🌱 Mobility Plan Implementation Too Slow + LAPD Swarms Granada Hills

Hello, everybody; today is National Grape Popsicle Day, which celebrates the accidental discovery of the treat in 1905 by an 11-year-old boy. Sylvia here with your fresh copy of the Los Angeles Daily, full of everything you need to know about what's going on locally. Enjoy...

Why is it taking so long to put the 2015 Mobility Plan into action? Also, what did LAPD officers find at a Granada Hills property? Finally, it’s Fleet Week time!

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1. On Wednesday, Los Angeles Council President Nury Martinez was among council members to introduce a motion that would result in more implementation of the 2015 Mobility Plan. It was supposed to make the City “more pedestrian-friendly by 2035, but has barely been implemented.” If approved, city workers would “conduct Mobility Plan improvements while performing unrelated street resurfacing and slurry seal projects.” However, the motion was not scheduled for a vote. (Spectrum News 1)
2. There is a Granada Hills property where multiple shipping containers, cars and RVs are cluttering the area. In spite of requests, no actions were taken. On Thursday, the LAPD swarmed the property and searched the containers and vehicles. (CBS)
3. The annual Fleet Week celebration is starting today. It is free to attend and lasts all weekend. There will be “live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, live military band performances across LA and active duty ship tours.” You can tour the USS Essex and the USS Portland. On Memorial Day, there will be an evening service at the Battleship IOWA in San Pedro. (NBC)
4. Will North Hollywood adult establishment dancers unionize? We learned on Tuesday that Star Garden Topless Dive Bar dancers are striking over safety issues. “It's not far-fetched at all to think that we could be stalked or assaulted, stolen from and killed. These are the risks that we take in this industry,” a dancer explained. In addition to demanding safe working conditions, they voted to unionize with Strippers’ United. (KCRW)
5. Six people transported “more than nine tons of materials from Arizona in order to take advantage of the California Redemption Value program.” On Wednesday, they were charged with “recycling fraud and grand theft.” The suspects hoped to clear around $10 million. (CBS)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Ken And Friends Comedy and R/B at Comfort Restaurant (8 p.m.)
• Jasmine Season - Jett Kwong Single Release and Screening Party at the Oracle Tavern (8:30 p.m.)
• Bestial Mouths at The Virgil (9 p.m.)
• The Friday Late Night Show at the Westside Comedy Theater (10 p.m.)
• Let's Go Deeper w/ Ify Nwadiwe And Ronnie Adrian at The Elysian (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• City flags have been lowered at half-staff as we honor the lives lost in Uvalde, Texas. Our hearts are with you. (Instagram)
• On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) will officially kick off the LASD Beach Patrol Mission, which will run from Memorial Day through Labor Day. (Facebook)
• We are saddened to hear former LASD Commander Charles “Sid” Heal passed away. He was known as one of the Department’s foremost SWAT tacticians and use of force experts. (Facebook)
• Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help locating missing person, Elyas Farzankashani. (Facebook)
• Our HaFoSaFo area neighbor has a dog that needs a home. The dog is 7 months old, very friendly, love giving hugs and kisses. Mixed breed. (Nextdoor)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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