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Listen Up LA! Attorney General Sessions’s War On Marijuana Is A Jobs Killer
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One of the most bewildering aspects of War on Drugs policies is its categorization of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, putting it on par with hard drugs such as heroin and LSD. This meant that a child selling pot at school could pot…
Masculinity is Under Attack … It’s about Time
BELL VIEW--My dad died a couple years ago. Something about the South Side of Chicago – where he grew up and spent his entire life – breeds…
Mayor’s Plans for Bike Lanes Hide Toxic Dangers for Kids
CORRUPTION WATCH-I’ve got a cracker jack idea – let’s freshen up our children’s classrooms with lead paint. Better yet, let’s protect the c…
NCs Are Not to Blame for the Housing Crisis: An Open Letter to Kevin de León
Dear Senator de León-We are writing to you to express our deep disappointment regarding comments you made recently on News Conference host…
No Need to Mince Words: We’ve Become Distracted on the Road to LA’s Transportation Future
ALPERN AT LARGE--No need to mince words here--it's been tough being a transportation advocate. Political agendas, feel-good laws, ridiculo…
‘Taste of Soul’ Needs Some Soul Searching
PREVEN REPORT-For months last year, every other word out of LA City Attorney Mike Feuer's mouth was a condemnation of Wells Fargo Bank, but…
The Great Inequality Machine – How LA City Hall does its Part
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-As our illustrious President tries to bamboozle the American public into believing that his back-of-the-envelope tax an…
What the Heck is the DWP ‘Equity Metrics Initiative’? And, Why It’s Important that Know
EASTSIDER-I’ve always been amazed at bureaucracies’ ability to mask their programs for the poor, the disabled, people of color and other un…
Why LA Shouldn't Bend Over Backwards to Get Amazon to Headquarter Here
PERSPECTIVE—(Editor’s note: Amazon is looking for a second headquarters city. Los Angeles is preparing to make the case for Los Angeles. Ri…
CA’s Opioid Epidemic Needs a Tougher Response
CAL MATTERS-When Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 715 last week, he closed the book on even token legislative efforts to confront Cali…
Can Agitator de Leon Really Unseat California’s Most Unruffable Liberal?
CAL BUZZ--Ambitious but termed-out, Kevin de Leon, the 50-year-old state Senate President, on Sunday presented himself as a tougher progres…
City Hall’s Bigamist? Could a Smoking Gun Sink Him for Bigger Crimes?
@THE GUSS REPORT-Earlier this year, this column was first to report that LA City Councilmember Curren D. Price, Jr. is presently – and has…
David Ryu Opens His Books … Guess What Pops Out
DEEGAN ON LA-What would you do with millions of dollars, handed to you from various City revenue sharing schemes with very little restricti…
Ex-inmates Win New Law Telling California Employers to ‘Ban the Box’
CAL MATTERS-Many of the 7 million Californians with a prior arrest or conviction can likely relate to Sandra Johnson’s job hunting experien…
From Hollywood to the Corner Office and Every Cubical In Between: Sexual Harassment Pervades the US
THE BCK FILE--On Thursday, October 5, Hollywood was buzzing with the fallout from the New York Times story by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey…
Herb Wesson, LA Mayor for Almost a Year Now
THE PREVEN REPORT--The LA City Charter requires that when the Mayor of Los Angeles departs the state of California, he or she stops being M…
How Technology Will Help Angelenos Flee to the New ‘Urbs’
FUTURE WATCH-The potassium is about to hit the water in urban planning. In other words, the waste material shall soon collide with the wind…
Immigration Courts: A Game of 'Refugee Roulette'
TRUTHDIG-“Refugee Roulette” is the name of the game, and it’s a sure loser for most of the increasing number of unauthorized immigrants bei…
Lessons Learned From a True Westside-Style Friday the 13th!
ALPERN AT LARGE--Call it "just desserts". Call it an avoidable tragedy. Call it just part of life and/or human nature. But there was a r…
'No Kill' Alert! LA City Trust Funds May be Used for Feral Cats and 'Free' Pets
ANIMAL WATCH-LA Animal Services GM Brenda Barnette is struggling so desperately to reach the Best Friends' "no kill" goal in 2017 that she…
