LOS ANGELES

RENTERS’ RIGHTS-The California Apartment Association, one of the most powerful landlord lobbying groups in the state, has a long, sordid history of opposing renter protections.

NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS--Rental units in the City of Los Angeles do not all fall under the same housing category or city programs.

ALPERN AT LARGE--Just as it's too simple and myopic to blame the end of the world on the automobile...

BCK FILE-The 24/7 news cycle during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown can be equal parts overwhelming, frustrating, heartbreaking, and infuriating.

PUBLIC HEALTH-On May 8, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Health (LAC DPH) put out a Health Advisory.

@THE GUSS REPORT-Los Angeles is roughly two months into the corona virus lockdown and its Mayor, Eric Garcetti, still mistakenly thinks it needs comforting and a shoulder upon which to cry rather than advancing plans to de-handcuff LA so it can cautiously and independently return to work, school, shopping, recreation and self-sustainability. 

ONE MAN’S OPINION-Political philosophy pre-dates our trek out of Africa.

PLANNING WATCH-If you live, work in, or visit LA, you know that the city’s sidewalks desperately need repairs,

TRANSIT LA-Since March 19, 2020, California has been under COVID-19 restrictions, and Metro is just now discussing the possibilities of requiring all bus and train riders to wear face masks.   

ALPERN AT LARGE--Much of the problem with current liberal politics--and it's probably tearing up moderate liberals the most (the so-called "JFK Democrats" or "Blue Dog Democrats) is that things are evolving and without coherence so fast that it's difficult to determine who to despise more, President Trump, Governor Newsom, or Mayor Garcetti. 

OTHERWORDS--I’ve held off saying what I have to say for a while because I don’t want to engage in “both sides-ism.”

LAST OF A SERIES-It’s not fair to our kids to saddle them with costs from today’s workforce, and it’s not fair to today’s workforce if we’re not setting aside enough money to pay what they’ve been promised.

RANTZ & RAVEZ-We have all witnessed the recent changing attitudes of family members, neighbors, and friends.

EASTSIDER-Dear Governor Newsom: Since you control, directly or indirectly, the majority of the CalPERS Board, it is likely that you would be blamed if there’s a major CalPERS crisis. Thus, this letter. 

REVIEW-Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs's new film is so full of weak analysis, misinformation, and misplaced invective that I worry it will cause more harm than good.  

ONE MAN’S OPINION-There are varying degrees of destruction.

GELFAND’S WORLD--There are a few points that have been established pretty soundly about the epidemic: 

COUNTERPUNCH-Bernie Sanders has routinely called Trump a “pathological liar.”

DEEGAN ON LA-The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day was recently celebrated on April 22.

PUBLIC HEALTH POLITICS-The image above, is to me, an example of “Best Practices” for a pharmacy -- a glassed-in barrier with minimal openings for prescriptions, and pharmacy personnel wearing face masks and disposable gloves. 

ALPERN AT LARGE--It's again worthy of repetition--my suggestion that (and it's hardly mine alone) if you want to be a partisan hack, you certainly can be...but you're probably not likely to help anyone.