LOS ANGELES

VIEW FROM HERE-Sheriff Alex Villanueva played no role in creating the homeless crisis.

COMMENTARY-In the weeks leading up to Independence Day, independence has been much on my mind. 

THE CITY- This week started with a 90-minute budget deliberation at the County followed by. . .

PLANNING WATCH-From the 1930s to the late 1960s the Democratic Party stood for two policies that successfully addressed this country’s chronic housing crisis: public housing and the minimum wage.

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA-Why bother maintaining a state capital? 

GELFAND’S WORLD-The neighborhood council elections were, in some sense, the final gasp of the lockdown.

DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 3 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4). 

ALPERN AT LARGE-What does the LADOT, the FDA, the EPA, the IRS, and the Sheriff's Department have in common?

EASTSIDER-It’s no surprise that the Ave 34 Project has a troubled and slimy history.

RACIAL RECKONINGS-With Juneteenth just now being made a federal holiday, one would think that America is making great strides in being less racist — systemically or otherwise.

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT-In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines and freeways and car-choked roads, developers plan to build a 468-unit apartment complex called the Avenue 34 Project.

GELFAND’S WORLD-It's time for the people of Los Angeles to get serious about a couple of things.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT-This is a map of Los Angeles County with the dates of the Los Angeles County Redistricting Committee meetings by area.

THE CITY-An unclassified Pentagon report was released Friday detailing 144 individual reports of what the government terms "unidentified aerial phenomenon" seen by military observers between 2004 and 2021. Only one was identified. 

DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 2 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4). 

THE DOCTOR IS IN-Let's just start with this factoid: The American Medical Association reports That more than 96% of surveyed U.S. physicians have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with no significant difference in vaccination rates across regions. 

VIEW FROM HERE-California’s most secretive and most corrupt institution is its judiciary. Britney Spears is subject to a conservatorship under the Probate Department of Los Angeles County Superior Court.

PROPUBLICA-On Dec. 19, President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet to his 88 million followers, inviting supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest.

2URBANGIRLS-A letter to the editor regarding Inglewood Unified.

HOMELESS CRISIS-Here is an open letter to the LA County Board of Supervisors from Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

EASTSIDER-We have come a long way from the 1999 Charter change creating Neighborhood Councils, including BONC.