The LA Podcast

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February 18, 2019 Episode 52

Men’s Central Jail is being replaced by a mental health facility for inmates! LA kills three natural gas plants! Gavin Newsom killed high speed rail… and then didn’t! Kevin De Leon is running for city council, Holly Mitchell for county supervisor! Alex Villanueva is using fake numbers to make jails seem more violent! Lee Baca may actually be going to prison! And Alissa, Scott and Hayes talk about their picks for the LAUSD District 5 election.

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July 19, 2018 Episode 18

Sheriff’s deputies in Compton are accused of belonging to a secret gang within the department that encourages aggressive police tactics… and it wouldn’t be the first time for the LA County Sheriff’s Department. To talk about gang culture in LASD, we brought in LA Times reporter MAYA LAU, who first broke the Compton story, and JAMES SEXTON, a former deputy who blew the whistle on misconduct in the department.

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