For as long as Los Angeles has existed, it has had jails that are perpetually overcrowded and dangerous. LA operates the largest and deadliest jail system in the world–an unconscionable

CD8 Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson was sworn in as LA City Council President on September 20th following the terming out of former Council President Krekorian. Unfortunately, Mr. Harris-Dawson’s first acts as

On October 4th, Mayor Bass selected former sheriff Jim McDonnell as LA’s next police chief, describing him as a “leader, innovator and changemaker.” Journalists quickly commended her choice of a

When I heard from participants of my dissertation research on urban vehicle dwellings that they’d been told they’d have to move on an upcoming Wednesday, May 29th, I had no

On Tuesday May 14, Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez and Eunisses Hernandez spearheaded an effort that ultimately succeeded in watering down recommendations from the Ad Hoc committee on Governance Reform, which is

On April 30th, an organized mob of known right-wing agitators descended on the UCLA campus and violently attacked students and faculty. The masked attackers beat students with bats and fists