LOS ANGELES

ABORTION POLITICS--Reproductive rights advocates were outraged but unsurprised Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a challenge to Mississippi's ban on nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of gestation

VIEW FROM HERE-In the last campaign debate, Joe Biden repudiated the divisive Dem Identity Politics which had brought about Charlottesville and at the same time he rejected Trump’s message of group hatreds by saying two words, “Your family.”

LOS ANGELES-"Your honor, you're disrupting the meeting." And this is the highest form of compliment, though we are thinking of adding a position, a paying job for providing important insights about the malfeasants we're both chasing.  

TRANSIT POLITICS-On April 1, officials from the Los Angeles County Metro Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) presented to the public controversial plans for a new Bus Rapid Transit line in Northeast L.A. connecting the San Fernando Valley to Pasadena. 

POLITICS--Rachael Rose Luckey is a Transgender Activist and President Emeritus of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, running for the LA City Council District 13.

LEANING RIGHT-No, everything is NOT fine in the world now that the Orange Man has left the White House, and now that President Joe Biden is now in charge.

CLIMATE POLITICS-Seaspiracy is a powerful new documentary about the hazardous, unruly world of industrial fishing and stomach-churning abuse, overuse, disregard for life, as shown on Netflix, released by Disrupt Studios March 24, 2021.

OTHER WORDS-We’ve got the Academy Awards, the Emmys, and Grammys. But what should we call the award for the most extraordinary performance by a corporate profiteer? 

WORLD WATCH-In the wake of the recent Human Rights Watch report on Israeli apartheid and persecution and the ongoing Israeli brutalities in Jerusalem,

PLANNING WATCH-Those who look at Los Angeles with eyes wide open see cracked and pot-holed streets, broken sidewalks, and a shrinking urban forest.

GELFAND’S WORLD--The ouster of Liz Cheney from her position in the House Republican hierarchy could be the start of a chain reaction.

AT LENGTH--Joe Buscaino was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council District 15 on Jan. 17, 2012 to fill the vacancy left by Janice Hahn, following her successful bid for the U.S. House of Representatives. 

EASTSIDER-There has been a lot of talk about LA100, the initiative to have 100% renewable energy by 2045.

THE CITY-My daughter, an alumnus of Oakwood about to graduate from Skidmore sent me the survey regarding the proposed change of the gorilla mascot at the Oakwood School in the valley. (See above.)

EDUCATION POLITICS-There’s a political newcomer in AD54 (extending across eastern West-LA to western South-LA) who has burst on the scene with startling presence.

LEANING RIGHT--It's hard to think of a better reason--growing Mideast war and violence--to miss the policies of the past Administration (whether you hated or loved or just tolerated the last commander-in-chief) than what's gone on in just four months after President Joe Biden took office. 

NEW GEOGRAPHY-The ongoing pandemic is reshaping the geography of our planet, helping some areas, and hurting others.

THE VIEW FROM HERE-On March 2, 2012, CityWatch published Hollywood Becomes Fraudywood, explaining why Garcetti’s 2012 Update to the Hollywood Community Plan was a fraud. 

CLIMATE POLITICS-The Web of Life is under attack but almost nobody is aware because it’s happening mostly below surface.

ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS-In my previous article last week, I promised to begin providing some specific examples of how neighborhood councils can become the most powerful political force in the city. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--I don't know why City Council representative Monica Rodriguez (CD 7th district) would want to make trouble for mayoral candidate and fellow City Council representative Joe Buscaino, but that's what she just did, only a few weeks ago.