LOS ANGELES

GELFAND’S WORLD--One of the advantages of living in the big city is that services are available, and among the most important are emergency services. It turns out that we have a problem. 

EASTSIDER-While the Neighborhood Councils have always been a stepchild to the City, the Virus has evidently given it an excuse to blow off important requirements like handling Public Records Requests. 

ONE MAN’S OPINION--In Europe, there were myths about the legitimacy of royalty. 

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT-Big Real Estate keeps pumping millions into campaigns that oppose Proposition 21, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California.

KEVIN’S CORNER-Here’s a look at five inconsistencies in our "polito-sphere" in 2020, both on the Left. . .and on the Right. 

PLANNING WATCH-370 current and former City of Los Angeles employees have signed an open letter to Mayor Eric Garcetti and the City Council.

GUEST WORDS-With the growing movement to Defund the Police and the significance of Black Lives Matters, LA renters are facing many of the issues being raised by these public demands for justice and equality. 

VOICES-Dear Councilman Krekorian,

ALPERN AT LARGE--Like it or not, the Washington NFL team known for long as the Redskins will change their name.

EYES ON THE STREET-From California to New York, the news has not been good. Millions losing their jobs and facing eviction. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--Read it here: Trump says the doctors and the CDC are not being truthful. This all fits in with the following, which was written slightly earlier: 

PERSPECTIVE-The vote-for-Joe-Biden camp argues that Biden supports democracy, in contrast to Trump, who harbors fascist tendencies.