SAFE Year in Review – 2025
2025 was a powerful year for Streets Are For Everyone. From meaningful policy wins to impactful events and growing grassroots advocacy, we made real progress toward safer streets for everyone.
This year, through advocacy events, media, and other organizational efforts, SAFE’s outreach generated over 700 million impressions, all with the underlying message that increasing safety on our roads is not just something nice to do but something that MUST be done.
As is our tradition, we wanted to share some of this year’s highlights in photos.
Finish The Ride and Run: Griffith Park
Our 12th Annual event returned to the Autry Museum in Griffith Park with over 1,800 attendees, including participants and volunteers. Together, we raised over $145,000 to support SAFE’s mission to make communities safer for all road users.
1000+ registered for Finish The Run Griffith Park
700+ cyclists registered for Finish The Ride Griffith Park
Finish The Ride and Run: Santa Clarita
In its 6th year, Finish The Ride and Run Santa Clarita experienced an increase in attendance for the 3rd year in a row. Almost 900 cyclists and runners came out to West Creek Park in support of safer streets.
The event itself raised an all-time high of $62,200 to support SAFE’s mission and programs.
Policy and Legislation
During the 2025 Legislation season, the SAFE Policy and Legislation team analyzed 120 bills, focusing on 21 priority bills by the end of the legislative season. Of these 21 priorities, 13 were signed into law, and 2 bills were successfully opposed.
2025 Legislation by the Numbers
Total Number of Priority Bills Worked On (sponsored, supported, or opposed): 21
Total Number of Wins! 15 (a 71.4% win ratio)
Co-sponsored Bills Signed: 2
Priority Bills Signed: 11
Opposed Bills Successfully Killed: 2
There were several significant legislative wins for SAFE this year, including the signing into law of two of our co-sponsored bills, SB 720 (Safer Streets Act) and AB 1014 (State Highway Speed Limits). SB 720 was co-sponsored by SAFE, Streets For All, and Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA). AB 1014 was co-sponsored by SAFE and Del Norte County.
For a more detailed run-down of our Policy and Legislation accomplishments, check out SAFE’s Full Legislation Wins for 2025.
Southern California Advocacy
In 2025, SAFE initiated the highest number of advocacy projects in its history. This included 28 projects and the formation of 3 Action Teams working on initiatives in Griffith Park and Deadly Del Mar, as well as efforts to encourage transportation mode shift across Southern California.
We also advocated for road safety funding in LA, helping to reverse a budget proposed by the LA Mayor that would have eliminated all road safety funding for 2025/2026.
Notable wins:
Efforts to advance AB 645 implementation in Long Beach and Glendale were largely successful.
Funding for a traffic signal in Historic South-Central was announced by Councilmember Price at the location of Derrick Serrano’s hit-and-run.
Hosting a successful World Day of Remembrance event in partnership with the CA Office of Traffic Safety and local community nonprofit partners. The media widely covered it, and SAFE was recognized for our efforts by the LA County Board of Supervisors, City of LA, and West Hollywood.
Construction plans for Crystal Springs Drive in Griffith Park were finally approved after 3 years of advocacy work on our end to make it safer for pedestrians and other park users.
Launching the Hollywood Blvd. Bike Lane Sweeper in partnership with CD13
Worked with Supervisor District 2 to get funding allocated towards restoring and realigning the Marvin Braude Bike Path
Completing a speed audit of Deadly Del Mar, which was covered by the Washington Post.
We helped secure $55 million in funding for road safety upgrades along the western portion of PCH and are working to secure another $ 70 million for the eastern end.
In 2025, SAFE hosted 19 events and attended or supported an additional 121 events, all focused on improving street safety in LA County.
Clean Ride Crew
2025 saw significant growth of our Clean Ride Crew Project, with the introduction of our new Clean Ride Crew coordinator, Kayla Hankins. Kayla will continue expanding the project, with a focus on the Hollywood Blvd. bike lanes.
In 2025, we also introduced Sweeping Beauty, the new bike lane sweeper for the Hollywood Blvd bike lanes, cleaning up the trash and debris twice a month. Between Sweeping Beauty and our Clean Ride Crew volunteers, we have cleaned 50,000 pounds of trash across 30 miles of bike lanes this year!
Thanks to all of our 137 volunteers who made this the most successful year yet!
Streets, Art, SAFE 2024/2025
Our Streets, Art, SAFE Competition concluded our 9th Annual competition and kicked off our 10th. In 2025, Streets, Art, SAFE experienced its most significant growth yet. This year, we added the option to submit Poster PSAs alongside films and expanded it to multiple states across the US.
We partnered with AAA, and multiple non-profit partners to bring the competition to students this year.
46 schools participated, including schools from Texas, Arizona, Florida, and Northern California, with a total of 812 students.
The winning PSAs were showcased on GSTV, in DMV waiting rooms, and in bus shelters across the City of Los Angeles, resulting in over 6 million impressions.
You can learn more about the program and see winning PSAs by clicking the button here:
SAFE Support
This was a big year for SAFE Support, our free service which provides families affected by traffic violence with support, resources, and help to manage the aftermath of a deadly or injurious crash. This year, SAFE Support helped almost 90 new cases – a third more than the year before.
We have also grown SAFE Families, our group to connect those affected by traffic violence and advocate for and support each other. This year, there are nearly 30 individuals growing, healing, and advocating together for safer streets.
