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Garcetti (Still) Hallucinates about the NFL
@THE GUSS REPORT-It would be easier to write something positive about Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti if there wasn’t the gnawing feeling that virtually everything he says is torturously measured, in need of dissection and adding an asteri…
Garcetti Appoints Transparency-Denier Llewellyn as Interim CAO
@THE GUSS REPORT-It’s so very “Rich” in both the proper noun and the adjective sort of way. Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appo…
Dark Clouds Over DC: Inauguration Boycott, Women's March Momentum Continue to Grow
CITYWATCH ‘FIRST PERSON’ COVERAGE BEGINS THURSDAY--More than 20 U.S. lawmakers have now said they will not attend Friday's inauguration cer…
Cedillo Continues to Swim in Treacherous Campaign Waters
EXPOSED--Last week, we reported on Councilmember Cedillo’s possible violation of LA Municipal Code section 49.5.5b in his quest to keep his…
All Pudding, No Meat – Put the Brakes on LA’s ‘Sky’s the Limit’ Over-Development with Measure S
ELECTION 2017-I heard the director of the Downtown LA BID (Business Improvement District) say to Doug McIntrye on his KABC radio show that…
A Magical Moment at LAX
LA DREAMIN’-LAX is certainly not associated with magical moments. But it was the usual LAX experience of driving through traffic mayhem to…
Villaraigosa: California Must Spread the Wealth
GOVERNOR’S RACE, ALREADY--This post is the first in an occasional series based on interviews with the 2018 candidates for Governor of Calif…
The Race is On: A Critical Vote on ‘Development’ In LA Nears Finish Line
DEEGAN ON LA-Which hangover are you trying to shake: the overindulgence of New Year’s Eve or the game changer National Election in November…
Party Houses: The End Is Near
NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS--Neighbors had been complaining for years. “My dog kept picking up the chicken bones their customers threw on our la…
LA City Council Gets Last Shot at Fixing Mansionization, Saving Your Neighborhood … Wednesday is ‘D’ Day
AMENDMENTS WILL REDUCE HOME SIZE LIMITS--Despite citywide ordinances to stop mansionization, Angelenos from Venice to Boyle Heights have se…
Memo to LAUSD Board Candidates: Give us Plans, Not Platitudes!
EDUCATION POLITICS--On March 7, 2017 we will have a primary election for three of the seven seats on the LAUSD Board. If no one candidate f…
LA’s Steven Mnuchin: Can this Would-be Treasury Secretary Stop the Looming Massive Federal Bailouts of Local Governments Like Ours?
CORRUPTION WATCH-Poor Steven Mnuchin. People do not see the fiscal nightmare facing the Secretary of the Treasury designate, Los Angeles…
The Slaves of La La Land—and South Los Angeles
LA … WHO ARE WE?--The brilliant new film musical La La Land is being celebrated as a love letter to Los Angeles. But the darker heart of th…
California Speaks: ‘Kill ‘em and Kill ‘em Faster … Why Prop 66 was a Mistake
CORRUPTION WATCH-Hamlet anguished over “To be or Not to Be,” but in November, 2016 Californians quickly answered the question of “To Kill o…
City Hall’s Magic Elixir: Ban Soft Corruption, Update Our Community Plans
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-We could surely address growing social and economic inequality in Los Angeles if each call to update the Community Plan…
Gil Cedillo’s Campaign Ship Sailing into Rough Waters?
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW--City Council incumbent Gilbert Cedillo has set sail on his campaign to retain his District 1 City Council seat. LA’s p…
Life Without Water or … Why the Delta Tunnel Is So Critical to LA
EASTSIDER-After the recent defeat of Proposition 53, a Howard Jarvis backed initiative aimed squarely at Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnel project…
Los Angeles 2024 Olympics: What’s Not to Like?
LA WATCHDOG--On Friday, the Ad Hoc on the Summer Olympics Committee will meet to review the City’s and Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committ…
Lt. Gov. Newsom: ‘California Can Stop Trump’s Wall in Court … Never Going to Happen’
California’s lieutenant governor has warned that the state can use an environmental lawsuit to block President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts…
Mayoral Candidate Schwartz Calls for Federal Criminal Investigation into Developer Pay-offs at LA City Hall
CORRUPTION WATCH—Candidate for LA Mayor, Mitchell Schwartz, is turning up the heat on the so-called soft corruption at City Hall issue expo…
