2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1029+ words) citywatchla.com From Democrat to Independent: One Voter’s Break With LA’s Left FRED TALK - There are 4 Democratic Socialists of America on the Los Angeles City Council--Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Ysabel Jurado and of course, their candidate for Mayor---"Nightmare…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (789+ words) citywatchla.com Smooth Sailing at Sea, Troubled Waters at City Hall RANTZ & RAVEZ - I am currently in my stateroom on the Royal Caribbean International “Quantium of the Seas” ship in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between Mexico and Los Angeles writing…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (181+ words) They also knew that men were inherently corrupt, which they usually called “ambitious.” In 1887, Lord Acton coined the famous meme, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” While Trumpism and his cronies are beyond the power of Angelenos…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (369+ words) LPERN AT LARGE - Guess what, everybody? If the GOP keeps control of Congress, we each get $5000.00! Guess what, everybody? The Democrats are gonna tax all those rich people and get free health care! Guess what, everybody? The GOP is gonna…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (998+ words) ACCORDING TO LIZ - Clap-clap! As part of the president’s non-military offensive against its northern neighbor this summer, he threatened a 25% to 50% tariff on “toilet paper or face tissue stock.” Yikes! Was there another Covid-style supply chain debacle in our future?...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (710+ words) ALPERN AT LARGE - As much as I’ve recently come out with a few CityWatch pieces suggesting Mayor Karen Bass might be the lesser of two evils between both her failed mayoral first-term and an unprincipled as-of-yet-unsuccessful challenger (Councilmember Nithya Raman),…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (700+ words) SKID ROW - A few weeks ago, a portion of my Title VI Civil Rights complaint against the City of Los Angeles was accepted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Complaint No. 21-26-R9). My complaint focuses on disparities involving environmental review, trees, and…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1593+ words) ACCORDING TO LIZ - Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who won a divisive Democratic senate primary in the swing state of Michigan, is now targeting the increasingly-unpopular president. In a recent interview, he championed the appeal of his progressive populism over Trump, ending…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1505+ words) GELFAND’S WORLD - It’s two months and a day until the November elections. There are expectations that the Republicans will lose legislative control at least in the House of Representatives. This will have a substantial effect when it comes…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1437+ words) In the case of Bass, she is trying to avoid being denied reelection, which would be the first time since 2005 when then incumbent Mayor James Hahn lost a rematch to Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa, 59% to 42%. When comparing her performance four years…...