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Streets Are For Everyone

Time Sensitive Call to Action

Metro vote tomorrow +
Die-In Protest Saturday

two chances to show up for safer streets

Good evening Subscriber First Name

I know this is landing late in the day, but it’s important. Even early in the year, we’re already facing moments when showing up and raising your voice truly matters.

Over the next few days, there are two important opportunities to use your voice for safer streets and better public transportation in Los Angeles County.

 

🚇 TOMORROW — Metro Board Meeting (Jan 22, 10:00 AM)

The LA Metro Board will hear two major transit items that will shape how people move around the region for decades.

1. C/K Line Extension to Torrance

After decades of promises, the long-awaited extension of rail service to the South Bay is finally up for final approval — but a last-minute motion now threatens to derail the project.

What’s at stake:
This project would bring long-overdue rail access to South Bay communities using an existing rail corridor. A competing proposal could delay the project by years and add hundreds of millions in costs.

Please urge the Board to:

  • ✅ SUPPORT — Item 11
    C/K Line Extension to Torrance Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Certification
    → This is the staff-recommended option, already environmentally cleared and supported by the community.

  • ❌ OPPOSE — Item 11.1
    Last minute motion for the Hawthorne Alternative
    → This alternative contradicts Metro staff’s recommendation and risks significant delays or even cancellation of the project.

More background and talking points are available from South Bay Forward: southbayforward.org/links.

2. Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project

The Board will also vote on the future of one of the most important transit investments in the region — connecting the San Fernando Valley and Westside.

Please urge the Board to:

  • ✅ SUPPORT — Item 10
    Approve the Sepulveda Heavy Rail Modified Alternative 5 as the Locally Preferred Alternative and advance the Final Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
    → Heavy rail offers the highest capacity and the best long-term solution for this corridor.

How to participate (choose what works for you):

  • 🏛️ In person (preferred):
    Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Board Room
    Arrive ~30 minutes early to sign up for public comment

  • 📞 Call-in:
    888-978-8818 | Access code: 5647249#
    Press #2 to give public comment when the item is called

  • 🚌 South Bay residents:
    FREE buses from Torrance Transit Center, departing approximately 7:00–7:30 AM

 

🕯️ SATURDAY — 4th Annual Die-In Protest for Safer Streets (Jan 24)

This Saturday, 24 January, at 10am SAFE and partner nonprofits will gather to honor lives lost and demand action after a decade-old City pledge to eliminate traffic deaths was missed.

In 2025 alone, 286 people were killed on our streets — deaths that were preventable.

This Saturday, SAFE and partner nonprofits will gather to honor lives lost and demand action after a decade-old City pledge to eliminate traffic deaths was missed.

4th Annual Die-In for Safer Streets
📍 LA City Hall Steps, 232 N. Spring Street
🕙 Saturday, January 24 | 10:00–11:00 AM

Signing up is appreciated, but walk-ups to the event without signing up are also welcome.

Lives are on the line. Inaction is no longer acceptable.

 

Whether you can call in tomorrow, show up in person, or stand with us on Saturday — thank you for being part of this work.

Damian Kevitt
Executive Director and Founder
Streets Are For Everyone

 
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Los Angeles, CA
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