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Jeremy Rosenberg

Jeremy Rosenberg is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, and consultant whose work has appeared in various books, magazines, newspapers, and online.

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Valentine's Day Special: Love Stories from Arrival Stories
Enjoy this round-up of some of the courtships recently chronicled by Arrival Stories.
How Los Angeles Began to Put its Smoggy Days Behind
If you think smog in Los Angeles is bad now, imagine how suffocating it was before the Clean Air Act of 1970.
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris: In Athens, Greece, the Traffic is Worse!
Coming from other cities, one might be surprised to learn that the freeway system in L.A. is a lot more efficient than it seems.
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Laws That Shaped L.A.: How the California Environmental Quality Act Allows Anyone to Thwart Development
CEQA was designed to protect the environment, but what adverse effects does it have?
Michael Miller: From England; Tears, Fears and Stars That Never Were
A London ex-pat journalist and his wife takes many months to go through metamorphosis and finally arrive in Los Angeles.
Laws That Shaped L.A.: Los Angeles and the First Amendment
How has the First Amendment shaped the never-ending quest to freely express ideas in Los Angeles?
Michelle Lopez: Guatemalan-Mexican, Born in Chinatown, L.A.
Michelle Lopez was born in Chinatown, Los Angeles, while her mother and father were each born in different countries.
Laws That Shaped L.A.: How Bunker Hill Lost its Victorians
How did all the grand mansions of Bunker Hill get demolished? Blame a 1949 law that pushed forward the agenda of "redevelopment."
Jess Espanola: From Hungry in the Philippines to a Simpsons Emmy
Jess Espanola, born and raised near poverty in the Phillipines, uses his extaordinary talents to move to Los Angeles and win an Emmy for the Simpsons.
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Laws That Shaped L.A.: Why is the Los Angeles Skyline So Bland?
Why does Los Angeles possess such a flat, drab and stunted skyline? Blame a line of text inserted in 1974 into the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
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Bill Patzert: Surfing, Sextants and Spacecraft Plus 'Global Warming is the Real Deal'
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's research scientist and oceanographer Bill Patzert dreamed big and landed in Los Angeles.
1937 mural by Buckley Mac-Gurrin depicting the founding of Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library
Laws That Shaped L.A.: Why Los Angeles Isn't a Beach Town
Jeremy Rosenberg's new column spotlights regulations that have played a significant role in the development of contemporary Los Angeles. First up: Laws of the Indies.
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