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Will the Corporate Greed of Essex Property Trust CEO Mike Schall Destroy California?
Slamming seniors with huge rent increases and forcing them out of their homes is a standard way of operating for Schall and Essex Property Trust. It’s no wonder Schall is now leading the charge to stop the rent control movement in Californ…
The American (In)Justice System...One for wealthy whites, the other for everyone else
GUEST COMMENTARY-The American “justice” system has always appalled me as being too often one of injustice and oppression, one of retributio…
For Many Young People, Socialism Is as American as Apple Pie
POLITICS NAME GAME-In the devastating aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, many young Americans who felt betrayed by capitalism were int…
COVID -19 Has Blinded Us All to the Potential Risks to Our Drug Supply
AN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS: The CDC website shows: “People Who Are at Higher Risk for Severe Illness”:
Except for the Court System, LA is Not a Racist City
ONE MAN’S OPINION--Los Angeles’ vast corruption which the FBI is working very hard to conceal, is systemic.
Trumpism: A Viral Metaphor
AT LENGTH-It has never been more apparent in my lifetime just how interconnected we all are.
MEMO To Black Lives Matter: Ignore the Politicians, Partner up with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates!
EASTSIDER--I don’t mean to be harsh. Really I don’t. But the recent City Council’s falling all over themselves to Black Lives Matter is a…
Why Los Angeles Cannot Solve its Housing Crisis
PLANNING WATCH-In Los Angeles the growing numbers of For Rent signs and homeless encampments are not random events.
Trump's Surefire Re-Election Moment: Cities Who CHOP Off Their Own Authority
ALPERN AT LARGE--Ever wonder if the mayors of major cities actually WANT President Trump re-elected?
LA’s Next Wave of Corruption Indictments
@THE GUSS REPORT-This column tried to call into Tuesday’s LA City Council meeting just hours after it was announced that another of its own…
And Exactly How Will the Mayor Slash $150 Million from the LAPD?
RANTZ & RAVEZ-“A Failure of the Leadership of the City” -- Rick J. Caruso, developer of the Grove, the Commons and other shopping cente…
The State of Skid Row
SKID ROW-In light of recent events, "We, the People of Skid Row" feel the need to speak out about what's happening in our community.
Tribute: Bill Hopkins, 2020
GELFAND’S WORLD--Bill Hopkins was a man with a dry sense of humor and a passion for improving the lot of his fellow humans.
Amazon Rainforest Hit by Killer Droughts
CLIMATE POLITCS--Over the past 20 years, like clockwork, severe droughts have hit the Amazon every five years with regularity 2005, 2010, 2…
The Shiny Sacramento Statue That Reflects California’s Failures
CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--There may be no better symbol of Sacramento’s failure as California’s capital than the 18-foot-tall stainless-steel…
101: An LAPD for the People
GUEST COMMENTARY-Los Angeles does not need so much a defunding of the LAPD as a transition of their mission back to one of civic engagement…
A Vacancy Tax is Not an Empty Idea
DEEGAN ON LA-The lights that have been out in vacant apartments and condos across Los Angeles may start to burn brightly if voters approve…
The Words of the Mahatma Meet the Works of Donald Trump
GELFAND’S WORLD--How did Donald Trump do on his grand comeback tour this weekend?
Is Billionaire Landlord Sam Zell the Quintessential Corporate Vulture?
REAL ESTATE POLITICS-Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Residential and Equity LifeStyle Properties, is worth $4.8 billion.
