Homelessness has been a major issue in Los Angeles since the 1980s due to population growth outpacing housing development.
But a recent Bloomberg CityLab story shared by our Executive Editor Will Doig shows some hope.
The number of unhoused people in L.A.
is now declining! #HousingCrisis #LAPolitics
Tensions Rise as Dodgers Deny Entry to Immigration Agents at Stadium
#ImmigrationRights
#DodgerStadium
#NoICEinLA
#ProtectImmigrants
#LAPolitics
https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2025/06/tensions-rise-as-dodgers-deny-entry-to.html
đź—łDo You Live in Louisiana or do You Know Anyone Who Does?đź—ł
Louisiana will be having several elections through 2025, with early voting beginning March 15 for one on March 29
4 constitutional amendments are on the ballot! https://www.notothemall.org/
#uspol #uspolitics #election #elections #louisiana #lapol #lapolitics #vote #voting #politics
From Al Jazeera:
LA City Hall has been in a panic. Mayor Karen Bass has dismissed LA’s Fire Chief, and the Department of Water and Power is under scrutiny.
Water wars in Los Angeles, same as it ever was. Moneyed interests like Big Agriculture get the water, municipalities get the blame.
ydlouisiana
Four statewide constitutional amendments and various parish-wide issues are on the ballot THIS Saturday in #Louisiana. đź’™ Resources available at YDLA.org đź’™
#geauxvote #election #explore #gretna #vote #christmas #lapolitics
LA’s oil ban is blocked. ⚖️
The judge ruled the state has final say over oil drilling operations.
Activists vow to keep fighting environmental racism.
A new state bill could still save the ban. #StandWithLA #LAPolitics
Girl, what?! Fcking hard labor for being involved with a nationally recognized, old as crap organization? Why!??! *checks notes* Because fascism that's why.
https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/
"The HB 777 text reads:
A. No public official or employee shall appropriate, allocate, reimburse, or otherwise or in any way expend public funds to or with the American Library Association or its successor.
B. No public employee shall request or receive reimbursement or remuneration in any form for continuing education or for attending a conference if the continuing education or conference was sponsored or conducted, in whole or in part, by the American Library Association or its successor.
C. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both."
#Election2024 #LAPolitics Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2023-10-20/killings-in-the-u-s-are-dropping-at-an-historic-rate-will-anyone-notice-essential-politics?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
For the past couple of days I’ve been saying “He’s so bad he makes me pine for Bobby Jindal.”
But this is a much better line: “Landry is so bad that he makes Bobby Jindal look like Barack Obama.” #USpolitics #LApolitics #Louisiana https://first-draft.com/2023/10/17/jeff-landry-cajun-desantis/
L.A.'s recent string of corruption cases have been greeted with condemnation and calls for reform. But this time around, some are reacting to the conviction of Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas by offering tributes, not scorn
LA Times David Zahniser, Julia Wick, Matt Hamilton
A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-parish-sheriff-misconduct-records-allegations-jpso
The Colfax Massacre: Remembering the 1873 Massacre of African Americans in Louisiana by White Supremacists
Big week for LA political pariahs to resurface: Rick Jacobs -- at the heart of sexual harassment allegations that have torpedoed Eric Garcetti ambassador hopes -- shows at exclusive post-inauguration bash for Mayor Karen Bass
LA Times' Julia Wick and David Zahniser
A brawl at a kiddie Christmas party pretty much sums up the state of LA politics these days
Eric Garcetti leaves office Sunday as L.A.'s longest-serving mayor since Tom Bradley decades ago. No more White House or gubernatorial dreams. His political stock is at a low point
LA Times' Jim Rainey and Dakota Smith
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-09/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-legacy
FFS please don’t let Caruso become Mayor #LAPolitics #USElection
Rick Caruso will completely gut LA in a brutal way. He will amplify Garcetti’s playbook tenfold. Anybody in LA in a creative field who is supporting him is doing their part to destroy the very system that made them wealthy. It’s disgusting. #LAPolitics #Election2022 #Election
