Community Pedestrian Plan
Step by Step Los Angeles County:
Pedestrian Plans for Unincorporated Communities is a master plan for
pedestrian safety in Los Angeles County that will include a Community
Pedestrian Plan for East Los Angeles.
A pedestrian plan is a study of where our streets and sidewalks could be better places to walk; and includes projects that the County could implement like high-visibility crosswalks, signals, lighting, and parkway trees to encourage safe walking and rolling in your community.
The Public Hearing Draft of
the Pedestrian Plan is out now!
Thanks to you and your
neighbors, the latest draft of
the East Los Angeles Community
Pedestrian Plan is back out for
public review and comments
starting August 17. The next
step is a hearing by the Los
Angeles County Regional Planning
Commission in September.
Read the plan here:
https://ph.lacounty.gov/place/stepbystep/docs/RPC/East
LA Community Ped Plan_081623.pdf
Hard copies of the plan are
available for review at the following
County libraries in East Los
Angeles:
City Terrace Library -
4025 E. City Terrace Dr., Los
Angeles, CA 90063
East Los Angeles Library -
4837 East 3rd Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90022
Anthony Quinn Library -
3965 Cesar E Chavez Ave. Los
Angeles, CA 90063
El Camino Real Library -
4264 Whittier Blvd. Los Angeles,
CA 90023
How can you provide input on the
Draft Pedestrian Plan?
Until September 20, 2023, you
can submit your questions,
comments, or ideas via email to
YSaenz@ph.lacounty.gov or by
calling 323-790-2014. Your
comments will be forwarded to
the
Regional Planning Commission
for them to consider at the
hearing.
Save the Date!
The
Regional Planning Commission
(RPC) and Board of Supervisors
hearings for the Pedestrian
Plans are additional
opportunities to submit public
comments directly to the
Commission and the Board.
Attend
the Regional Planning Commission
Hearing – Sept. 20, 2023 at 9am
In person -
320 W. Temple Street, Rm. 150,
Los Angeles
For ADA accommodations, call
(213) 974-6488 or (213) 617-2292
(TDD) three days prior.
Online -
tinyurl.com/RPC-Meeting
Webinar ID: 858 6032 6429
By Phone - (323) 776-6996
Conference ID: 577 296 386#
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:
Call (323) 776-6996 Conference
ID: 577 296 386# (3 min. limit)
Email by noon on September 19 to
comment@planning.lacounty.gov
Attend the Board of
Supervisors Hearing – Dec. 12, 2023 at 9:30am
In person -
500 W Temple St., Rm. 381B, Los
Angeles
For ADA accommodations call
(213) 974-1426 or (213) 974-1707
(TTY) three days prior.
Online -
bos.lacounty.gov
By Phone - (877) 873-8017 For
English: 111111, Spanish:
222222
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:
In Person - Sign up at the
kiosks outside the Board Hearing
room (1 min limit).
Call (877) 226-8163, Participant
Code 1336503, starting at 9:00am
(1 min limit).
Submit online by noon on
December 11 at
publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov
More information on how to
participate in BOS hearing:
bos.lacounty.gov/board-meeting-agendas/how-to-participate
To be notified about public
hearings,
sign up for our newsletter:
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Check out
this StoryMap to learn more about the
experience of walking in East Los Angeles.
Summary of
Past Community
Outreach
In collaboration with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Public Works, Public Matters led outreach efforts from February 2021 until March 2022 to gather community input throughout the development of the draft East Los Angeles Community Pedestrian Plan.
The first phase of outreach helped the project team understand barriers and opportunities for walking in East Los Angeles. Efforts included attending existing meetings held by community organizations, schools, and neighborhood groups; tabling at community events; convening focus groups; stakeholder interviews; surveys; community workshops; and community data collection activities.
Common issues identified included unsafe walking conditions due to speeding and bad
driver behaviors, poor sidewalk conditions such as cracked and narrow sidewalks, inadequate lighting, lack of shade, and personal safety concerns. Public Matters also asked participants to identify areas that they would like to walk to and areas that bring them joy. This included green spaces, libraries, farmers markets, and community events.
Stakeholders were also encouraged to complete a survey on their current walking habits, concerns, and desired projects. The project team collected a total of 278 surveys, which were available in English and Spanish.
Respondents identified the top three areas of concerns as:
- Trash on sidewalks
- Obstacles on
sidewalks

East Los Angeles Data:
- The rate of motor vehicle collision involving
pedestrians in East LA is 41%, compared to 21% for LA County. Source: LAC VZ Collision Database 2010-2014
- Over 42% of East LA residents 18 or older are
considered obese, compared to 30% for LA County.
Source: AskCHIS UCLA, 2020.
- Youth obesity in East LA is 39%, compared to
34% for LA County. Source: AskCHIS UCLA, 2020.
- The rate of households with no vehicles in
East LA is 11.6%, compared to 9% for LA County.
Source: ACS 2019 1-year
- East LA - Northwest has 1 park acres per 1,000
residents and East LA – Southeast has 0.1 park acres per 1,000
residents whereas the County average is 3.3 park acres per 1,000.
According to the Countywide park needs assessment, East Los Angeles
(Northwest and Southeast) has a very high park need. Source: Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Park &
Recreation Needs Assessment Appendix A
The
Community Pedestrian Plan will help the County address corridors in
East Los Angeles that have concentrations of collisions, identified in
red on the map.
These corridors were identified as having had 3 or
more fatal or severe injury collisions within a half mile segment
between 2013-2017.
These corridors are the focus of the County’s
Vision Zero
traffic safety initiative,
which aims to eliminate fatal injury traffic collisions on County
roadways by 2035.
These corridors are part of the 3.8% of County
maintained roadways where 50% of all fatal and severe injury collisions
have occurred.
By working with community to understand concerns
and opportunities for walkability enhancements the Pedestrian Plans
will help the County achieve the Vision Zero goal.
How to
report issues to the County
Report problems such as graffiti, potholes, illegal dumping, street
light or signal issues, and more to the Department of Public Works at:
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/contact/.
Go mobile! Report problems while walking in your community. Download
Los Angeles County The Works app to your phone!
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/theworks/
Find Public Works projects in your community
Los Angeles County Public Works
is the agency responsible for
road projects in unincorporated
areas, including safety
enhancements for walking. Their
website includes a map of
planned, in-progress, and
completed transportation and
water projects, often with
project fact sheets and contact
information. Click here to see
the map:
LA County
Infrastructure Projects Map.
How
to contact your Board of Supervisors office
EAST LOS ANGELES | SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1 | SUPERVISOR HILDA L. SOLIS
email: firstdistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
Hall of Administration, room 856
500 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
phone: (213) 974-5555 |
East Los Angeles Office
4801 E. Third Street.
Los Angeles, CA 90022
phone: (323) 881-4601 |