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Written by James Preston Allen, Publisher on July 25 2016. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Name Calling Vs. Critical Thinking: Donald Trump, the Ghost of Tricky Dick, and Saving San Pedro

AT LENGTH--It’s an old but tested technique of argumentation. When you can’t win on the facts or logic, call your opponent bad names. Donald Trump and his political surrogates have lost the argument on Hillary Clinton’s email. Now they’ve…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on July 25 2016. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Invasion of the Monsters … Trucks and Twenty-Somethings with Radios Occupy San Pedro

GELFAND’S WORLD--Things have calmed down a bit, but for nearly two weeks, a film production company parked rows of trucks along our San Pedro streets, took over a swathe of the local park, and for lack of a better term, generally annoyed t…

Will It be a Shake-Up or a Handshake as Runyon Canyon Park Reopens?

Written by Tim Deegan on July 25 2016.

Valley Activists Getting Nothing but Pushback from LA Planning Commission

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on July 25 2016.

The Future of Latino Politics and What It Means to LA and the Golden State

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 25 2016.

Sports Politics: Time for an MMA Fighters’ Association?

Written by Julie Butcher on July 25 2016.

Ed Boks is Out of a Job … Again

Written by Daniel Guss on July 25 2016.

Alert! LA Planning’s Repeal of Second Dwelling Standards Threatens your Single-Family Neighborhood

Written by Michelle Kiers on July 25 2016.

A First for Latinos: Ortiz to Head California Community Colleges

Written by Fred Mariscal on July 25 2016.

The City of Kindness: The Curious Case of Anaheim, CA

Written by John Mirisch on July 21 2016.

Slipping CalPERS Returns Could Diminish Your LA City Services

Written by Paul Hatfield on July 21 2016.

On the Brink of Folly: Will City Council Unwittingly Upzone LA’s Single-Family Neighborhoods?

Written by Carlyle Hall on July 21 2016.

Middleclass Can No Longer Afford Boyle Heights

Written by Kellie Galentine, Elizabeth Munoz on July 21 2016.

Lies and Mansionizers: Spinning Some Wild Yarns about LA’s Housing Crisis

Written by Dick Platkin on July 21 2016.

LA Planning’s Secret Destruction Policy: First Marilyn Monroe, Now Walt Disney

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 21 2016.

Green State, Golden State: Inside the Fight to Save Cap-and-Trade

Written by Bill Raden on July 21 2016.

Developers, Listen Up! Here are 5 Great Ways to Convince Us We Need More Overdevelopment and Taxes

Written by Ken Alpern on July 21 2016.

City Hall for Sale: Casden West LA Mega-Project Spent $1.3 Million to Win Favors from LA Politicians

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on July 21 2016.

CalPERS … Private Equity … and the Quest to Be Governor

Written by Tony Butka on July 21 2016.

Build Better LA Takes Some Heat from … Surprise … Unions

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on July 21 2016.

A Better Way to Fund Homeless Housing: Future City Revenues, Not a New Tax

Written by Mark Ryavec on July 21 2016.

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