LOS ANGELES

PROPUBLICA-On Dec. 19, President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet to his 88 million followers, inviting supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest.

DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 2 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4). 

GELFAND’S WORLD-It's time for the people of Los Angeles to get serious about a couple of things.

VIEW FROM HERE-To be a recipient under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, one need not be a minority.

VIEW FROM HERE-California’s most secretive and most corrupt institution is its judiciary. Britney Spears is subject to a conservatorship under the Probate Department of Los Angeles County Superior Court.

THE CITY-An unclassified Pentagon report was released Friday detailing 144 individual reports of what the government terms "unidentified aerial phenomenon" seen by military observers between 2004 and 2021. Only one was identified. 

HOMELESS CRISIS-Here is an open letter to the LA County Board of Supervisors from Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

On June 30, 2020, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a motion which instructed the Los Angeles Police Department to complete an analysis addressing the department’s crowd control tactics and compliance with existing departmental policies and legal mandates during the civil unrest resulting from the death of George Floyd. 

THE DOCTOR IS IN-Let's just start with this factoid: The American Medical Association reports That more than 96% of surveyed U.S. physicians have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with no significant difference in vaccination rates across regions. 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT-This is a map of Los Angeles County with the dates of the Los Angeles County Redistricting Committee meetings by area.

EASTSIDER-We have come a long way from the 1999 Charter change creating Neighborhood Councils, including BONC.

ALPERN AT LARGE-Rules are meant to be broken, so the saying goes. But without the rules, and without the law, what do we have? Venice Beach.