Tag "Ref Rodriguez"

Packed episode! All hosts are present as LAUSD chooses how to replace disgraced board member Ref Rodriguez, the City Council pays another big settlement after a fatal LAPD shooting, developers want to build a new city in middle-of-nowhere North LA County, Measure H gets its first report card, we Prop It Like It’s Hot for Prop 7’s Daylight Saving Time repeal, AND we interview LA Times data reporters JACK DOLAN and RYAN MENEZES about their coverage of the LAPD’s DROP program.

Alissa, Scott and Hayes follow up on the police shooting of Melyda Corado at Trader Joe’s and Ref Rodriguez’s resignation, complain about streetcars and unimpressive Metro goals, pick apart a Sheriff’s debate, and Prop Lock and Drop It for a water bond.

Tough week in LA. Scott, Alissa, and Hayes talk about tragedy at the Silver Lake Trader Joe’s, Ref Rodriguez set to resign from the LAUSD board, the Three Californias Proposition is toast, Elaine Chao is slow-walking funding for the Purple Line Extension, good news and bad news from the 1984 Olympics, and a short remembrance of Jonathan Gold.

An assemblywoman gives a bad radio interview, Mayor Garcetti has a friendly sitdown with Mohammed bin Salman, a school board member gets arrested at Yard House, and we reveal exclusive information about the tunnels Elon Musk is digging under the city.