Episodes

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.

Hayes 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.

A 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!

The Mayor has unveiled his Green New Deal — why do academics and activists say it won’t reduce emissions? Why did Metro announce service cuts the next day? Why did Inglewood’s Mayor try to turn left into oncoming traffic? Why did someone with measles go to The Grove? Why did the aspiring terrorist in Long Beach want to bomb both a protest and a counterprotest? Why didn’t Obama show up for his road naming? Why did a police shooting victim’s mom accuse Torrance cops of character assassination? Scott, Alissa and Hayes answer some of these questions and more!

Measles are back! Which LA schools have the lowest numbers of vaccinated kids? Somebody painted over an historic mural! Who was it and why? Rick Caruso gets a big New York Times profile where he basically says he wants to run for Mayor! Will he? A councilmember voted on projects from developers that paid his wife! Is that… as bad as it sounds? Scott, Alissa and Hayes answer these questions and more.

Hayes and Alissa are joined by KPCC/LAist’s MATT TINOCO to get into the LA City Council’s vote on SB50 and how some talk radio giants weighed in, plus Mayor Garcetti’s comments on homelessness in the State of the City.

Alissa, Scott, and Hayes talk about scooters and the Nipsey Hussle memorial for a few minutes. Then the great LA Times reporter/critic CAROLINA MIRANDA joins the show to talk about the new plans for LACMA and the Times guild’s ongoing contract negotiation.

We force Bloomberg to Cite Its Sources for its article on LA’s “Loud Economic Boom,” talk about Nipsey Hussle’s legacy with Destination Crenshaw, unpack the Ninth Circuit’s ruling on criminalizing homelessness, try to count how many more fired deputies Sheriff Villanueva rehired, and Term Down for What on gang injunctions.

Alissa went to the Lyft IPO announcement and saw the Mayor! Scott introduces a new segment and theme song! Garcetti said something about tents! The LA Times published a big charter expose and Hayes reads some wild stuff a charter founder wrote! The city disappeared a possible witness against the LAPD! The Sheriff’s alleged-abuser friend has a gang tattoo and there’s video of him breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house! It’s our one year anniversary episode!

A whole episode with UCLA urban planning professor Michael Lens, giving us the lowdown on the LA housing crisis and what he thinks we should be doing to get ourselves out of it. Scott and Alissa are on location in Alissa’s garage, Hayes is calling in from Vancouver.