GELFAND’S WORLD--It's been a struggle since the novel corona virus was first identified and then began to chew us up, wave upon wave.

PLANNING WATCH-Because Donald Trump has a well-deserved reputation for making the climate crisis worse, many pro-Biden pundits believed that Biden’s victory over Trump means the United States government will now take the climate crisis seriously.

@THE GUSS REPORT-True story. This column was going to be titled, “Herb Wesson’s Final Middle Fingers to LA.”

EXPOSED--The Crenshaw Mall is for sale, but it has not been sold yet.

EASTSIDER-Recently, two important measures were voted in to help provide alternatives to jail in Los Angeles County

PERSPECTIVE--The appalling incompetence of California’s state housing agencies was recently a top story in the mainstream media.

PANDEMIC RIGHTS-During the pandemic, essential workers have become public heroes.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHTS--In a damning report to Gov. Gavin Newsom and top legislators, the California State Auditor recently found that the state “lacks an effective approach to planning and financing development of affordable housing.”

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS-Does the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks have sufficient resources to  maintain and preserve its urban wild areas? 

LEANING RIGHT--It's as if our so-called "leaders" and "experts" have only one tool to work with--a hammer--and to them the whole world is one big nail.

GUEST COMMENTARY-Is up. Ready or not, here I come. But I haven’t finished yet. Is running out. 

VIEW FROM HERE-The election was a rejection of Trump personally and a rejection of the Dems Identity Politics.

POLITICS-There is no doubting at this point that the Republican Party as it was known, is no more.

OTHER WORDS-A few years ago, massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock changed the popular narrative about what climate activism looked like.

WORLD WATCH-Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of conflicts, with a focus on the Middle East.