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Written by Dick Platkin on February 27 2017. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Luxury Housing Creates Affordable Housing: Another Free Market Myth

PLATKIN ON PLANNING--It is a serious chore to keep up with the deceptive claims about Measure S. Today I heard that it would cause rents to increase because of supply and demand, while yesterday I heard just the opposite. Supposedly Measur…

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Written by General Jeff on February 27 2017. Posted in LOS ANGELES.

Memo to LA City Council: No Rush to OK Online Voting for Skid Row NC Elections

SKID ROW POLITICS-LA City Council will soon decide whether to activate or delay online voting for the upcoming Skid Row Neighborhood Council (SRNC) subdivision vote. With so many underlying factors, one thing is definitely for sure, this…

Shredding CEQA: City Hall Still Not Listening

Written by Casey Maddren on February 27 2017.

Trump’s Spineless Immigration Policy Imperils Angelenos and the LAPD

Written by Stephen Cooper on February 27 2017.

Oscar Oops! What You Don’t Know about Oscar’s Biggest Flub Ever

Written by Tony Castro on February 27 2017.

It's Alive! At the Museum of Neon Art

Written by Bob Gelfand on February 27 2017.

When Government Listens, and … When It Doesn't

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 27 2017.

Yikes! DWP Wants to Spend Billions on New Polluting Power Plants

Written by Angela Johnson Meszaros on February 27 2017.

Don’t Drink the Transit Kool-Aid: Here’s Why Angelenos Aren’t Riding the Buses

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on February 23 2017.

Is the Race to Succeed Xavier Becerra a Test of Latino Power?

Written by Tony Castro on February 23 2017.

How I Got Schooled at the NAACP Hearing on Charter Schools

Written by Karen Wolfe on February 23 2017.

Holy Moly, Batman! Hundreds Flock to CD 1 Debate at Sotomayor

Written by Tony Butka on February 23 2017.

Another Missed Opportunity to Improve Traffic on the Westside

Written by Lauren Cole on February 23 2017.

It’s Decision Time: Who Deserves Your Vote on March 7?

Written by Ziggy Kruse on February 23 2017.

LA’s City Hall Dems have Become the Party of Big Real Estate … It’s Crocodile Tears for the Rest of Us

Written by Dick Platkin on February 23 2017.

LA Foodie Icons Launch ‘Bake & Gather’ Grassroots Campaign

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on February 23 2017.

Mitchell Schwartz for Mayor: Offering a Choice

Written by Chris Rowe on February 23 2017.

Police Officer Murdered: Placing the Blame Turns Political

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 23 2017.

Time for City’s Ethics Commission to Make LA’s Elections Work … Show Up for Debates or No Matching Funds

Written by John Schwada on February 23 2017.

To Get Things Done in Los Angeles, Listen More Than You Talk

Written by Joe Mathews on February 23 2017.

The Mayor’s Indecent Proposal: An All-Overtime LAPD Force to Guard Metro

Written by Eric Preven and Joshua Preven on February 20 2017.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

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