Can L.A. build new parks and public spaces without gentrifying away low-income residents?
“Concerns about gentrification in Los Angeles have reached the point where it’s not just art galleries and coffee shops that trigger alarm bells — parks and bicycle paths are in the crosshairs. Things are so bad that a proposal to improve bike safety and pedestrian access to parks along the Los Angeles River was recently denounced as ’a gentrification scam’ on social media.”