GUEST COMMENTARY - As one who understands elections from a first-hand perspective, I also understand the risk that is assumed when endorsing a candidate or cause.
LOS ANGELES
City Hall’s Fanciful Justifications for its Real Estate Scams
PLANNING WATCH - Who has the time to keep track of the real estate scams that regularly wallow up at City Hall, always packaged with fanciful justifications that fall apart when scrutinized?
Lessons From Skid Row
THE EASTSIDER - Back in the 90’s, I was living in a Loft at the Brewery in Lincoln Heights, and working downtown.
Is The LA City Council Against A Black Woman As A Council Member?
CD 10 FILE- Los Angeles City council has not had a black woman serve as a member since Jan Perry and this was over a decade ago.
Paul Koretz: In Tough Race Against Mejia
LA POLITICS - Of all the Los Angeles City Councilmembers who voted to suspend CD 10 representative Mark Ridley-Thomas (MR-T), Councilmember Paul Koretz’s agenda is indeed, the most difficult to discern.
Unlike High Profile Crimes, Petty and White Collar Crimes are Under Reported and Often Unpunished
PLANNING WATCH - We are surrounded by crime, such as the petty street crimes that the media relish, as well as other types of crime that rarely get prosecuted or generate media coverage.
Stop the City’s Sale of our Sidewalks to the Sign Industry
GUEST COMMENTARY – What is happening? The City Council’s Public Works and Finance Committees are holding a joint meeting to consider approval of the contract and environmental clearances for the new STAP/Street Furniture program.
What is Paul Krekorian’s Agenda?
LA POLITICS - Two weeks ago, Councilmember Paul Krekorian introduced a motion co-authored by Councilmember Gil Cedillo seeking an opinion from the city attorney in 30 days regarding the authority of City Controller Ron Galperin to revoke Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas’ (MR-T) salary and benefits.
Councilmember-Elect Eunisses Hernandez Wants to Shake Up L.A. City Hall
LA POLITICS - Eunisses Hernandez’s toppling of Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo came as part of a progressive temblor that shook Los Angeles politics in June.
How Bad Planning Thrives in LA -- the case of the Wilshire Community Plan
PLANNING WATCH - The 21 year old Wilshire Community Plan is part of LA’s General Plan’s Land Use Element.
The 6th Street Viaduct, the Failure to Recall George Gascón, and a Tribute to Ken Draper
RantZ and RaveZ - The new Sixth Street Viaduct and what it has become for Commuters, Residents, and the LAPD.
Two Weeks Before Payments Resume, Progressives Tell Biden 'Time to Cancel Student Debt'
STUDENT DEBT - With only two weeks before a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments expires, progressive lawmakers and organizations on Wednesday reiterated demands for U.S. President Joe Biden to finally take sweeping debt cancellation action.
Los Angeles Moves from Corruptionism to Insanity
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Just because Los Angeles City Council operates above the law in open violation of Penal Code, § 86 does not means its members are mentally ill, just corrupt.
Bike Lanes Will Not Fight Climate Change In Southern California
LA TRANSPO - The August 10, 2022, edition of the Los Angeles Times ran an article on a ballot proposal to require bike and pedestrian lanes in the City of Los Angeles when the city's roads are paved.
50 City Report: California’s Fixer-Upper Markets Are the Most Expensive
A HOUSING - With interest rates and home prices at record highs, the homeownership dream feels less attainable these days.
The Valley: Is It Safe?
SFV CRIME - Oh, the irony of this question coming from my fellow Angelenos is almost beyond my comprehension. Is it safe?
In LA, Organized Labor Keeps Its Eye on the Ball
LABOR VIEW - Vin Scully, the Hall of Fame broadcaster, was so adept at painting a picture when describing a baseball game that Los Angeles Dodgers fans sometimes remarked that they didn’t need to see the action on television to know exactly what had happened.
Farewell to My Friend Ken Draper: He Watched Over LA When We Needed Him the Most
ALPERN AT-LARGE - There are a few of us lucky to have known, written for, and worked with the late, great Ken Draper, founder of CityWatch (CityWatchLA.com).
Loss
IN MEMORIAM - We have all experienced losses in the past few years.
LA ‘s Public Sidewalks and Parkways Need More Trees, Less Commercial Signs
GUEST COMMENTARY - I wish to call your attention to what I believe to be the improper noticing of meetings by the City Tourism Commission, especially a detailed proposal to place advertising structures on public sidewalks and parkways.
LADWP Customers Reduce Water Use. Record Month of Conservation in July
WATER CRISIS - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) announced today that customers have continued to heed the call to conserve water during this historic drought.