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Will Redevelopment Continue in Los Angeles?
The City Council faces a difficult decision. Taking responsibility for its redevelopment agency could place a $100 million burden on the already cash-strapped city.
Longing and Loathing in Los Angeles
The talk about L.A. is caustic more often than not.
View overlooking the San Fernando Valley
Redistricting: Should Valley Districts Completely Stay within the Valley?
A redistricting fight is brewing on the local level of Los Angeles.
At the Start of 2012: Downtown's Continuing Rollercoaster Ride
Annual roundups have a common theme - it's always "the worst of times and the best of times." And that certainly is true of downtown at the end of 2011…
LAPD officers in hazmat suits prepare to clean the park in front of City Hall after the raid on November 30, 2011 | Photo by Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images
What is Next for Occupy L.A.?
The creation of a micro city on the lawn outside of City Hall will cost the city.
Surveillance Fail: Police Cameras That Don't Make Downtown Safer
Too many of the dozen or so surveillance cameras on downtown streets are failing to deter crime.
The Occupy L.A. campsite at City Hall
Occupy L.A.: Was It Worth It?
The protest known as Occupy L.A. will cost our budget-strapped city.
Follow the Money, and You'll Find a Billboard
More than $600,000 was spent by billboard lobbyists in 2011. It's a sign of the times.The humorist Ogden Nash famously rhymed I think I shall never see, /…
At Jordan Downs, a project of HACLA | Photo via HACLA
The Housing Authority Gives Nothing But Disappointment
This week brings yet another -- in a seemingly endless series of examples -- of a public official behaving badly.
Metro Ignores Bus Riders. Mayor Ignores Housing Authority. Council Members Ignore Reality.
Apparently, a plague of institutional ignorance is sweeping though the city's troubled bureaucracies. Recent cases in point...
Selling Eyeballs: 'Let's Not Rule Out Any Options'
Some want billboards and signs to commodify the city's skyline.
Screenshot of the Van Nuys/Studio City DASH in the San Fernando Valley
LADOT: DASH and Commuter Express Now on Google Maps
Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials have joined numerous other local transit agencies in sharing data with Google.
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