NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Parents in the Oakland Unified School District are reaching out to Inglewood parents to stop school closures attached to emergency loans the districts took out to remain solvent.

THE EASTSIDER - March is upon us, and the 2022 Nominating Petitions are all in.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Letter to the Editor: Dear 2UrbanGirls, A civil case was filed in LA Superior Court July 21, 2021 by opposing candidate Andre Spicer. He then served Compton 2nd District Councilman Isaac Galvan six months later Dec. 28th.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Has the definition of “urgency” changed? Apparently in Inglewood it has. What was adopted as an “urgent” moratorium on short-term rentals in Inglewood last month, has morphed into a proposed 10-month extension as the number of listings has increased since 2017.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Last Saturday a working group to operate within the Neighborhood Councils system to address issues of concern was formalized at the monthly meeting of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition (LANCC), an alliance of Neighborhood Councils (NCs) across the City. 

THE EASTSIDER - It seems as though Kevin De León is jazzed about a recent poll which shows him closely behind Karen Bass for Mayor of Los Angeles.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - St. James AME Church will open in its new Compton location Sunday, Mar. 13.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development returned the city of Inglewood’s 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) because the City needed to make revisions before it would be accepted.

EASTSIDER -  After ‘suspending’ Mark Ridley-Thomas Thomas when he was indicted for corruption, Council President Nury Martinez unleashed an unprecedented solution.

HOMELESS POLITICS - On January 30^th, 2022, I wrote my article on the LAHSA 2022 Homeless Count: LAHSA’s 2022 Homeless Count Will Not Be Accurate.  May Pose Risks To Volunteers. (citywatchla.com)

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Thousands of college bound students descended upon the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 2022 Black College Expo. 

SOUTH OF THE 10 - When I was a teacher at Verbum Dei High School, Rick Caruso was a big supporter of our students.

VENICE POLITICS - This Thursday, The LA City Planning Commission will be holding its second Public Hearing on the controversial Venice Median Project--

RANDOM LENGTHS NEWS - Once again LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino wants another ordinance outlawing homelessness on the streets of Los Angeles.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The president of the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday appointed former councilman Herb Wesson to represent the city’s 10th district to replace Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was suspended after being indicted in a federal corruption case.

HOUSING POLITICS - I was intrigued by a recent article in The Daily Beast with the double-edged title: “Yimbys Could Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis if They Weren’t So Busy Being Trolls.” 

THE EASTSIDER - It’s always seemed to me that pot shops (or Cannabis Dispensaries) have popped up in Northeast LA without notice, and in areas that the community may or may not be aware of in advance.

COMMENTARY - The word “commonwealth,” be it that of the collapsing British Empire or that of the state of Massachusetts, comes from the olde English “common weal” or common good.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Dear 2UrbanGirls. Mayor Butts is on KPCC right now. This gaslighter needs to be called out!

THE EASTSIDER - The City of Los Angeles’ Comprehensive Homeless Strategy was proudly announced back in 2016. You can find full information here.

RANDOM LENGTHS NEWS - On Jan. 26, Los Angeles City Councilmember Joe Buscaino called for an investigation into the Union Pacific rail thefts calling this a “crisis.”