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Dockless-on-Demand Public Bike Sharing Making Politicos Nervous
Station-to-station means you pick up and return your shared bike to a station, while dockless means you park and walk away from your shared bike wherever you are once you have finished your ride.
Suddenly and some say dangerously, a sub-…
What to Do When Nazification Is Upon Us?
CORRUPTION WATCH-Over a thousand books have been written asking why the Germans did not stop the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s.
Westwood: Coalition Calls for Sensible Development, Says Sr Housing Skyscraper Violates Plan
GUEST COMMENTARY-A new community-based coalition has formed in response to concerns throughout the Westwood community about an opulent seni…
Wanna Help Save Lives?
THE BUTCHER BLOCK-“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind…
The World According to Biff
BELL VIEW--CityWatch gave me the week off last week. Good thing too. I might have said something uncivil. In fact, last week my mood could…
The Lessons of Measure M: How to Fix the Subway
TRANSPORTATION POLITICS-As New York struggles to fix the subway and several proposals are circulating, a close look at what Los Angeles is…
The City Ponders Neighborhood Council Reform – And, Subdivision Boundary Adjustments Still Suck
EASTSIDER-A few months ago, I wrote an article calling for the termination of Grayce Liu and her merry band, bringing back the first GM, Gr…
Rising Artists and the Healing Power of Hip-Hop
PERSPECTIVE--For more than four decades the Hip Hop culture and rap have been bundled with a range of negative connotations, but while many…
Missing Mayor’s POTUS Dream Stymied by Supreme Court
@THE GUSS REPORT-Paging LA Mayor Eric Garcetti. Return to Los Angeles today and start solving our problems, most of which have grown worse…
LA Times Supports Bait and Switch for the Expo Plan … Here’s What Really Happened
GUEST WORDS--In its June 25 editorial, the Los Angeles Times created the impression that the Expo Corridor Plan presented to the Council’s…
How Did She Win? What the Dems Can Learn
COMMON DREAMS-As progressives nationwide celebrated Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's primary victory in New York's 14th congressional district ov…
California Leaders Scream ‘Stop’ … End State’s Fossil Fuel Production
FOSSIL FUEL FIGHT--California elected officials on Tuesday sent a letter urging Governor Jerry Brown to phase out fossil fuel production in…
Disability Report: Finding an Accessible Home in Los Angeles
DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE--When you live with a disability, finding a home that meets both your desires and needs can be challenging. Like eve…
Why Should a Public Supported CA University be Allowed to Promote Racism?
PERSPECTIVE--The question is, why are our campuses still rife with such racism a half-century after the racial integration of American high…
Why Do They Risk Their Lives to Come Here?
BCK FILE--Since 2015, Donald Trump has used explosive rhetoric to promote his “border wall” and has demonized people from Mexico and Centra…
Supreme Court Gives LA Gov’t Critics Further Free Speech Advantage
@THE GUSS REPORT-In downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday is when more local government meetings are held, making it the juiciest day of the week f…
Let’s Create a National Majority Party: Moderate GOP Could Colonize the Right Wing of the Democratic Party
GELFAND’S WORLD--Back during the administration of George W Bush, I pondered the goal of restoring liberalism to American politics.
Koreatown Lesson: Watch Out Elected Officials!
JUST SAYIN’--The Koreatown subdivision election had a voter turnout of almost 19,000 stakeholders.
Judicial ‘Corruptionism’ Is Destroying the Republic
CORRUPTION WATCH-The difference between corruption and ‘corruptionism’ is crucial.
Claiming a Voice in the Density-Versus-Housing-Preservation Argument
DEEGAN ON LA-The density versus housing preservation argument is as much about politics as it is about the specifics of density, preservati…
