After a few short periods of promising dips, though, the fatality numbers in greater Los Angeles have been inexorably climbing. And as he fights to save it, Garcetti is reimagining the Los Angeles that might emerge from the pandemic’s devastation. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti meets with safety officials. Decades later, he became the Los Angeles County district attorney, even though a measure of hell-raising seemed more in the genes. Those include a light-rail line linking underserved South Los Angeles to the Los Angeles International Airport, and a subway line running from downtown L.A. to Westwood, allowing commuters to avoid some of the city’s busiest freeways and avenues.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2020 14:37 UTC