NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS

GELFAND’S WORLD - My current hometown of San Pedro, California made the national news last weekend.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Attorneys representing the Sheriff’s department and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) will go before a Superior court judge July 19 at 8:30 a.m. to meet and confer on a warrant served on Metro’s offices and those of the Inspector General.

CROSSWALK SAFETY - The first rogue crosswalk appeared at the intersection of Romaine Avenue and Serrano Street in East Hollywood in April.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - At their July Executive Board Meeting, the California Democratic Party (CDP) officially voted to Oppose Proposition 27, the out of state corporate online sports betting ballot measure.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Do you trust the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)? Do you trust the office that used to be Huizar’s? 

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The man accused of murdering Nipsey Hussle had his trial put on hold today after he wasn’t present in court for unknown reasons.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The city of Bell has hired a new City Manager who previously worked in Compton.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - The United States Supreme Court is preparing to issue a ruling on women’s reproductive rights by removing federal intervention and returning the rights back to the state to decide. 

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Frank Stolze is the resident “go to” writer for all things bad about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department which this author has been aware of since the downfall of former Sheriff Lee Baca and members of his command staff.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued a ruling May 27 overturning the 2021 Compton General Election results for District 2 declaring Andre Spicer the winner over incumbent Isaac Galvan.

LA ELECTION 2022 - When embattled L.A. city councilman Mike Bonin decided against running for a third term, few would have predicted that the candidate he endorsed to replace him in the decidedly hot seat of district 11 would come out on top in last week's primary election. 

HOUSING CRISIS - These days, I keep being copied on some very persuasive letters, loaded with the requisite amount of well-researched technical jargon and neighborhood outrage,

SOUTH OF THE 10 - One man was killed, and two others injured in what authorities are calling a gang-related shooting Tuesday evening in the unincorporated Florence-Firestone area near South Gate.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - New resources are available for small businesses in the Vernon-Central and surrounding South LA community, as the Southeast Los Angeles BusinessSource Center celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, May 31.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Metro says it has a plan. 

HOUSING CRISIS - Gil Cedillo couldn’t shut his office door. Something was in the way. It was Rosario Hernandez’s foot.

THE EASTSIDER - My Interview with Kenneth Mejia: I can see why the Times endorsed Kenneth. 

RANDOM LENGTHS NEWS - The harbor district has always held some kind of mystique for the rest of Los Angeles, like the highly classified United States Air Force facility, Area 51, in north Las Vegas —

GUEST COMMENTARY - One of the basic tenets of our democracy in this country is that we are able to vote for proposed regulations though Ballot Initiatives and for folks to represent us and hold office. 

HOUSING CRISIS - It’s only May and our City Council has already voted twice this year to approve the politically motivated, astronomically wasteful, and unnecessary assault on our Coastal environment at The Gateway to Venice Beach known as the Pacific-Dell Median Project.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - Members of the union representing thousands of Los Angeles County workers have voted to authorize a strike if labor talks fail to progress, the union announced Friday.