The LA Podcast

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June 7, 2021 Episode 177

Pour one out for Mitch Englander. A fire commissioner becomes a fired commissioner. A few bills make waves in Sacramento. Place and Thank You: The Queen Mary. And a deep dive on LA County’s child migrant holding sites and the federal policies that brought them about.

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June 1, 2021 Episode 176

It’s all but certain that Mayor Garcetti is headed to India. Who’s going to take his place as interim Mayor? Metro passed its budget. What are the wins and losses? Echo Park Lake is open again. What’s it’s like? And a new segment about things happening in other cities that could make their way to LA.

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May 24, 2021 Episode 175

Scott and Alissa join guest host MATT TINOCO. California is reopening. Echo Park Lake is reopening. The Citizen app has gone beyond just putting up bounties in LA, it’s now launching an on-demand private security service. And how Metro’s $8 billion budget still doesn’t serve bus riders.

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May 17, 2021 Episode 174

Hayes and Alissa are joined by guest host and labor organizer RACHEL REYES. Fire in the Palisades. No more masks. Newson turns the money hose back on. Three Kroger stores permanently revenge-close. Three eventful LA City Council meetings. The Mayor goes to Washington (and comes back). And ALEX FERRER of SAJE and UCLA joins to talk about his research into the role of the stakeholder in municipal decision-making and how we can do better.

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May 10, 2021 Episode 173

The Mayor eyes a job on the other side of the world and prospective candidates line up to replace him. People’s Budget Coalition convenes a meeting with City Councilmembers. A report on waste collected at Echo Park generates debate. Amazon told to end “diesel death zones.”

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May 3, 2021 Episode 172

Alissa on location at the Union Station Oscars. California loses a seat. The recall is happening. The LA Alliance injunction in limbo. Eli Broad dies at 87. Vaccine limitations shift from supply to demand. LAPD wants more money to reform itself. New allegations on Ray Chan and “indirect bribes.”

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April 26, 2021 Episode 171

Schools are open as another LAUSD superintendent steps down. California puts up a big number for renewable energy generation. An order from a federal judge has big implications for skid row and homelessness in LA. And MELISSA ACEDERA of Polo’s Pantry talks about her work in food provision and mutual aid.

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April 19, 2021 Episode 170

A Covid vaccines is put on hold. City Controller blows up LA’s excuses about Project Roomkey expansion. County considering Dr. Drew for LAHSA oversight. Bruce’s Beach may be returned 100 years after racist seizure action. LAPD acquitting itself of policy violations. Farewell to the ArcLight.

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April 12, 2021 Episode 169

LA enters the era of vaccine abundance. A restaurant in Burbank has been having a normal pandemic. Metro appoints a new CEO. The Tejon Ranch development gets postponed again. A number of horrific deaths connected to homelessness in the aftermath of Echo Park Lake — what can we do now?

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April 5, 2021 Episode 168

Museums and in-person events are coming back. Video of an LAPD arrest is released. Ralphs is closing in Crenshaw. And journalist Jamie Loftus joins Scott, Alissa, and guest host Matt Tinoco to discuss her reporting for KNOCK-LA and the aftermath of the brutal raids on Echo Park Lake.

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