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.
Listen NowNew state budget — how much money is LA getting? Why do councilmembers want more? Grocery store strike — is it going to happen? What would it mean if it does? New encampment sweeps policy — why is LAPD still a part of it? Could that change? And Metro bus ridership — why is it cratering? How do we fire everyone who let this happen?
Listen NowAlissa 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.
Listen NowAlissa, Scott and Hayes get into scooter numbers that came out this week, take the listener to City Hall to hear the council explain why they’re continuing to punish people for being poor, congratulate Inglewood on its new rent control, break down a new proposed vacancy tax, and break some actual good news live on the show.
Listen NowLA Podcast does its first live show at UCLA’s Lewis Center! The audio is not great! We get into what’s happening in lawless Westwood and the audience brings the heat with some Big Questions!
Listen NowThe homeless count results are in, and they’re brutal. Scott, Alissa and Hayes go through the numbers and look at how different LA public officials responded to them, then get into the fallout from Measure EE’s failure and Loraine Lundquist’s victory in Tuesday’s election. Plus: a bizarre Sheriff’s Department And 1.
Listen NowA big housing episode! Scott, Alissa and Hayes perform an autopsy on all the victims of the CA legislature’s May Massacre, try to figure out what is going on with AHF and the high-rise on Sunset and Gordon, look at the first supportive housing building built with HHH money after more than 900 days, and anticipate the numbers of the homeless count coming this week.
Listen NowAll 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.
Listen NowHayes is in Florida so Scott and Alissa get into the shelving of SB50, newly free admissions at MOCA, Metro and Garcetti’s flip-flop on the bus lane pilot, difficult questions for Sheriff Villanueva, big tourism numbers for LA, and not-so-big weed numbers for the state.
Listen NowA labor shortage delays the regional connector to 2022! Zev Yaroslavsky gets his sources cited! We make our endorsements in the CD12 primary and the LAUSD District 5 runoff! Gun house!
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