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Mar Vista: Different Views on Traffic but In Agreement on Transparency
Unfortunately, that Transparency isn't always practiced.
As the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) Transportation/Infrastructure co-chair, it's my job to evaluate any mobility/transportation issues that affect motorists, bicyclists, bus…
Mariachis Struggle Under Gentrification - LA Times Drops the Ball
KILLING A CULTURE-In cities around the world, gentrification has long been a threat to culture — and Los Angeles is no exception. Just take…
People of Color have been Training for Donald Trump Their Whole Lives
BELL VIEW--I have outrage overload. I know I’m supposed to write about issues facing the City here – but I can’t keep up with the president…
Shocker! LA Pension Gap Spirals Past $10 Billion
FOCUS ON THE FOOTNOTES-California pension worries most often focus on CalPERS and CalSTRS, the state’s two multi-employer behemoths. But th…
Surprise to No One: California Politicians not Serious about Fixing Housing Crisis
NEW GEOGRAPHY--California’s political leaders having ignored and even abetted our housing shortage now pretend that they will “solve it.” D…
Shades of 1979 - Why Do We Still Need an Equal Pay Mandate?
MY TURN-Last month the City of Los Angeles celebrated "Women's Equality Day" and I wondered what century I was living in? I had seen this m…
Traffic Jams, Water Pipes Exploding, Political Corruption … Who’s Voting for This Stuff?
CORRUPTION WATCH-Who should make the important decisions for society? Should we allow those folks who support themselves by robbing 7/11 st…
Bluntly Speaking, Los Angeles is Not Ready for a Major Disaster … Here are the Inconvenient Facts
GELFAND’S WORLD--The twin hurricane disasters have shed light on the inadequate level of our Local disaster preparedness here in LA. Bluntl…
California Dems Use Secret Deals to Bypass Transparency Ballot Measure Approved by Voters
CAL MATTERS--If we – the California public – are to hold politicians and other government officials accountable, we must first know what th…
Can We Still Count on Dianne Feinstein? Will Her Trump Comments End Her Career?
DEEGAN ON CALIFORNIA- (Editor’s note: there is a link in this article for a pop up poll asking you to interact with this article and expres…
Fear of Riding Transit in LA (Part II)
COMMON SENSE CONTINUED--In a previous article, writing about the fear of riding buses and trains in LA, I shared with readers how, in 1992…
From LA Planning’s Can-You-Believe-It Department: Hollywood Target will be on 3rd Floor!
CONTINUING FOLLY-On September 25, 2017, Target’s opening brief is due in the Second District Court of Appeals. Sometime after that, the co…
Leslie Van Houten: Parole Board Wants to Free Notorious Manson Family Member … Again!
GUEST COMMENTARY-For the second time in two years, a state parole board panel has ruled that cold-blooded killer Leslie Van Houten should b…
Let’s Make a Deal … On Your Mass Deportation of Californians
MEMO TO: Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. From: The Golden (and Still Sovereign!)…
PETA Blows the Whistle: ‘Calling LA Animal Services Like Calling the Moon’
ANIMAL WATCH-Finally, someone 'got it!' "It" being the shameful exploitation of LA shelter animals by Mayor Eric Garcetti and Animal Servic…
Sin of Omission: Standing Up For the Rights of ALL Dreamers
ALPERN AT LARGE--In my last CityWatch piece, I raised the questions surrounding whether we have the Courage to truly, really, meaningfully…
Singing the Dodger Blues: Transparency Now!
FANS DESERVE BETTER THAN SPINMIESTERS--Much has been written, much of it in frustration, about the Dodgers’ recent and historic meltdown. …
The Bungled Spindler Case: Who Duped the State Bar of California and LA Times?
@THE GUSS REPORT-Kevin B. Taylor’s job as Senior Trial Counsel for the State Bar of California is to mete out punishment for misbehaving at…
Why are the LA County Supes Subsidizing an Event Sponsored by Pyramider Herbalife?
THE PREVEN REPORT--Just last year Herbalife was fined $200 million by the Federal Trade Commission for being a pyramid scheme—and yet this…
California has Its Own Struggle with Statues and Plaques and … a Revised Past
CAL MATTERS--The cultural firestorm over statues, flags and other symbols of the Confederacy, ignited by a violent clash of white supremaci…
