I WON'T BE SILENT - Between the corruption swirling around the Democrat and Republican parties in the good old USA; Benjamin Netanyahu being stymied by the Arab voters in Israel, whose unprecedented ...
ELECTION 2026 - The race to succeed retiring State Senator Ben Allen (D-24) pits two Democrats with different political styles and governing backgrounds. Brian Goldsmith presents himself as an ...
ACCORDING TO LIZ - In the wake of Lula da Silva’s historic win in Brazil over the Trump-supported son of the incarcerated Bolsonaro (who the White House helped flee to Miami to avoid prosecution on ...
Written by Richard Lee Abrams. THE VIEW FROM HERE - Nithya Raman knows that the LA Mayor cannot fire the chief of police, but facts mean as little to her as they do to Donald Trump. Fact #1: the LA ...
CANDIDATE COMMENTARY - Walk down almost any street in the West Valley, and you can see the shortcomings of Los Angeles’ response to homelessness. A tent stretched across the sidewalk next to a bus ...
LA CHARTER AMENDMENT - At a time in Los Angeles when public trust in local government is low, LA Charter Amendment EE has the potential to decrease City Council accountability, to the public it is ...
OP|ED - Measure PL would replace Los Angeles’s seven Area Planning Commissions with a single, deceptively named Neighborhood Appeals Commission. This proposal disregards the fundamental reasons the ...
GELFAND’S WORLD - It’s now a horse race in the contest to elect (or reelect) the mayor of Los Angeles. The take-home lesson for the mayor is that – if she manages to pull the rabbit out of the hat and ...
Written by Zachary M. Zulkiewicz. SOBER LIVING - The decision rarely comes at a convenient time. Someone is finishing a 30-day program on Friday and nobody has worked out where they go next. Or a ...
PLANNING WATCH - Outside my house, located in an older Los Angeles neighborhood near Wilshire Boulevard, there is a parade of people who sleep in their cars. The cars are not there every day because ...
CHARTER REFORM - Earlier this year, a group of Angelenos selected by lottery did something rare. They sat in a room, listened to evidence, talked to each other, and came up with policy recommendations ...
Written by Jose E. Navarro, MBA. THE NAVARRO REPORT - Los Angeles County has spent nearly two years teaching itself to approve rebuilding permits faster. By most measures, it has succeeded. Yet a ...