LOS ANGELES

CAPITAL & MAIN PERSPECTIVE--Long before the pandemic hit, California’s homeless issues were startlingly obvious.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT-Billionaires Stephen Schwarzman and Sam Zell must love Gov. Gavin Newsom, political consultant Ace Smith, and the California Apartment Association right now.

TONY CASTRO’S AMERICA-During the recession, what once were small strip malls in Los Angeles have become multi-service garages filled with repair shops specializing in tires, mufflers, brakes, front end alignment – like Victoria Secret departments for your car. 

VIEW FROM HERE--The constitutional provisions of the Electoral College [EC] and the 3 US Code § 15's elaboration run almost 1,540 words. 

CLIMATE POLITICS-“The story of methane really is a story of a very serious definitive threat to our future existence on this planet.” (Peter Wadhams) 

GELFAND’S WORLD--As of 4 PM today, December 14, 2020, it was over. The electoral votes were officially cast and Joe Biden received a majority. He only needed 270 to win. 

GUEST WORDS-Too many have died because our country’s preexisting conditions of systemic injustice have gone untreated for so long and those in power never seem to learn the applicable lesson of this moment.

@THE GUSS REPORT-As 2020's COVID restrictiveness winds down to the imminent arrival of vaccines and a freer 2021, the consequences of California's lying, hypocritical politicians are evident as ever. 

GUEST COMMENTARY-“The scope of corruption outlined in this indictment is staggering,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna.

LEANING RIGHT--It's both funny and sad how those of us decrying the hideously awful expenditures of Measures H and HHH are accused of being "the problem" of not caring about the homeless, which occur due to one of two reasons: 

AT LENGTH-A small group of “Recall Newsom” protestors were gathered on 6th Street in San Pedro on the night of the recent stay-at-home order issued by the governor’s office.

VIEW FROM HERE--America’s current problems can be reduced to two causes: The Democrats and the Republicans.  Both parties are governed by their most extreme element in a bid to seize power and vanquish the other party.  

420 FILE-Limiting LA’s retail and delivery cannabis licensing to only social equity applicants until Jan. 1, 2025 represents a significant and impactful change to our community.

SKID ROW-Maybe folks haven’t been paying attention to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “antics” under the guise of being Mayor, but “We, the People of Skid Row” are shocked at his blatant “Escape to D.C.” tactics which have been on full display for well over a year now. 

GUEST COMMENTARY-“The scope of corruption outlined in this indictment is staggering,”

Planning Watch:  When Albert Einstein famously observed, “God does not play dice with the universe,” his insight about universal laws of physics also applies to human affairs. 

@THE GUSS REPORT-Two things have noticeably reduced the usual squandered time and frivolity at LA City Council meetings in 2020.

GELFAND’S WORLD--The frantic filing of lawsuits by Trump supporters in these, the last days of his presidency, reminds me of nothing so much as the frantic legal maneuvering that happens when a convict is facing the death penalty the next day.

EASTSIDER-While everyone seems surprised by Biden’s pick of Xavier Becerra to head the seriously messed up Department of Health and Human Services (thank you, Donald Trump), I think he’s a great choice. 

RANTZ & RAVEZ-I will begin with the smooth-talking “do as I say and not as I do” Governor of California.

VIEW FROM HERE-I am by no means a medical expert. And when it comes to disease control and public health measures, I automatically defer to Dr. Fauci and other scientists working on these enormous problems.