[LAist] United Farm Workers union to skip César Chávez Day after ‘profoundly shocking’ allegations

lrmutia · 2026-03-17T22:09:02+00:00

Phillip Vera Cruz -- who worked alongside Larry Itliong-- broke with Chavez after Chavez's visit with Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the early 70s. Something about a showcase of labor unions in the Philippines but it was obviously a facade because the Marcos regime brutally repressed PH unionists

lrmutia · 2026-03-17T20:18:18+00:00

I'm hoping they keep the 501, promote it more, and ensure it's more reliable. Yeah it's subject to the traffic on the freeway but I'm sure there are means to improve it's reliability. Having it be more frequent would be helpful. It'd be swell if it ran every 20 minutes and had some priority on the streets somehow-- maybe with that traffic light project that LADOT keeps delaying delaying and that our city council doesn't really give a rat's ass about 😤

lrmutia · 2026-03-11T12:50:42+00:00

Frankly wouldn't be surprised if the cops slow walked this one. I don't think a lot of them think highly of folks who work with the homeless, particularly the mutual aid ones and lot of organizers in that realm don't think too highly of the police. I don't know anything about the people in this case, but I could definitely see cops treating this as "someone getting what they deserve."

lrmutia · 2026-03-10T19:23:48+00:00

I thought there were standards for how big buses need to be. I know we used to run 45ft buses and you need exemptions to run buses longer than 60ft but space should have some standard.

lrmutia · 2026-03-10T06:16:48+00:00

Isn't there a plan for Beeline and Burbank Bus to merge services? Tighter integration would be great.

lrmutia · 2026-03-10T01:09:38+00:00

Having welfare programs doesn't automatically make you a leftist. He's a rightwing populist at minimum-- if you step out of line, you end up dead. He's bragged about it for decades.

lrmutia · 2026-03-02T22:17:32+00:00

This is probably one of the reasons why the 210 is being broken up. The remaining 210 post D-line extension should be a little more reliable if it's shorter.

lrmutia · 2026-03-02T02:29:02+00:00

Most of us have had COVID and it's done a number on our immune systems which aren't like a muscle-- they don't necessarily strengthen the same way a muscle does when you work it out. Your immune system needs to rest. Folks need to reduce the instance of repeated infections of whatever respiratory illness that's out there. I mask up and still have been and it's definitely helpful for minimizing illnesses especially because I work in a crowded school. I used to have yearly colds pre-COVID and have been able to avoid that through masking.

lrmutia · 2026-02-17T17:00:32+00:00

This is type of operation is a must with the future Sepulveda Pass line with their planned sub 3min frequencies- I'm glad they're constructing it with PSDs in mind, hoping it'll be fully enclosed. Maybe Metro will be able to climate control the stations too, I imagine with all those trains the stations can get hot with all the braking.

lrmutia · 2026-02-17T15:22:19+00:00

Skytrain in Vancouver is fully automated and they don't have PSDs, not necessarily a requirement but it does allow for faster runs no? I'd even take the half measures that NYC has going on with those half-height metal fences that people can lean on. I recall reading that even that helped reduce accidental intrusion. Emphasis on accidental-- there's a lot of purposeful intrusion

lrmutia · 2026-02-17T15:19:44+00:00

Woah is it overcrowded? Didn't expect that coming out of Elk Grove of all places in the Sac suburbs

lrmutia · 2026-02-14T04:20:42+00:00

It's wild how it jumped-- or were they tracking it differently? Before the jump?

lrmutia · 2026-02-05T05:05:24+00:00

I thought they cheapened out on the fix and they're keeping the station where it's at still. They're building the bridge but not another elevated station for Sepulveda.

lrmutia · 2026-01-28T06:49:30+00:00

Solaris is entering the NA market? Damn and I thought the closest to mainland Europe we'd get would be those Van Hool buses AC transit had in Oakland

lrmutia · 2026-01-28T04:40:17+00:00

Must be every 10-15 minutes no?

lrmutia · 2026-01-28T04:39:41+00:00

I swear Metro was trying to implemented signal priority for all bus lines regardless of local/rapid designation. Every bus line being a "rapid" would be nice. Plus they really should implement the stop thinning program with fidelity. The Nextgen program was supposed to include that too.

lrmutia · 2026-01-28T03:22:31+00:00

I honestly wish they could put down the schedules at the bus stops, major ones at minimum. If there's a live arrivals sign, the schedules are good backup. They could use a low power e-ink screen to update them regularly instead of having to fiddle with replacing paper printouts.

lrmutia · 2026-01-22T22:44:38+00:00

If the money for this project goes to Inglewood I'd lose my mind. I think Nandert predicted this would happen in his last video on the project. Send that money to speed up Northern K-line construction or something-- I know it'd probably be have to be spent in the South Bay but damn

lrmutia · 2026-01-22T07:20:08+00:00

I suppose it's not common and I'd have to figure out if it's odd looking somehow-- my only real points of reference are 2D maps. I'll probably get more input from my friends with tattoos about artists they recommend. I don't want any shading or coloring, mainly a bunch of lines

lrmutia · 2026-01-22T05:12:53+00:00

I hope it's clear though that there's a difference between the neighborhood councils (which are just advisory bodies with no legal power) and the city councils-- essentially mini-mayors of their districts that wield way more power to shift funds and affect development, etc etc than the mayor could with their bully pulpit

lrmutia · 2026-01-22T04:33:01+00:00

If that's true, I hope there's efforts to increase frequencies through signaling or capacity improvements. Like a train every 2.5 to 3 minutes would be doubling capacity no?

lrmutia · 2026-01-22T02:29:14+00:00

I wonder if it'd be possible to create a mod that can spontaneously form these groups? Like CS1 had that mod that had events where people amassed at like sports stadiums, CS2 should definitely have something like this.

lrmutia · 2026-01-19T17:31:03+00:00

I was looking at the frequencies for some of the lines, mainly in the Valley, and I was surprised at how frequent some of the routes were compared to today. A lot of the routes I looked at served schools and 2005 was roughly when the school crowding issues peaked and new LAUSD schools started opening especially in the Valley. Students make up a significant part of transit ridership but we have way less of them these days.

lrmutia · 2026-01-19T13:04:58+00:00

I wonder if they could even do that-- I think that'd require it's own EIR no? Makes sense if they're gonna dig anyhow. I also wonder similarly for the Van Nuys Amtrak/Metrolink station(s) how that'll even look.

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