Alissa and Hayes are joined by HALEY POTIKER and RACHEL REYES of Fair Workweek LA, the movement to change how retail jobs work in the city. But first — Southern California cities chose how to allocate their housing, and coastal cities are getting a lot more. A group of museum employees attempted to unionize, and what happened next was dramatic. The Public Utilities Commission moved to keep some natural gas plants open. And LA Taco digs deep on sidewalk planters.
Listen NowWhy is prestige media declaring that California is unlivable? How did the first few days of the A Line go? What did the LA Times Guild achieve with their ratified deal? Who’s covered by the City Council’s new rent gouging fund? Did that LAX-It rollout really go that badly? But first: the most action-packed LA Story yet.
Listen NowLittle fires everywhere in LA County this week, but much bigger ones in the Bay Area — what lessons can we learn from those fires and the report on what went wrong during the Woolsey Fire? Herb Wesson’s son got breaks on his rent because Wesson was helping the developer — why will probably nothing come of this? Plus new shade umbrellas on bus benches, Katie Hill’s evolving crisis, more corruption from the assessor’s office and a new DA candidate from San Francisco.
Listen NowA deadly week on Los Angeles’s streets — what roads should we be making car free? As AB 1482 moves toward implementation, how is the City Council protecting renters from revenge evictions? Vox publishes an article about how LA is looking to safe parking as a homelessness solution — are we really? Plus the controversy over AB 5, the victory of the LA Times Union’s bargaining team, and a controversial ballot measure.
Listen NowThe Saddleridge Fire forces tens of thousands to evacuate. Gavin Newsom gets his veto pen out and uses it on a complete streets bill. The LAPD changes its ways thanks to an LA Times investigation. And we talk to Times reporters BENJAMIN ORESKES and DOUG SMITH about their eye-opening new analysis of LAHSA’s Homeless Count data.
Listen NowA bunch of presidential candidates blew through town. Uber and Lyft get thrown off the LAX horseshoe. A freeway in the middle of nowhere finally got scrapped. The state made big moves toward a public bank. The 2nd District County Supervisor race pulls in big money. Kathryn Barger takes a firefighting helicopter to work. Scott and Hayes discuss these things!
Listen NowCounty supervisors freeze funding for the sheriff’s department! Metro board members use Measure M money to pay the South Bay’s Internet bill! The City Council brings up 41.18 again! And the Expo Line moves toward signal preemption!
Listen NowEd 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.
Listen NowWe’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.
Listen NowA full-episode interview with Los Angeles City Councilmember MIKE BONIN. We talk with the Councilmember about a nonprofit’s campaign to fight the city over a density program, his recent break with the rest of the council over homelessness criminalization policies, and why a record-cheap solar deal is being held up.
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