Media attention and growing anger by residents has turned the park, long a hotbed of crime and drug use, into a major political issue. I asked the Council District 1 candidates about it.
Gloria Molina became the first Latina on L.A. County's Board of Supervisors after a court battle over creating a majority-Latino district. The Supreme Court's Callais decision could undo such local progress.
The memoir details a candidate who steals, squanders his income, compromises his principles and blames his setbacks on others, especially the government. And who once made a living selling crystals.
Could Mayor Karen Bass win reelection by attacking conservative challenger Spencer Pratt and elbowing out candidates on the left in the primary? The strategy worked for Sen. Adam Schiff.
The size of L.A.'s council was set in 1925, when the city was much smaller and less diverse. Voters deserve the chance to decide if Los Angeles has outgrown its 15 districts.
Could Nithya Raman catch fire the way that Zohran Mamdani did in New York City? Yes. She has much of his dignity, credentials, attractiveness and flash. And she has a receptive electorate.
Use the notoriously traffic-choked "horseshoe" at LAX as a proving ground for congestion pricing. If Angelenos like what they see (and they very likely will), perhaps they'll warm to it for other roads in the area.
The principles that guided the Los Angeles police away from ignominy and back toward honor after the Rodney King beating are lost on federal authorities in their zeal to punish undocumented migrants.
