How to revive California’s downtowns? This Assembly member is looking for answers
LA TimesThe sidewalks of the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles were bustling. They impact people’s lives in so many positive ways.” Fashion District President and Chief Executive Anthony Rodriguez, left, shows Assemblymember Matt Haney around the bustling neighborhood. Chair of the Assembly’s Downtown Recovery Select Committee, Haney plans to introduce legislation next year to help these cities revive their downtowns. “Each of them has very significant challenges, and they’re facing these challenges by reimagining what their downtown is in different ways and in varying degrees of success,” Haney said. “They don’t always have strong support or connections from the state as a whole.” The state government could step up, Haney said, but “the urgency just isn’t there from the state to say, ‘This is how you can do this, and we will approve it, and we’ll make it easy.’” Clothing displays fill sidewalks in L.A.’s Fashion District, blocks away from sidewalks blocked by homeless encampments in Skid Row.
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