LOS ANGELES

GUEST WORDS-With the growing movement to Defund the Police and the significance of Black Lives Matters, LA renters are facing many of the issues being raised by these public demands for justice and equality. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--Read it here: Trump says the doctors and the CDC are not being truthful. This all fits in with the following, which was written slightly earlier: 

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT-Big Real Estate keeps pumping millions into campaigns that oppose Proposition 21, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California.

VOICES-Dear Councilman Krekorian,

PERSPECTIVE-The vote-for-Joe-Biden camp argues that Biden supports democracy, in contrast to Trump, who harbors fascist tendencies.

@THE GUSS REPORT-How angry for justice would you be...

AT LENGTH-Racism is still a problem in America. If you subscribe to the idea of “American Exceptionalism” — the belief that America is exceptional and better than other nations — you are a part of the problem.

ONE MAN’S OPINION--Trump and Pelosi get away with their foul deeds for the same reasons – their respective bases have no concern for Truth Justice and the American Way. 

TOWNHALL -This month marks seven years of Eric Garcetti’s reign as mayor. Those seven years have left many Angelinos hard-pressed to name even a single aspect of our civic life that has improved

PLANNING WATCH-LA’s real estate boom, mostly speculative construction projects funded by investors faced with record low interest rates, shows little evidence of slowing down.

EASTSIDER-By the time you read this article, a hearing will have already taken place with the Planning Department on an “Amendment to Home-Sharing Ordinance.”

TRUTHOUT--President Trump signed an executive order on police reform this June that was more a defense of policing than an indictment.

GUEST COMMENTARY-The LAPD Budget has been slashed by $150 million. Police officers are now trying to figure out their role in protecting and serving the people of LA.

@THE GUSS REPORT-Welcome to the final few hours of the pre-felony existence of Mitch Englander, formerly of the Los Angeles City Council. 

ALPERN AT LARGE--Again...Eric Garcetti, meet Donald Trump--and the above two photos say it all.

RANTZ & RAVEZ-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (who called police officers “killers”) and City Councilmembers responded to the demands of protestors and rioters by slashing $150 million from the 2020-2021 LAPD budget.

MY TURN-In the past, we were a nation bound and regulated by enforceable laws because a super majority of our people respected and abided by them without being compelled by legal process.

ONE MAN’S OPINION-Prior to the advent of Donald Trump, the choice of Sarah Palin to be Sen. John McCain’s running mate in 2008 was the GOP’s most egregious misstep. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--In a few more weeks, the presidential nominations will become official: Joe Biden for the Democrats and Donald Trump for the Republicans.

VOICES-For the past several years, staff members who left their employment with Jose Huizar’s CD 14 office have found lucrative jobs working for other city and state elected officials or have obtained employment working for various Los Angeles City Departments.

INSIDE LOS ANGELES-A few years ago, billionaire Geoffrey Palmer was crowned with an ignominious title: “Downtown LA’s worst developer.”