"Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to  outreach@silverlakenc.org . MATTACHINE STEPS While there are exceptions, most of Silver Lake’s (and Los Angeles ’s) public stairways have only colloquial names. In 2012, the stairs previously usually referred to as the Cove Avenue Stairs were officially designated the Mattachine Steps. The name was a reference...

"Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to  outreach@silverlakenc.org . Silver Lake , in its early years, was essentially off limits to black Angelenos. Unlike nearby Burbank and Glendale , it wasn’t a sundown town , but — like most of Los Angeles — it was comprised primarily of tracts whose homes included racially restrictive covenants that legally...

"Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to  outreach@silverlakenc.org . On 10 October 2025, the Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act was signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom , better known, perhaps, as SB 79 . Although the bill was opposed by Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass – it was supported by Silver Lake ’s City Council...