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Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022. Posted in PLANNING WATCH LA.

Forcing Bigoted Politicians to Resign is Easy, Rooting Out Racist Policies, Programs, and Practices is Hard.

A week later we can update Cedillo’s crude remarks about demographic change in Los Angeles. You cannot read the national and even international media without finding stories about the bigoted conversation among three Los Angeles City Coun…

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Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles? Stay Tuned To Find Out.

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022. Posted in PLANNING WATCH LA.

Climate Change Is Here. Can Someone Please Tell Those In Charge?

It is a day-to-day reality. Plus, those who follow the news are aware of Hurricane Irma’s path of destruction in Florida and the Carolinas, dried up rivers in Europe, monsoonal floods in Pakistan, melting permafrost in the Arctic, and mu…

Who Controls City Government In Los Angeles? Stay Tuned To Find Out.

Written by Dick Platkin on December 11 2022.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

Home - HHR Rent is too High - SB-2

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