The plan to add a three-station connector to the Metro K line has been vetted, and its funding is all but secured. It puts Inglewood on the cusp of transit equity and environmental justice.
There are few places in the country that understand a comeback like the city of Inglewood. When I became its mayor in 2011, this majority-minority city was on the verge of municipal bankruptcy, within six months of not making payroll. Now its fiscal health is stabilized, and we’ve created thousands of prevailing wage jobs — the kind that are a gateway for home ownership and upward mobility.
Inglewood and Los Angeles deserve better, and once again partnerships will make it happen. After extensive planning and coordination within the community, with the venue operators and with LA Metro, we agreed that the best solution was to add a connector to the K line — three new stations that will take people directly to and from the Florence station and the new sports, entertainment and retail district.
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