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Kids Versus Developers: Fairfax Community Up in Arms
There’s still a long way to go before the development plan activates, signaling another year of anxiety for the Fairfax community, especially the Hancock Park Elementary School (HPE), before physical work begins.
While the project has at…
The 737-Max Tragedies: Who to Blame?
GELFAND’S WORLD--The aftermath of two 737 crashes in a fraction of a year leads to questions ranging from journalism to engineering. What s…
New Miracle Skyscraper: 27 Stories, 0 Environmental Impacts
PLANNING POLITICS--The Department of City Planning (DCP) never ceases to amaze me. Their absolute contempt for the law is breathtaking.
LA Story: USC is Not a College Scandal ‘Victim’
@THE GUSS REPORT-The University of Southern California may be located a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles, but it did the Texas Two S…
What Happened to the Peace and Love Generation?
MY TURN-The era of the baby boomers is defined as Americans born during the post-WW II period between 1946 and 1964.
What’s Up with California’s Newsom and the Death Penalty?
NEWSOM DECISION EXPLAINED--The 737 inmates on California’s largest-in-the-nation death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, w…
Finally, Happy News from City Hall: Council Motions Oppose Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 50
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In 2018, Los Angeles, like most California cities, formally opposed SB 827, the YIMBY California/Senator Scott Wiener b…
Bribery and College Admissions? We are Shocked, Shocked!
ONE MAN’S OPINION- Here’s some great dialogue from the 1942 classic film Casablanca:
Rick: “How can you close me up? On what grounds?” …
Los Angeles Rail Riders Slipping Through the Tracks: Decline Estimated at 42%
NEW GEOGRAPHY--The Reason Foundation has just published an important review of transit in Los Angeles County, by transportation consultant…
Congratulations Governor Newsom--You Just Ended Your Political Career
ALPERN AT LARGE--It's one thing to be critical of President Donald Trump's managerial style, and it's another thing to be critical about it…
Millennial Perspective: Our Green New Deal
GUEST WORDS--On Friday, February 22, Sunrise Bay Area, Youth Vs. Apocalypse and Earth Guardians Bay Area Crew gathered together for a rally…
The College Admissions Process was Already A Scam
EDUCATION POLITICS--On Tuesday, dozens of parents were among 50 people charged with participation in a widespread college admissions scam.
Admissions Scandal Shows How Broken America’s Higher Ed System Is
GUEST COMMENTARY--The bar for higher education just got a lot higher – or lower, if you have a fortune to spare.
Does Free Speech Stop with the Nation State of Israel?
EASTSIDER-Now, I’m just a third generation country boy from California, so maybe I don’t understand all the nuances of this big deal Washin…
In Search of Another Solution: Tourism, Automation and the Quest to Replace Lost Jobs
LENGTH-Somewhere filed in the archives of this newspaper is a historic picture of the marriage between Ms. San Pedro and Mr. Los Angeles —…
Already Sick of the AOC Obsessed Cult
MY TURN-Ah yes, nothing like putting a female so-called “progressive” in with white, male slave owners; but this is one of the favorite ima…
Did Nancy Pelosi Intentionally Engineer the Anti-Semitic Furor?
ONE MAN’S OPINION-From CNN to the right-wing rabid dogs, all agree that Nancy Pelosi is an Identity Politics champion, #Fivewhitemen. Knowi…
Why Does California Hate Civic Engagement?
CONNECTING CALIFORNIA--Los Angeles is a city of more than four million people. And in its next budget, it might—I repeat, might—launch an O…
California's Message: You Built That, Now Get Out!
NEW GEOGRAPHY--The people who build our homes increasingly can no longer afford them. As the state elite and their academic cheering crew c…
Road Diets and High-Speed Rail: Doubling Down On Stupid
ALPERN AT LARGE--The controversies swirling around the Venice Blvd. Road Diet, the California High-Speed Rail, and the elimination of city/…
