, Legislators???? … but, if it were up to me, I think I might have preferred to keep the people who lived here before the Great Recession, rather than what we’ve got now.

Allegedly, what has happened since then has been a sorting process by which low and middle income folk got shoved out by newcomers with $$$ – as you said. (Some of them, it is true, probably just retired and cashed out. As long as they don’t bleep their neighbors on the way out the door – something encouraged by sb 50 – I have no issue with that.)

Anyhow, nothing against rich people, but we still have a lot of those … and I think the balance may have been better before than it is now.

I don’t see any prospect to undo this though. But at least, let’s not make it worse! Sb 50 would intensify gentrification, I think. Which is almost hard to imagine, but, not.

Ah, well, then maybe we don’t disagree, really. I too strongly dislike the idea that the state Leg has anything valuable to offer local governments on the subject of specific land use policies. At least not in its current makeup. (I think term limits are the real culprit — legislators are not in very long, they feel pressure to make at least a small splash, and so we get lots of petty garbage passed – and also one party rule, but that’s a longer talk.)

As a liberal, I want every person to have a safe, stable place to live. I also do not think all 300 million or so of us need to be in California. I don’t see why our so-called leaders can’t manage to discuss this in a rational way.

Meanwhile, if you like stable communities and trees, call your reps now and complain. This bill is garbage and it should be stopped. They need to hear from us because they are afraid of running afoul of the media, I think.

You seem to contradict yourself here. I am sure in the legal parameters a resident or occupant has rights that can not be infringed on and if one is legally declared a resident than how would support the removal and arrest of those who refuse?

If you don’t think they are residents than why are you arguing with me and others who claim they aren’t? It’s why terms like vagrant exists to differentiate from those who live under a roof or on land they own/rent. These homeless do neither and worse contribute to filth and blight causing you(I’m assuming you pay taxes and contribute to society), me, and many others to pay for this in more taxes and opportunity cost(which has been proven).

You are absolutely fooling yourself if you think an overwhelmingly majority of these folks are sober. Now that isn’t to say they should be generalized or treated differently because of that. That said, you ought to understand even if you are fine with this many others are not.

I personally think this situation has gotten so out of control thanks to current leadership and we all know who overwhelmingly controls the politics in California. These police and rangers are overworked, overwhelmed, undermined, and made a mockery of due to toxic anti police/authority culture that far too many left winging groups bask in and the blame shouldn’t be on [them]. Rather the city leaders like Garcetti and Bonin need to grow a spine and support the majority of LA residents but they won’t.

I can’t tell you that next person in charge should be a republican but I can tell you the last several have been left winging liberals and they’ve screwed up California so bad it is time for a change. As long as you keep voting the same people you will get the same result. Orders are passed down and police are scared of what might follow. Portland and Oakland are prime examples of this. Very sad to see. I feel so bad for the Rangers, Police, and workers that had to deal with these animals. Ideally they should be labeled as such as vagrant is too nice of a term for them.

I know many vagrants in Hollywood who are nice, keep to themselves, and will even clean trash that low class apartment renters or even home owners litter. These pathetic excuses of crap have no defense in their honor(which is non existent).

So you ought to clarify what you mean. If not then label them as pests. Either way you look at it these are awful, toxic, vermin who are going to hurt someone if they haven’t already. Real actual residents shouldn’t have to be dealing with this neither should our LEOs.

Resident: a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis.

Vagrant: a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

So sure you could do what you seem to love to do and spin definitions so they suit your narrative whilst not being entirely untruthful. You seem to be really good at doing that. I suppose time will tell us how the city feels as tensions seem to be growing every day.

Most normal, rational thinking people, you know those who work and pay taxes, would interpret the definition resident being someone who is lives in the area the way most other people do. Not someone sleeping in a tent. But feel free to walk around and take a census on how many people residing in adjacent areas would refer to vagrants sleeping in tents as residents. I bet the results would disappoint you.

In the 1990s I often made the trip from New Orleans to Orlando on the Sunset Limited to visit family. Yes the trip was long but it was always a lot of fun. There is room to walk around and spread out on trains than there is on a cramped airplane. There are communal spaces like dining cars and lounges that invite starting conversations with other riders. You can upgrade to completely private quarters with their own beds and private bathrooms.

Amtrak trains offer the luxury of room that you can’t get even on the world’s most expensive flights. As I’ve seen rail service continue to deteriorate over my lifetime it’s never made sense to me that we don’t invest in this mode for domestic travel. Especially because its one we could speed up and convert to clean energy today if we wanted to.

Well, I do really dig myself. I’ve been working on myself for 47 years now and I’m proud of the results.
And yes, if there’s a piece on homelessness then you’ll see my comments front and center as I engage with pretty much every serious commenter (and throw in a bit of snark, admittedly. A little levity is my way of coping with the heartbreaking gravity of the issue). Homelessness is the issue of my lifetime, something I’ve been thinking about and wrestling with for decades. And for decades I’ve been frustrated as my fellow citizens focus on literally anything else but the suffering and misery that’s been allowed to fester on our city’s streets.
Now were talking about it. That’s great and long overdue. I think everybody should post to their heart’s content on this issue…just don’t get butthurt when someone (maybe me, maybe not) calls out BS for what it is.

I loved learning about the history of our neighborhood (although, none of those pictures are of Jefferson Park bungalows. Curbed should know better). We bought in this neighborhood in 2013 and have seen our property value double in 6 1/2 years. We live in a kit home that’s incredibly well built. From the beginning, our neighbors, most of them longtime residents, have been welcoming, generous, and caring of each other. We watch each other’s homes when we go out of town. We work together to get speed bumps installed. People ask us all the time if they can take guavas from our incredible guava tree in the front yard. What attracted us to this neighborhood, besides the affordability at the time, was how charming the houses are block after block, that there are mature trees everywhere, plenty of parking. The rows of skinny towering palm trees are postcard perfect. What has truly been lacking is commercial offerings, although that’s also improving. Highly Likely opened over a year ago on Jefferson. Red Bay Coffee (they roast their own beans!) is opening just a few blocks from our house this spring. There are all kinds of people in the neighborhood, across races, ethnicities, gay, straight, working, middle, and upper middle class. I do hope that mix of folks lasts a long time. Honestly, I can’t believe our luck that we bought when we did before it became the next "it" neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Well thank you $ean for your useless research and data crunching. All leading to yet another long winded nothing.

Its always the dumb and delusional who publicly fancy themselves as intellectuals.

Fantastic news, and long overdue. Hopefully this is just a start. Every major NYC corridor should have dedicated, separated bus lanes, and the busiest corridors should be bus-only. No one should be driving a private car in Manhattan without paying a huge fee and being limited to a few routes.