Maylin
@maylin.bsky.social
Freelance reporter in LA. Bus shelters, bathrooms, sidewalks, trees.
Signal: maylin.44
Signal: maylin.44
Reposted by Maylin
Metro board meeting: first up Sepulveda rail - item 10. Item would approve heavy rail alternative connecting Westwood to Van Nuys boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
2025-1062 - SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT - Metro Board
To access embedded hyperlinks, please download the report PDF by clicking "Download Board Report".
boardagendas.metro.net
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Metro board meeting: first up Sepulveda rail - item 10. Item would approve heavy rail alternative connecting Westwood to Van Nuys boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
Reposted by Maylin
She lost her school and home to a wildfire. What Executive Director Shawn Brown saved was her community. Pasadena Rosebud Academy's story is a masterclass in resilience and leadership. #EatonFire #Altadena 19thnews.org/2026/01/eato...
She lost her school to a wildfire. What she saved was more important.
When the Eaton Fire destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, its executive director focused on keeping her students engaged and her community intact, even without a campus.
19thnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
She lost her school and home to a wildfire. What Executive Director Shawn Brown saved was her community. Pasadena Rosebud Academy's story is a masterclass in resilience and leadership. #EatonFire #Altadena 19thnews.org/2026/01/eato...
Reposted by Maylin
I am still writing about policing and injustice, but chasing another beat for a moment. I am working on an investigation into illegal staffing agencies in California and want to interview folks who’ve experienced wage theft or weren’t paid workers comp doing temp work. DM, email, or Signal me.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I am still writing about policing and injustice, but chasing another beat for a moment. I am working on an investigation into illegal staffing agencies in California and want to interview folks who’ve experienced wage theft or weren’t paid workers comp doing temp work. DM, email, or Signal me.
Reposted by Maylin
LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds thelareporter.la/p/la-charter...
LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds
The commission is set to take up a motion by its chair, Raymond Meza, who had previously taken a hands-off approach to sharing such private conversations, saying it was up to the City Council.
thelareporter.la
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 AM
LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds thelareporter.la/p/la-charter...
Reposted by Maylin
Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack'
thelareporter.la/p/hundreds-a...
thelareporter.la/p/hundreds-a...
Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack'
People submitted more than 260 letters, and crammed into a North Hollywood meeting room last week to urge against a proposal to strip the City Controller's office of its accounting duties. This comes ...
thelareporter.la
January 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack'
thelareporter.la/p/hundreds-a...
thelareporter.la/p/hundreds-a...
Working on a story (about city of LA) and keep getting referred to the mayor's office by different departments. Anyone else experiencing this?
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Working on a story (about city of LA) and keep getting referred to the mayor's office by different departments. Anyone else experiencing this?
Reposted by Maylin
~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
Noticed my CPRA requests to LA Metro are being assigned to a "Media" bucket. Not sure if this is new? Happy #foiafriday to all who celebrate!
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Noticed my CPRA requests to LA Metro are being assigned to a "Media" bucket. Not sure if this is new? Happy #foiafriday to all who celebrate!
Reposted by Maylin
Mayor Karen Bass' office FINALLY sent me a copy of the town hall meeting the mayor hosted in Nov. to discuss the ongoing federal immigration raids. The recording includes a watermark that says: "This video cannot be modified or excerpted without authorization."
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Mayor Karen Bass' office FINALLY sent me a copy of the town hall meeting the mayor hosted in Nov. to discuss the ongoing federal immigration raids. The recording includes a watermark that says: "This video cannot be modified or excerpted without authorization."
Reposted by Maylin
Just when you thought this campaign couldn’t get worse.
This is a photo of Bali
This is a photo of Bali
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just when you thought this campaign couldn’t get worse.
This is a photo of Bali
This is a photo of Bali
Reposted by Maylin
this got me digging into this project again and noticed LAWA has a new 'ATMP fact VS. fiction' page and I swear they think people are stupid
www.lawa.org/sites/lawa/f...
"Opponents of this project claim this project will induce 50,000 new VMT. In reality its a measly... 41,000"
www.lawa.org/sites/lawa/f...
"Opponents of this project claim this project will induce 50,000 new VMT. In reality its a measly... 41,000"
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
this got me digging into this project again and noticed LAWA has a new 'ATMP fact VS. fiction' page and I swear they think people are stupid
www.lawa.org/sites/lawa/f...
"Opponents of this project claim this project will induce 50,000 new VMT. In reality its a measly... 41,000"
www.lawa.org/sites/lawa/f...
"Opponents of this project claim this project will induce 50,000 new VMT. In reality its a measly... 41,000"
Reposted by Maylin
An illustration of how L.A. City Public Works so-called "Large Asphalt Repair" works (or really *doesn't work*). Today Bureau of Street Services left an un-resurfaced ~4-ft-wide strip on a 30-ft-wide part of Hoover... in order to avoid triggering curb ramps for wheelchair access
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
An illustration of how L.A. City Public Works so-called "Large Asphalt Repair" works (or really *doesn't work*). Today Bureau of Street Services left an un-resurfaced ~4-ft-wide strip on a 30-ft-wide part of Hoover... in order to avoid triggering curb ramps for wheelchair access
Noticing that there appear to be more departments available on this NextRequest dropdown, including Rec & Parks (RAP)
#foia #losangeles
#foia #losangeles
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Noticing that there appear to be more departments available on this NextRequest dropdown, including Rec & Parks (RAP)
#foia #losangeles
#foia #losangeles
Reposted by Maylin
I don't write in first person much at Streetsblog, but the city's so-called "large asphalt repair" really gets my goat
SBLA's @lintonjoe.bsky.social shares recent reporting on L.A. City's #LargeAsphaltRepair - see photos in the post if you're unfamiliar with "LAR" la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/11/w...
What's So Awful About L.A. City's Shift to "Large Asphalt Repair" - Streetsblog Los Angeles
When the city claims projects are "large asphalt repair," understand that this is the city's way of blocking accessibility, walk, bike, and bus improvements
la.streetsblog.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I don't write in first person much at Streetsblog, but the city's so-called "large asphalt repair" really gets my goat
Still can't get over how LA County Public Works took over an LAUSD schoolyard greening project bc the nonprofit that received the grant money couldn't hack it — then took over 10 YEARS to actually implement the project.
It could take longer — the project is supposed to break ground next year.
It could take longer — the project is supposed to break ground next year.
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Still can't get over how LA County Public Works took over an LAUSD schoolyard greening project bc the nonprofit that received the grant money couldn't hack it — then took over 10 YEARS to actually implement the project.
It could take longer — the project is supposed to break ground next year.
It could take longer — the project is supposed to break ground next year.
Reposted by Maylin
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
Reposted by Maylin
Recap of last Friday's Measure HLA hearing at Board of Public Works. (I don't write these because I am an interested party - thanks to my boss SBCA Editor Damien Newton for writing this up.)
Damien Newton recaps the latest of round of Board of Public Works denials of #MeasureHLA appeals submitted by Joe Linton (in his non-SBLA-work capacity) la.streetsblog.org/2025/12/08/c...
City Mostly Rejects Another Round of HLA Appeals, Some After Deadline to Make Determination Had Passed - Streetsblog Los Angeles
City continues to find new ways to not move forward with street safety projects.
la.streetsblog.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Recap of last Friday's Measure HLA hearing at Board of Public Works. (I don't write these because I am an interested party - thanks to my boss SBCA Editor Damien Newton for writing this up.)
Reposted by Maylin
Hello! I am excited to finally announce the details of my new podcast. Introducing The Union Bug—a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering Jan 2.
Introducing The Union Bug, a new podcast
The Union Bug is a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering January 2.
www.wordsaboutwork.news
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hello! I am excited to finally announce the details of my new podcast. Introducing The Union Bug—a podcast by workers, for workers. Premiering Jan 2.
Reposted by Maylin
How did the Stranger Things CicLAvia come together? I've got the inside story as well as the extremely bleak outlook for open streets in LA — if only our leaders could see car-free infrastructure as an investment in our future instead of a nostalgic novelty
The upside down
The spectacle that unfolded along four miles of Melrose on the Sunday before Thanksgiving was a portal into LA's age of activations
www.torched.la
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
How did the Stranger Things CicLAvia come together? I've got the inside story as well as the extremely bleak outlook for open streets in LA — if only our leaders could see car-free infrastructure as an investment in our future instead of a nostalgic novelty
Reposted by Maylin
If you're reading this you're probably someone who reads print journalism, but maybe you have friends and family who get their news on TikTok.
Share our channel - our latest video was our most viewed yet!
www.tiktok.com/@assignedmed...
Share our channel - our latest video was our most viewed yet!
www.tiktok.com/@assignedmed...
Trans Stories: University of Oklahoma and Samantha Fulnecky #lgbtq #transrights #storytime #minecraft
TikTok video by AssignedMedia
www.tiktok.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you're reading this you're probably someone who reads print journalism, but maybe you have friends and family who get their news on TikTok.
Share our channel - our latest video was our most viewed yet!
www.tiktok.com/@assignedmed...
Share our channel - our latest video was our most viewed yet!
www.tiktok.com/@assignedmed...
Reposted by Maylin
LA Mayor Karen Bass asked LA city departments propose 5% cuts for the next fiscal year (2026-27). Those requests have posted, many with reduction proposals, here: sites.google.com/lacity.org/d...
The CAO's request, for example, includes a proposal to cut unarmed response funding by $1 million.
The CAO's request, for example, includes a proposal to cut unarmed response funding by $1 million.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
LA Mayor Karen Bass asked LA city departments propose 5% cuts for the next fiscal year (2026-27). Those requests have posted, many with reduction proposals, here: sites.google.com/lacity.org/d...
The CAO's request, for example, includes a proposal to cut unarmed response funding by $1 million.
The CAO's request, for example, includes a proposal to cut unarmed response funding by $1 million.
Reposted by Maylin
Capitol Hill Station Finally Opens Public Bathroom: tinyurl.com/yafp4aej
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Capitol Hill Station Finally Opens Public Bathroom: tinyurl.com/yafp4aej
Reposted by Maylin
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
I read the Outrider article to see what made-up quotes look like — if anything, they just seemed flat, as did the rest of the article. Real speech can be pretty messy.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I read the Outrider article to see what made-up quotes look like — if anything, they just seemed flat, as did the rest of the article. Real speech can be pretty messy.
Reposted by Maylin
A clarification on this week's #MeasureHLA hearings. A few people were wondering why I appealed "good" projects: Hollywood Blvd protected bike lanes, Roscoe bus lanes, San Vicente & Mission Rd bike lanes, etc. Well... it's complicated...
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A clarification on this week's #MeasureHLA hearings. A few people were wondering why I appealed "good" projects: Hollywood Blvd protected bike lanes, Roscoe bus lanes, San Vicente & Mission Rd bike lanes, etc. Well... it's complicated...