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Killer Mountain Lion Dodges Death Row … the Latest
ANIMAL WATCH--A marauding California mountain lion has clawed his way back from almost certain execution thanks to a kind-hearted alpaca owner. (See CityWatch story: ‘America’s Favorite Cat’.) [[
Los Angeles wildlife authorities suspect t…
DWP Reform: Making Fairness and Equality a Top Priority
GUEST WORDS--When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power made its case to its 1.4 million customers for its latest rate proposal, st…
Council Finally Steps Up On Mansionization Issue … Are McMansions Now Dead?
SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS—(Here’s what David Zahniser reported in the LA Times on Thursday: ‘Spurred by years of complaints from neighborhood group…
Call Off the Dragnet: Impoundment and ‘Special Collections’ Lead to Blackmail and Extortion
NIX THE AUTO VU SYSTEM-On October 1st, at the direction of Mayor Garcetti, three Genetec AutoVu™ patrol vehicles were released into the flo…
Reinventing the Neighborhood Council System
15 CANDLES, 96 POINTS OF LIGHT--(Editor’s Note: This month marks the 15th anniversary of the certification of Los Angeles’ first Neighborho…
Trump’s Border Wall Hits Roadblock: Major League Sports
TRADE WINDS-Last week I asked Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, Ildefonso Guajardo, whether he fears that a Trump presidency will revive t…
Why Brown’s Choice of LA’s Becerra for AG is Brilliant
CALIFORNIA POLITICS--Gov. Jerry Brown’s nomination of Democratic U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra of Los Angeles to become the state’s first Latino…
President Elect Trump Should Leave DACA Alone
On June 15, 2012, President Obama created a new policy calling for deferred action for certain undocumented young people mainly Latino who…
What Arnold Can Teach Us about Donald
POLITICS--When newly-elected Donald Trump took his family to a restaurant for dinner without telling the public recently, the press flipped…
Runaround Ryu and Hollywood Sign Danger
@THE GUSS REPORT-This weekend’s deadly inferno in an Oakland warehouse that was used as, but not permitted as, a living space and concert v…
In a Groper-Trump Political Climate Will Jose Huizar’s Scandals Derail a Run for Congress?
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW-Remember this past July when we were sure Trump’s run for presidency would be toppled by the leaked Access Hollywood Bu…
Thoroughly Unqualified Ben Carson Has No Business Running America’s Housing Program … LA at Risk
GUEST COMMENTARY--The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) has expressed deep concern and outrage at President-Elect Donald Trump's announ…
LAPD Email Shows Department Still Misclassifies Serious Crimes as Minor
LAPD WATCH--We’re not against the police. We’re not against the police department, but we are against police who commit misconduct (and tho…
Oakland Fire: The Real Price of Affordable Housing Politics
‘NO ONE SHOULD DIE THIS WAY’-The deadly warehouse fire in Oakland, California that claimed the lives of at least 36 people at a Friday nigh…
Fix the City Sues Over Frank Gehry’s 8150 Sunset Mega-Development
Fix the City, a neighborhood watchdog group, has sued the city of Los Angeles over its dubious handling of the 8150 Sunset mega-project, a…
Drive Like Your Kids Live Here
POLITICS--On the mourning [sic] after I was brought up short by this common lawn sign.
It seemed to me then that few really comprehended…
Councilman’s Rep Dodges Question on Tainted Campaign Funds from Sea Breeze
GELFAND’S WORLD--Here is a curious story that follows on the Seabreeze scandal. You may recall that the Seabreeze developers put a little…
Conversations on Trump’s America: The Coming Immigration Wars
LABOR ON IMMIGRATION-Maria Elena Durazo knows about immigrant workers, labor and civil rights. She has been the hospitality union UNITE HER…
City’s Councils Should Allow Westwood to Grow Up
GUEST COMMENTARY--Think of a typical college town: bars and dispensaries galore, miles of bike lanes and stores that appeal to students. No…
California vs. ‘Trumpland’
CAN THEY CO-EXIST?--California is now the capital of liberal America. Along with its neighbors Oregon and Washington, it will be a nation w…
