Alissa Walker

Offsets can't cut carbon *even in theory*

The whole point of offsets is to create permission to *not* cut carbon.

So when they don't even live up to their own standard, they are so much worse.

THE COUCH IS GONE #couch2028

But I actually don’t know if the city picked it up because my 311 request is still open

this dissonance is most pronounced in Koreatown, where so many of the working class in restaurants, grocery stores, small shops, etc. do not drive but the #1 political issue that makes residents and visitors go crazy alike is the lack of (free street) parking thanks to its high density

Infuriating: "Walking back the 'car-free' games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets."

Reminds me that "jaywalking" was coined by the auto industry in the early 20th century, trying to shift blame for street deaths.

This place is both the most hostile to car ownership and most necessary place to own a car I've ever been

Who wants to get creative with charter reform

Angelenos Who Don't Drive would be the third largest city in California.

I know tons of nondrivers here but I didn't realize there are so many!

I’m part of that one-third. I can drive but don’t own a car and choose not to most of the time.

A map of Los Angeles showing a breakdown in congressional districts with one highlighted district that reads "driving age people in households with no car" 14.74%

Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all

Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality

ONE IN THREE LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS DO NOT DRIVE

Highly recommend reading the story and following up by watching the video of the artist adding to Crosswalk Collective’s memorial crosswalk bar. www.instagram.com/reel/DNWB1xS...

(Can we, just for a moment, acknowledge that the $100 million in annual liability payouts is the EXACT SAME AMOUNT we're now paying in annual convention center debt service and just briefly imagine another reality where the mayor held a flashy press conference announcing a $2.6 billion plan to save $100 million a year by repairing all of LA's sidewalks?)

Also this part 😭

One-third of Angelenos do not drive Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

As you see propaganda from the mayor’s office about the Convention Center remodel, remember this:

Kristi Noem Says ICE Will Be ‘All Over’ the Super Bowl

“There will be,” adding that federal immigration officers would be “all over” the event.

People should not attend the event, she went on, unless they are “law-abiding Americans who love this country”

It’s me wearing a leopard print jumpsuit standing on top of a very tall ladder reading from a newsprint publication to a large group of people in what looks like a factory

A closeup of me wearing that leopard print jumpsuit holding a microphone and reading from a newsprint publication on top of a tall ladder with a cluster of lighting fixtures behind me

Me standing with four other women at the same event but now on the ground: Jia Yi Gu, Joanne McNeill, Chelsea Kirk and Mimi Zeiger, and Chelsea is holding a copy of the Los Angeles Review of architecture showing an illustration of two rats in the iconic Julius Shulman photo of the Stahl House looking out over LA

A page from the publication impaled on a hook from the ceiling. The text reads Angeles Ashes Postfire redevelopment could help long-term Altadena residents regain their footing — or hasten their exit. Alissa Walker The illustration shows a burned home with a for sale sign plastered over with a SOLD sign

New rule, all literary readings should feel like union rallies.

Thanks to @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social and all the architects, advocates, policymakers, and impacted families who shared their stories with me. (No thanks to Spencer Pratt.) LARA #2 available soon at nyra.nyc

World Cup ticket resale madness begins as FIFA takes two 15% fees on each sale

NEW: FIFA are charging BOTH resellers & buyers a 15 per cent fee on its official 2026 World Cup ticket resale platform, which launched Thursday and almost immediately had some tickets listed for tens of thousands of dollars.

Story with @henrybushnell.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

EXCLUSIVE: Over 30 Human Rights Experts Demand UEFA Expel Israeli Soccer Teams European soccer’s governing body reportedly paused a vote on suspending Israel after Trump released his 20-point 'peace plan' for Gaza.

"EXCLUSIVE: Over 30 Human Rights Experts Demand UEFA Expel Israeli Soccer Teams"

European soccer’s governing body reportedly paused a vote on suspending Israel after Trump released his 20-point 'peace plan' for Gaza, reports @premthakker.bsky.social

Maybe we can hold table tennis on this couch I reported to 311 nearly a month ago since I’m fairly certain it will still be here in 2028 even if the new convention center is not

Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.

The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.

Great interview and highly informative. Was not aware of how much of a downward trend there has been in the convention business.

But also we’re terrified of the subway

For everyone still thinking they'll be riding the high-speed rails to Rancho Cucamonga for the 2028 Summer Olympics...

Brightline's experience shows cost escalations aren't a sin unique to the public sector or specific design choices made by California High-Speed Rail. We need systemic reform so we can build more green infrastructure like electric, high-speed rail.

Just going through this list again there are so many red flags. We still don't have an after-action report from the January fires with updated evacuation plans. There is no plan for more shade. There is no plan to keep LA clean. We are unable to pick up all our trash on a regular non-Olympics day!

Just going through this list again there are so many red flags. We still don't have an after-action report from the January fires with updated evacuation plans. There is no plan for more shade. There is no plan to keep LA clean. We are unable to pick up all our trash on a regular non-Olympics day!

Today is the deadline for the city and LA28 to agree on who is paying to maintain acceptable levels of service delivery citywide for 2028.

I cannot imagine how much worse these negotiations are going now after the convention center deal eradicated our ability to deliver basic services

Today is the deadline for the city and LA28 to agree on who is paying to maintain acceptable levels of service delivery citywide for 2028.

I cannot imagine how much worse these negotiations are going now after the convention center deal eradicated our ability to deliver basic services

My "finalizing the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt