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Low Voter Turnout in NC Elections: Is the City Clerk’s One-Size-Fits-All System to Blame?
There were rules upon rules, complexity upon complexity, and the result was that people who had usually voted didn't show up. But there is more to the story.
For the past few years, the neighborhood council elections have been run by the…
Nithya Raman Puts Community Second in Her Homeless Housing Plans
DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 3 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4).
Time To ‘Why's’ Up! If We Have No Police, Why Have Any Government at All?
ALPERN AT LARGE-What does the LADOT, the FDA, the EPA, the IRS, and the Sheriff's Department have in common?
Lincoln Heights Right, Planning Commission Wrong - There Are Public Health Issues (Toxins) with the Ave 34 Project
EASTSIDER-It’s no surprise that the Ave 34 Project has a troubled and slimy history.
What the Headlines Don’t Explain About Racism
RACIAL RECKONINGS-With Juneteenth just now being made a federal holiday, one would think that America is making great strides in being less…
Should California Turn Contaminated Land Into Affordable Housing?
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT-In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines a…
It's Time to Get Serious about the Crooks and the Quakes
GELFAND’S WORLD-It's time for the people of Los Angeles to get serious about a couple of things.
Redistricting LA County and the City of LA: ‘Contiguous, Compact, and Communities of Interest’ - Part 1
LOCAL GOVERNMENT-This is a map of Los Angeles County with the dates of the Los Angeles County Redistricting Committee meetings by area.
Tin Foil Hats and Other Local Government Oddities
THE CITY-An unclassified Pentagon report was released Friday detailing 144 individual reports of what the government terms "unidentified ae…
Nithya Raman’s Hollywood Homeless Headache
DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 2 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4).
The Delta Difference: Another COVID-19 Doomsday or More Political Exploitation?
THE DOCTOR IS IN-Let's just start with this factoid: The American Medical Association reports That more than 96% of surveyed U.S. physician…
The Britney Spears Case – A Window on Judicial Corruption
VIEW FROM HERE-California’s most secretive and most corrupt institution is its judiciary. Britney Spears is subject to a conservatorship un…
New Details Suggest Senior Trump Aides Knew Jan. 6 Rally Could Get Chaotic
PROPUBLICA-On Dec. 19, President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet to his 88 million followers, inviting supporters to Washington for a “wil…
Letter to the Editor: Inglewood Unified’s missing COVID-19 funds
2URBANGIRLS-A letter to the editor regarding Inglewood Unified.
Sheriff Responds to Homeless Crisis
HOMELESS CRISIS-Here is an open letter to the LA County Board of Supervisors from Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
BONC -The Teeniest Commission Board in the City Puffs Itself Up (With a Little Help)
EASTSIDER-We have come a long way from the 1999 Charter change creating Neighborhood Councils, including BONC.
How Johnson’s War on Poverty Gave Way to Group Rights of Today
VIEW FROM HERE-To be a recipient under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, one need not be a minority.
Civil Unrest 2020 City of Los Angeles
On June 30, 2020, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a motion which instructed the Los Angeles Police Department to complete an analysis…
Why Venice Beach is So Outrageous and Out of Control...We Just Forgot Why We Need Laws
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…
Raman Recall Remorse
PLANNING WATCH-I have had little positive to write about Nithya Raman, the new Councilmember for Council District 4, who is subject to a re…
