LOS ANGELES

ONE MAN’S OPINION--In addition to taxes and death, two things which are certain in Los Angeles Courts are the railroading of minorities defendants into long prison terms and the financial rape of the elderly. 

ALPERN AT LARGE-So here we are in the Westside, like so many other Angelenos, in the middle of a Community Plan Update for the Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey region.

GUEST WORDS-As the Coronavirus rages on with cases and deaths skyrocketing, mass evictions now threaten to make health, racial justice, and economic issues so much more challenging. 

PLANNING WATCH-According to the medieval Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, Hell has nine levels.

TRUTH DIG-When Congress passed the CARES Act earlier this year, lawmakers gave some low-wage Americans who lost their jobs an income they’ve been demanding for years:

EASTSIDER-A couple of weeks ago, I wrote how the actual structure and framework of DONE is crumbling. Here’s what I wrote in my takeaway to the piece: 

GUEST WORDS--Los Angeles County Democrats are heading into what many believe to be the most consequential national election of our lifetime. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--In a recent edition of CityWatch, there was a piece suggesting that the protesters in Portland were no better than Palestinian terrorists.

GUEST WORDS-If I could sum up my financial life in one phrase, it would be “thank goodness for no-qualifying loans.”

RANTZ & RAVEZ-Some of us have witnessed an elected LA City official sworn-in to serve the public, either in person or via the media.

@THE GUSS REPORT-It is restorative to watch LA City Council and its political peers twist like pretzels to disingenuously distance themselves from corrupt pals seemingly headed toward federal prison. 

BETRAYAL--An advocacy group representing more than four million American retirees warned Thursday that President Donald Trump took a dangerous step toward "single-handedly" dismantling Social Security by announcing he plans to sign an executive order suspending collection of the payroll tax as early as Friday afternoon.