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Paying the Accused: DA Gascon’s Top Aide/Potential Felon Still on Payroll

August 15, 2024 4:19 pmAugust 15, 2024 6:09 pm

Despite her status as a suspected felon, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s “Ethics and Integrity Assistant District Attorney,” Diana Teran is still on the public payroll and getting paid – a lot, in fact. Since she was charged with...

Outside Safe: How Los Angeles Could Create Their Own Homeless Busing Program

August 13, 2024 2:45 amAugust 13, 2024 2:46 am

Los Angeles has never had an official homeless busing program, one of which gives a homeless person a free one-way bus ticket to the city of their choice in the continental United States, often going back to where family or...

Gov. Gavin Newsom And That Weird L.A. Homeless Encampment Cleanup Photo Op

August 9, 2024 1:14 pmAugust 9, 2024 1:14 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom is really serious about homeless encampments. He wants you to know that. Scratch that. He really, really wants you to know that. Just, you know, try not to think back what he was doing with encampments his...

AG Bonta Declines to Prosecute Former LA Supe Sheila Kuehl, Giggans

August 8, 2024 10:17 amAugust 8, 2024 10:17 am

Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and her long-time friend Patti Giggans were given a pass on potential corruption charges by Attorney General Rob Bonta Wednesday. Based on whistleblower allegations, former Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villanueva launched an...

LA Board Of Supervisors Approves Expansion Of UBI Program

August 8, 2024 2:44 amAugust 8, 2024 2:45 am

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an expansion to it’s “Breathe” universal basic income pilot program on Tuesday, despite a growing number of failing UBI programs statewide. Guaranteed income/universal basic income (UBI) programs have continued to pop up...

Kamala and Gascon – Times Have Changed

August 4, 2024 2:45 amAugust 4, 2024 2:46 am

In 2020, then Senator Kamala Harris was one of the first big names to endorse George Gascon in his run for Los Angeles County District Attorney. It was a hearty endorsement – she even called him a “proven leader” in...

Ooof: Gascon Trails Hochman in LA DA Fundraising – Badly, Very Badly

August 1, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 1, 2024 12:15 pm

The technical political term for the state of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s campaign finances as he heads into the November is “ouch.” Maybe even an “ooof” is warranted. As of June 30 – the end of the...