LOS ANGELES

ALPERN AT LARGE--In my last piece on those Bird scooters showing up everywhere, I may have come across as too "anti-scooter", which is not consistent with the pro-mobility efforts I've pursued for many years. 

URBAN PERSPECTIVE--Few believed that Cameron Terrell (photo above) was innocent in the gang-related shooting death of Justin Holmes in South LA.

@THE GUSS REPORT-Ah, government incompetence… An ill-conceived Motion signed by Los Angeles City Council president Herb Wesson and several of his colleagues on Friday calls for ejections and progressive punishments against loud, obnoxious City Hall critics.

CORRUPTION WATCH-The goal of political philosophy is to structure government so that leaders automatically must do the right thing and there is no need to search for people with integrity.

CAL MATTERS-Sean Kayode says he watched his whole world roll away from him at 3 in the morning.

MY TURN--This entire administration has been compared to the Nixon era travesty, and yet what we are going through is far worse than the Watergate theft and reveal.

EIGHT MOST READ -  The CalPERS Board is failing to act as the fiduciaries of we the beneficiaries, when it comes to running their own organization.

PERSPECTIVE--I have profound respect for Trump and Senate Republicans.

PLATKIN ON PLANNING-In Los Angeles land use decisions appear to be the province of City Hall’s well-trained zoning specialists.

ALPERN AT LARGE--Hey, Cats!  

Alley Cats, really! Are you addicted to getting in and out of your garage? 

CAL MATTERS --The venue was a high-level international climate conference sponsored by the United Nations, but the demonstrators were undeterred.

GUEST COMMENTARY-So California, a left-leaning, socially conscious, environmentally friendly state, has passed cannabis laws making it illegal to serve the cannabis customer in the traditional way: deli style picked from the big deli jars (see photo above). 

CORRUPTION WATCH--The inevitable part of predictions is being wrong. In fact, we need a new word for prediction whose root would be the concept that the predicted event will not happen. 

GELFAND’S WORLD--Two articles separated by a year have been published in CityWatch under the twin titles Why I Left . . . the Left (Aug 28, 2017) and more recently, One Year Later: Why I Left . . . the Left (August 30, 2018).

ALPERN AT LARGE--I love Winnie the Pooh, and all the kindness and "art of doing nothing" he stands for...and, of course, what the original author, and Disney's movies, stood for. 

BCK FILE--Last week, Governor Brown signed SB-10, making California the first state to abolish monetary bail for suspects awaiting trial.

@TheGussReport– Government corruption takes many forms, one of which is when elected officials take bribes. 

RANTZ & RAVEZ-It has been a while since I brought you a good RaveZ, so here’s one that really drew applause.

CORRUPTION WATCH-People believe that Los Angeles’ exorbitant housing costs are due to economic forces beyond anyone’s control.

BELL VIEW--The only question the Catholic Church needs to answer at this point is: Why not tear down the Vatican and sell it for scrap?

GUEST WORDS--Writing on democracy, I’m reminded of a great old Stevie Wonder song, “Love’s in Need of Love Today.”