Support: Los Angeles Charter Amendment FF is a pension giveaway
The FF Amendment to the Bylaws has flown under the radar, and perhaps that is by design. At a time…
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Disgraced Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar Begins Prison Sentence
Former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar began serving his 13-year prison sentence Monday for his role in a variety…
Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson is the new council president
During his years as a community organizer in South Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson saw the devastation…
Approval: Yes on Proposition 5. It is very difficult to raise local taxes
In California, most elections are decided by simple majority, including those for governor, mayor and statewide referendum proposals. But the…
Opinion: JD Vance to Springfield, Ohio: You're expendable
As a vice presidential pick, JD Vance has been a huge mistake, as even some of Donald Trump's friends in…
Column: Is Langer closing? Mayor Bass comes to lunch and promises to 'respond urgently' to neighborhood problems
Norm Langer, owner of the iconic MacArthur Park deli that has his name on the sign, received a phone call…
Los Angeles needs to ask landlords to fix our broken sidewalks
August 25, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: Los Angeles’ sidewalks are a symbol of the chronic and…
Column: Los Angeles' cracked and broken sidewalks are a scandal
You might think of Venice as a flat neighborhood with beachfront promenades and walkable boulevards lined with shops, but that…
Editorial: Bass should help create a new police discipline measure for a vote
Mayor Karen Bass took the unusual step this week of veto a ballot measure proposed in November Rewrite the disciplinary…
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla is a quiet, powerful force in politics
In American politics, we tend to favor the meteoric rise over the slow and steady rise, the big voices that…