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Panaceas - Real and Phony - for the City of the Angels
Rather, they are just a small step toward much more dangerous levels of climate change that include sea level rise, crop failures, tree die offs, intense storms, and heat waves, all leading to increased human mortality.
When these real t…
One Year Later: Why I Left…the Left
VOICE FROM THE RIGHT OF CENTER-'Twas Aug 28, 2018, just a few days ago, and I realized something.
Kern County May Be Country But They Ain’t Stupid
EASTSIDER-After recent visits to Kern County, the area LA Dems believe to be mindless “Core Trump voters,” it turns out that they may be co…
Beware! Trumpism Will Outlast Trump
NEW GEOGRAPHY--Given the endless scandals swarming around him, Donald Trump’s presidency may prove, to quote Thomas Hobbes, to be “nasty, b…
America’s Great Divide is Really Between Those Who Accept Facts and Those Who Do Not
GELFAND’S WORLD--Political writers tend to draw the line between conservative and liberal ways of thinking.
Trump: The Beginning of the End
POLITICS--Tuesday was not only the worst day for President Trump’s presidency—it was also the beginning of the end. Historians might call i…
The Rent is Too Damn High … LA Needs Rent Control Now!
PLANNING POLITICS--Do you rent an apartment in California? Do you want rent Control? Have you heard of Proposition 10? Do you know about th…
The Purple Line Transit Plan Is Miracle Mile’s Greatest Opportunity in Years - A Reply to the MMRA
NIMBY ALERT-What the Miracle Mile Residential Association has tried to do is condition the future of our neighborhood on perfection in the…
The Oxymoron of Conservatives and the Term “Patriotism”
MY TURN-It never ceases to amaze that so many American citizens of the conservative persuasion seem to associate the posting and waving of…
So Why all the Screaming about Socialism?
CORRUPTION WATCH-Just when it looked as if the Dems might pull it together and gain back a majority in Congress in the November 2018 electi…
Now for Something Completely Different: A Mayor Who's NOT a Coin-Operated Liar!
ALPERN AT LARGE--Who says that President Wannabe/Mayor Garcetti doesn't have a sense of humor!
Hotel Developer Keeps Asking and City Planning Keeps Giving
PLANNING POLITICS-If you need any more proof that City Hall is ready to give developers whatever they ask for, there’s a block in the heart…
Gehry and Dudamel: Making Beautiful Music Together … for LA’s Kids
DEEGAN ON LA-Take an old bank building, an underserved population, architect Frank Gehry and the LA Philharmonic led by Artistic Director G…
Garcetti Dodges Dateline NBC on Homeless Failures. Local Media Take Note.
@THE GUSS REPORT-The shame of LA’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness was on full display for all of America during last week’s Dateline NBC …
Neighborhood Councils: Censorship from the Top
DONE WATCH--Recently, a board member of the West LA NC was removed by unanimous vote.
Venice: Anyone in Charge?
NON-ENFORCEMENT ECONOMY-We’ve been on “sabbatical.” Alas, we were drawn out of hibernation by those very pesky flocks of birds now nesting…
Scooters will Never Solve the First-Last Mile Barrier to Mass Transit
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-Fans of Bird and Lime electric scooters in the Los Angeles are already boosting them as a solution to a major barrier t…
On Spooks, Clearances and Free Speech
EASTSIDER-Personally, I don't care much one way or another about President Donald Trump. He is what he is.
LA’s Irresponsible Behavior Is Contributing to the Environmental Collapse of the Los Angeles Waterfront
VOICES-Like a scene out of “Mad Max,”parties rage all night with furniture fueled fires burning directly on the sand at Cabrillo Beach.
How Parents of Special Needs Children Can Plan for the Future
DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE-In life, avoidance often seems like the easiest route.
