(I explained in my full story why she wasn't charged with a felony.) The maximum sentences for those charges are a year in county jail and 180 days in county jail, respectively. Marrero was eventually charged with vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving without a license, both filed as misdemeanors. Police said she cooperated with the investigation and was allowed to leave the scene. Indira Marrero, the woman who killed Alessa, was not.
Those figures make it clear that the vast majority of drivers who kill someone with their car are not arrested. streets, according to city and state data, and nearly half were pedestrians. In the same time frame, 2,109 people were killed in traffic collisions on L.A. I looked at LAPD arrest data from 2010 through 2019, which showed 158 people were booked on a charge of vehicular manslaughter in that 10-year period. I tried for many months to understand how often drivers face charges for killing pedestrians. compared to the resources committed in other U.S. (I've reported previously on the lack of street safety funding in L.A. Reynold said she's "always going to make the case that, in the long run, it will save the taxpayers of Los Angeles untold millions of dollars if we invest the money we have in making our streets safer."īut she said that doesn't always win the funding battle at City Hall.
In addition, if a SRTS project overlaps with a zone slated for Vision Zero improvements, program money might be used.ĭespite all those potential funding sources and a long-identified need, money for safety upgrades proposed for the surrounding streets was denied in 2018. It can also receive money from Prop C proceeds and the city's redevelopment authority, according to LADOT spox Colin Sweeney. That means funding for Safe Routes comes primarily from state and federal transportation grants. City officials say the program is "a fundamental supporting strategy for Vision Zero," yet it's not technically part of Vision Zero. There's also plenty of bureaucratic murkiness to go around.įor example, the intersection where Alessa died is within a project zone that's slated for safety improvements through LADOT's Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. leaders and their press releases: "Safety is our top priority." But in reality, safety is just one of the priorities "competing on the same battlefield," Reynolds told me.
There's a common phrase you'll hear from L.A.
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