An organizer who led a group of residents to paint a set of crosswalks around a popular West L.A. park says he’s not giving up after the city scrubbed away their creations on Friday.
Jonathan Hale lives in the Sawtelle area and frequents Stoner Park, which includes tennis courts, a dog park, a recreation center, and a skate park.
“It’s just a busy area and I didn’t want to wait for somebody to get injured or killed before we did something,” Hale said.
So he reached out to Crosswalk Collective, a group that paints crosswalks across L.A. — guerrilla style — for know-how. Then, in late May, Hale rounded up some friends and neighbors to take on their own DIY project around Stoner Park…