Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman announced yesterday that she is running for mayor, entering the race just before the filing deadline and immediately reshaping the field. Her candidacy adds
This article was originally published on Brian Merchant’s Substack and is reposted here with permission. Last Friday, Amazon’s anodyne corporate campus in Santa Monica, California was overrun with protestors. Hundreds
Two weeks ago, Venice was papered over with temporary No Parking signs block after block. There were no public works projects, no construction, and no special events. These weren’t random
Photographs and primary documentation for this article were provided by Peggy Lee Kennedy. For months, residents and outreach volunteers in Venice have been documenting a pattern that is impossible to
On Wednesday, Los Angeles City Council voted 9 to 4 to approve additional LAPD funding after the department hired roughly 170 more officers than the budget authorized. The decision came
A new report on Los Angeles’s CARE+ operations in Council District 11 finds a homelessness response centered on displacement rather than housing or services. The report, co-published by the CD11
