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A high-stakes battle rages in Los Angeles over Forest Lawn Drive, a street leading to Griffith Park that’s slated for lane reduction to combat over 95 collisions and 4 deaths since 2013. But state legislators have inserted an amendment targeting roads serving two or more cemeteries — a loophole that uniquely hits LA, where Forest Lawn and Mount Sinai Cemetery are the only such pair. Cemetery interests, having spent heavily to oppose the change, argue it’ll cause gridlock, while safety advocates like Streets for All call it a dangerous delay of lifesaving progress. The issue has also become a political flashpoint in the mayoral race: Mayor Karen Bass opposes the project, while challenger Nithya Raman backs it, calling the amendment a targeted attack on her district’s safety initiative. With the legislative session ending soon, LA faces a critical deadline — if the amendment passes, city council approval, public hearings, and mayoral consent will be needed before any lane changes can happen, turning this into a showdown between public safety and powerful cemetery lobbying.

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