LOS ANGELES

ALPERN AT LARGE-What does the LADOT, the FDA, the EPA, the IRS, and the Sheriff's Department have in common?

EASTSIDER-It’s no surprise that the Ave 34 Project has a troubled and slimy history.

RACIAL RECKONINGS-With Juneteenth just now being made a federal holiday, one would think that America is making great strides in being less racist — systemically or otherwise.

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT-In a busy five-acre industrial pocket of Lincoln Heights, north of Downtown Los Angeles, zigzagged with metro lines and freeways and car-choked roads, developers plan to build a 468-unit apartment complex called the Avenue 34 Project.

GELFAND’S WORLD-It's time for the people of Los Angeles to get serious about a couple of things.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT-This is a map of Los Angeles County with the dates of the Los Angeles County Redistricting Committee meetings by area.

THE CITY-An unclassified Pentagon report was released Friday detailing 144 individual reports of what the government terms "unidentified aerial phenomenon" seen by military observers between 2004 and 2021. Only one was identified. 

DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 2 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4). 

THE DOCTOR IS IN-Let's just start with this factoid: The American Medical Association reports That more than 96% of surveyed U.S. physicians have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with no significant difference in vaccination rates across regions. 

VIEW FROM HERE-California’s most secretive and most corrupt institution is its judiciary. Britney Spears is subject to a conservatorship under the Probate Department of Los Angeles County Superior Court.

PROPUBLICA-On Dec. 19, President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet to his 88 million followers, inviting supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest.

2URBANGIRLS-A letter to the editor regarding Inglewood Unified.

HOMELESS CRISIS-Here is an open letter to the LA County Board of Supervisors from Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

EASTSIDER-We have come a long way from the 1999 Charter change creating Neighborhood Councils, including BONC.

VIEW FROM HERE-To be a recipient under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, one need not be a minority.

On June 30, 2020, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a motion which instructed the Los Angeles Police Department to complete an analysis addressing the department’s crowd control tactics and compliance with existing departmental policies and legal mandates during the civil unrest resulting from the death of George Floyd. 

ALPERN AT LARGE-Rules are meant to be broken, so the saying goes. But without the rules, and without the law, what do we have? Venice Beach. 

PLANNING WATCH-I have had little positive to write about Nithya Raman, the new Councilmember for Council District 4, who is subject to a recall effort.

THE CITY-The founding father John T. Walker and his legendary sidekick, Lisa Sarkin and their various "Igors" including the men in shorts, Lisa Karadjian and the Alcove gang deserve recognition by an international organization dedicated to petty despotism. 

THE CITY-Murders increased 36 percent in Los Angeles in 2020. LA City Council is getting fired up for more policies that can build opportunities for those on the tightrope and the governor is taking a break from firing million dollar checks out of a t-shirt cannon to jump in on the action. 

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA-Friends, Californians, fellow drivers, stop honking your horns and lend me your ears.