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LA Pulse … Vote Now: Does Racism Influence the Policing of LA and America?
BLUE LINES, BLACK LIVES--As long as I can remember, there’s been an argument over policing in the black community. Do police patrol more intensely because the crime rate is higher there, or do higher crime statistics result from heightened…
So, How DO Common Sense and Compromise Survive in the Planning and Transportation Wars?
GETTING THERE FROM HERE--Most of us are reasonable people--willing to give, but not willing to be taken. Taken for a ride. Taken down that…
Prohibition to Legalization: California Stoners Are Stressing Me Out!
THE MARY JANE TRANSITION--California tokers, why are you trippin’ so hard?
You keep saying that marijuana is supposed to help manage anxie…
Ped & Biker Alert! California Trying to Make it Legal to Roll through Red Lights
STREETS BLOG REPORT-No, this is not about a bill to allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, sorry. This is about a bill that s…
New Chief for LAX PD: Out with the Old, in with the New
GUEST COMMENTARY-While the news is all a buzz with the upcoming corruption trial for former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, the retiri…
NC Budget Day: Featuring Budget Discussion for the Main Course and a Dollop of Anti-Semitism for Dessert
GELFAND’S WORLD--Los Angeles is the third largest Jewish community in the world, right behind New York City and Israel itself. You wouldn't…
Jerry Brown is Trying to Quash the People’s Ability to Fight Mega-Developers … For Him, It’s Personal!
VOX POP--A few years ago, then-state Sen. Alex Padilla implored us to embrace a fast-tracking plan that let wealthy developers rush huge me…
Is Corrupt Los Angeles Headed for Third World Status?
CORRUPTION WATCH-This article is only for the readers of CityWatch, which is okay since it is being published in CityWatch. Unless one read…
Health Officials Reject Adult Film Industry Efforts to Scuttle Condom Rule
PORN POLITICS--Adult film industry bosses suffered a new setback this week in their campaign to overturn state health rules that require th…
California! Eye-Balling the Lesser Evil Up Close: No Climate Change Advantage with Dems in Charge
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Three things predictably happen in years divisible by four. 1) If you were born on February 29, you celebrate your real…
Bulldog Realty Goes For It … and Abbot Kinney Sinks Further into Parking Quicksand
VENICE VOICE--In front of one of the original Craftsman homes on Abbot Kinney is Bulldog Realty’s Notice of Intent to obtain a Coastal Deve…
Are LA and California Really Ready for the November Election?
EASTSIDER-Remember the headlines during the primary election? Huge lines, unprepared and insufficient polling places, and, “Why California…
Lake Hollywood Resident Lambasts Former Councilman LaBonge … Says He Turned Community Into a Fire Risk
SPECIALVIDEO REPORT—Lake Hollywood residents and LA council members have been at each other’s throats ever since former 4th District counci…
Silver Lake Reservoir: The Plug has been Pulled but Anxiety Mounts
DEEGAN ON LA-It sounds romantic and dreamy: the “Meadow,” the “Knoll,” the “Eucalyptus Grove,” starry nights, family fun. A destination wi…
Latino Identity in South LA: Tensions? Segregation? Collaborations?
LATINO PERSPECTIVE--This is a very interesting KCET viewer supported story in which they aimed to find out which way is South LA heading? A…
LA Waterkeeper Takes Water Boards to Court … for Ignoring Public Outcry On Dangerous Pollution Levels
WATER WATCH--After a decision by the California State Water Resources Control Board and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Boar…
LA Mayor and City Attny: Public Records Act Info Exposes Bent ... If Not Broken ... Rules for Animal Charity
ANIMAL WATCH-On July 1, 2014, Mayor Garcetti launched his Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, “to advance civic initiatives.” It amassed $14.6 mi…
Is City Hall Ignoring North Hollywood Residents On Hot-Button ‘NoHo West’ Mega-Project?
NEIGHBORHOOD INVASION-Despite deep concerns among North Hollywood residents about the controversial NoHo West mega-project at 6150 Laurel C…
How ‘Organized Crime’ Controls Los Angeles’ City Hall
CROOKED POLITICS, CROOKED DEVELOPMENT-If it is organized and it is criminal, it is organized crime. No, it does not have to come from New J…
Here’s What California Needs: More Protection for Mega Developers
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--The changing landscape of Los Angeles and environs has prompted concerned groups to mobilize to protect neighborhood i…
