Tag "Trump"

Trump comes to town, homelessness is the state’s number one priority, voting begins in LA, and the wrecking balls are about to fly at LACMA.

Garcetti endorses Biden and a machine is activated. At least 50 people who are homeless are cleared out of Sepulveda Basin, along with several other sweeps. Garcetti and the Trump administration approach a quiet deal on homelessness. And Newsom’s budget is out, along with an endorsement of SB50, which got some changes.

The LAPD lets us know they’re on high alert after Trump’s killing of General Soleimani. Chief Michel Moore has words for hit-and-run drivers. Sheriff Alex Villanueva is disappointed in the media online. And SB50 is back on the table.

The Sheriff’s department opens a very invasive investigation on a movie producer-turned-activist! Weed entrepreneurs are mad about the application process for city licenses! Property owners are using a new mechanism to kick out tenants! LA and the Trump Administration plan their next moves after the Supreme Court declines to review Martin vs. Boise! And the Mayor of Inglewood gets accused of harassment and abusive conduct! Alissa, Scott and Hayes discuss these things.

The chair of an air quality board scoffs at the Flyaway bus, the head of LAHSA steps down, Councilman John Lee goes on a tear, Trump appoints a homelessness czar who specializes in camps, and LA takes the case for arresting people who are homeless to the Supreme Court — Alissa, Scott and Hayes discuss all this and more.

Ed Buck is finally arrested — what took so long? AB5 is passed — what happens next? Trump came and left — how did our local officials respond? A South LA development gets slammed — what is the council president doing about it? Plus a few pieces of good news from last week.

We’re joined by Ciclavia Chief Strategist TAFARAI BAYNE, Streetsblog writer SAHRA SULAIMAN and trauma-informed care educator CHAVONNE TAYLOR for a conversation about Nipsey Hussle: his work, his legacy, the aftermath of his death, and what he meant to them. But first: the President is threatening to bulldoze people who are homeless into federal camps, and almost no LA elected officials seem alarmed.

Recording just after the Friday earthquake, the hosts open up about how they reckoned with death two days in a row and discuss why the #ShakeAlertLA app didn’t alert anyone. Then they get into the automation fight at the Port of LA, Trump’s comments on LA homelessness and Garcetti’s polite response, and a new wrinkle in the fight over whether people who are homeless can keep their possessions.

Alissa tells a harrowing LA Story, Northridgers have a meltdown about a rapid bus line, local officials don’t do much about Trump’s announced ICE raids, the LA Times laments the loss of Weird LA, and DR. PAAVO MONKKONEN (@elpaavo), Associate Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA’s Luskin School, joins the show to tell stories from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)’s efforts to figure out how much housing cities need to build.

All three hosts reunite to discuss the big cuts to Metro service, the newest incarnation of Boring Company technology, the Commerce City Council brawl, yet another task force, some of the housing bills still alive in the state legislature, and the Freehand hotel.