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Maylin Tu

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Will the next L.A. mayor welcome Trump's Skid Row crackdowns?

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By Maylin Tu
| golden-state.org
Neither Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman have articulated a coherent vision for Skid Row, where harm-reduction strategies such as needle exchange are under attack. Tents line part of South Central Avenue in Skid Row, with Los Angeles City Hall looming in the background.
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Where Did All of Your City’s Public Bathrooms Go?

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By Maylin Tu
| Next City Verified
Once upon a time, cities in the U.S. built big, beautiful, ornate bathrooms. City leaders weren’t doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. They believed that clean, well-maintained facilities with white porcelain sinks and flushing toilets could create a better, more well-behaved — read, middle class — public, as historian Bryant Simon describes in his new book, For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality.
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Party or Die? Transit Agencies Are Banking on Fun To Drive Ridership and Revenue

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By Maylin Tu
| Next City Verified
This story was produced with support from the Solutions Journalism Network’s How Government Responds Innovation Fund. In 2024, Bay Area Rapid Transit was struggling to build back ridership and facing a dramatic loss of fare revenue. “The Bay Area has embraced remote work at a higher rate than other areas of the country,” explains Alicia Trost, chief communications officer. The solution? Throw a party.
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Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

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By Maylin Tu
| Black Hills Pioneer Verified
Next City reports on Anna Apostolos, a capital projects specialist in LA, who helps repair sidewalks using nonprofit partnerships.
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Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

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By Maylin Tu
| Benton County Enterprise Verified
Posted 7/24/26 Next City reports on Anna Apostolos, a capital projects specialist in LA, who helps repair sidewalks using nonprofit partnerships. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
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Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

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By Maylin Tu
| The Anniston Star Verified
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By Maylin Tu
| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Verified
Next City reports on Anna Apostolos, a capital projects specialist in LA, who helps repair sidewalks using nonprofit partnerships.
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Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

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By Maylin Tu
| Mexico Ledger Verified
Anna Apostolos knows sidewalks. Since 2000, she’s orchestrated the repair of tens of thousands of square feet of sidewalk for hundreds of Angelenos. Her official title is “capital projects specialist” for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI), which partners with local council districts to repair sidewalks using discretionary funding. Unofficially, Apostolos has become a sidewalk whisperer in a city where fixing the sidewalk can seem impossible.
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Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

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By Maylin Tu
| WXVT-TV (Cleveland, MS) Verified
Anna Apostolos knows sidewalks. Since 2000, she’s orchestrated the repair of tens of thousands of square feet of sidewalk for hundreds of Angelenos. Her official title is “capital projects specialist” for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI), which partners with local council districts to repair sidewalks using discretionary funding. Unofficially, Apostolos has become a sidewalk whisperer in a city where fixing the sidewalk can seem impossible.
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