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LA Mayor Bass’ Newly Touted Homeless Measures Face Backlash

April 17, 2024 5:57 pmApril 17, 2024 5:57 pm

Backlash against Mayor Karen Bass’ Monday State of the City Address continued on Wednesday, with many residents and analysts charging that her new plans to alleviate homelessness would only result in more failure. Bass’s series of failed homeless initiatives dates...

Mayor Bass’s Billionaire Bake Sale

April 17, 2024 11:24 amApril 17, 2024 11:24 am

“I Gave a Million Dollars to Mayor Bass to Fight Homelessness and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt…and My Rolex Stolen.” Perhaps we are making an assumption that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be giving away “thank you”...

California Sues Huntington Beach Over Voter ID Law

April 16, 2024 2:45 amApril 16, 2024 2:46 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced on Monday the state will be suing the city of Huntington Beach over their recently passed voter ID law, which requires a valid state ID to be...

Los Angeles Times Tells Angelenos They’re Wrong About Crime, Everything Is Fine

April 15, 2024 9:00 amApril 15, 2024 9:01 am

My family moved to Los Angeles during the 1984 Olympics. “I Love L.A.” was on the radio and the city was the envy of the world. I loved everything about L.A. I immediately became a Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, and Kings...

Traffic Violence? Is That a Real Thing?

April 11, 2024 2:55 amApril 11, 2024 2:56 am

So there’s gun violence, domestic violence, gang violence – those are, sadly, real things. Then there’s the concept that silence is violence – apparently things that rhyme are the same, like plants and pants (though grass pants would presumably be...

LAPD HQ Phones Down: System Upgrade Went Awry

April 10, 2024 2:51 pmApril 10, 2024 2:51 pm

Who ya’ gonna call? Phones Busted! The landline telephones at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters have been down for more than a week, inconveniencing hundreds of employees and city residents. The 911 system and all of the individual stations...

Los Angeles County Storm Water Tax – Foresight or Folly?

April 10, 2024 7:00 amApril 10, 2024 7:00 am

After several years of effort, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors placed a storm water tax measure on the November ballot in 2018. Dubbed Measure W, it placed a 2.5 cent per square foot of impermeable surface on commercial...