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Written by Joel Kotkin on . Posted in LOS ANGELES.
Two Cheers for NIMBYism
WHAT KIND OF CALIFORNIA DO WE WANT?--Politicians, housing advocates, planners and developers often blame the NIMBY — “not in my backyard” — lobby for…

The Big Ballot Measure Question is: Do You Trust Government to Spend Your Money?
Written by Ken Alpern on .

Popular Talking Head Secretly Paid by Developers to Kill the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative
Written by Patrick Range McDonald on .

Hermitage/Weddington Project: Squatters Threatening Neighbors, Lawsuits Filed, City Hall Snoozes
Written by Beth Cone Kramer on .

Don’t be Fooled: DWP Reform Ballot Measure Simply Transfers Oversight to the Bureaucracy
Written by Edward A. Schlotman on .

Why is Mayor Garcetti Helping an Anti-Police Group Fundraise in Arizona … and not in LA?
Written by Melissa Hebert on .

This Mother of a Murdered Son Says: ‘Repeal the California Death Penalty’ by Voting YES on Prop 62
Written by Julie Butcher on .

Shame on You, Governor Brown: Declare Homelessness a ‘State of Emergency’ Now!
Written by Jay Handal on .

Public Ed Supporters Shocked and Gratified … LAUSD to Consider Rejection of Charter Schools
Written by Karen Wolfe on .

Don’t Hold Your Breath for an Urban New Deal from a Clinton (or Trump) Administration
Written by Dick Platkin on .

Democrats Should Turn the Page on Corruption and Choose a Woman for State Party Chair
Written by Delaine Eastin and Ron Kaye on .














