Alex Melendrez

“It was also a reminder that empathy is how we help others dealing with the unimaginable even begin to survive it, and why it is so needed right now.”

This is an excellent read on the tragedy the Vesias are facing, and also just a glimmer that most people are still good.

Waaaa no way!

@tobyhardtospell.bsky.social @leslieridings.bsky.social @zennonuc.bsky.social

Got some Fridaaay coffee with @jonrawlingscd3.bsky.social today, who is running for LA City Council in Council District 3.

I appreciated the focus he had on people, the cost of living and local issues. YIMBYs take note!

Find out more about him! jonrawlings.com

I’d be legit curious to see analytics or data on Hinge use after Zohran’s win 🧐

“Find yourself a progressive king or queen on Hinge.”

“Find your next Mayor/First Lady”

I definitely have an extra pep in my step today

Sure sex is great but have you ever had complete democratic sweeps, across the country, in an off-cycle election year under the guise of pending fascism? 👀

AMERICA’s MAYOR. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wins NYC MAYOR! Live reaction from Los Angeles.

Hope is real if you are willing to fight for it. A victory for working class people. A victory for the south Asian community. A victory for housing. A victory for affordability. A victory for America.

California Hot People PSA:

Go Vote TODAY. It’s mandatory.

#gotv #prop50 #vote #electionday

Go Metro to the parade on Monday for your World Series Champion Dodgers!@

How to ride: wp.me/pfeql1-BQn

4 Pro Tips:

📱 Use smartphone to pay fare

⏰ ARRIVE EARLY

🅿️ Many of our stations have parking

🍴 Hang in DTLA after parade to avoid crowds

Wild time to be at Metro!

Join a protest this weekend.

If your new politics, if you’re just an normal person looking to make a difference and if you’re tired of the the working class, getting squeezed by billionaires and Donald Trump, join a No King’s protest this weekend.

www.nokings.org

Go Metro to the Taste of Soul on Saturday, Oct. 18!

Three K Line stations offer easy access to the event -- Expo/Crenshaw, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Leimert Park stations.

The E Line's Expo/Crenshaw Station is also at the north end of the festival. More info below.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work.

40 out of 50! abc7.com/post/journal...

The American people deserve a national healthcare system that works for this. This is a battle decades in the making, where now, we must preserve what we can of safety and public health information.

Tamp Impala’s “Dracula” and Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” is my Barbenheimer for 2025

Come celebrate a big housing win with #SB79!

This Sunday October 12, 6:30-9:30PM. Join your fellow housing advocates and elected leaders to talk housing and have fun! Beaches WeHo 8928 Sant Monica Blvd, West Hollywood. actionnetwork.org/events/permi...

Governor Newsom signs #SB79! More housing near transit, helping to solve our housing shortage, reducing driving & emissions and helping to address our housing affordability crisis!

Throwback to a lobbying trip to Sacramento for a key hearing. Every little bit of support makes a difference.

We're making it easy to vote!

There are ballot drop boxes located at 9 stations for the upcoming Nov. 4 elections.

To register to vote and learn more about elections, please visit lavote.gov/home/voting-....

Grand Opening of @metrolosangeles.bsky.social A Line Extension to Pomona this morning! 🚂

Grand Opening of @metrolosangeles A Line Extension to Pomona this morning! 🚂

What a day staffing two committees and community like PSAC/CAC, SGV electeds and CBOs! 🚃

Hell yeah

Deadlines this week!

Join a committee! @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) Membership Application Period Closes 9/16. Help provide input on how the agency can reimagine public safety on our system. 

www.metro.net/riding/publi...

I can’t believe this is the first time I’m not going to @yimbytown.bsky.social 😭🏡

Missing all my homies, colleagues and nerdy rabel-rousers

👀

Cheers to the passage of #SB79 🍻 @zennonuc.bsky.social

Join a committee! @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) Membership Application Period Closes 9/16. Help provide input on how the agency can reimagine public safety on our system. 

www.metro.net/riding/publi...

Major station opening this Friday! 🤩

Come through! I’ll be there!

This is now literal. calmatters.org/justice/2025...