Category Archives: City
Recovery Czar Soboroff Speaks to Wealthy: Everyone Else Shut Up and Get on the Bus
The Free Beacon received a leaked recorded telephone message between Steve Soboroff and Hollywood Executives. After reading the January 31 story (below), Circling the News asked in the question section of the February 4 news conferences that the Mayor was...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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Temescal Sink Hole Never Repaired: Could Impact Haul Route
People trying to get to their Palisades Fire damaged property, by driving up Temescal Canyon Road, were turned away, not because of resident credientials, but because “There is a sink hole opening up about a quarter of the way up...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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City Councilmembers Try to Use Palisades Fire as Reason for Rent Freeze
(Editor’s note: this story first appeared in the Westside Current on January 30 under the title “Park Challenge Lack of Data as Tensions Flare Over Rent Freeze.”) By JAMIE PAIGE After a contentious seven-hour meeting filled with heated debate, shifting...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Park
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Viewpoint: The Road to Recovery: Hard Truths, Accountability, and the Leadership Los Angeles Needs Now
By FREDRIC ROSEN (Editor’s note: This viewpoint was initially printed in the Westside Current on January 28 and is reprinted with permission.) The harsh reality of the events of the last three weeks has started to sadly set in. Recovery...
Posted in City, County Supervisors, Palisades Fire, Real Estate
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Traci Park Will Chair Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery
Today the Los Angeles City Council approved the formation of the Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery, to address the unprecedented devastation caused by the Palisades Fire. Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Los Angeles’ Coastal District and Pacific Palisades, has...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Traci Park, Palisades Fire
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People Are Calling for Bass to Resign
There is now a petition on Charge.org for the immediate recall of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her...
Posted in City
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Temescal River Flows Unabated
Many residents have complained about the “River” that has been flowing down four lanes of Temescal Canyon Road for about the last three weeks. One resident even speculated that the City is not repairing it in order to allow salmon...
Posted in City, News
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Homelessness Programs: Could Things Get Any Worse?
(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in CityWatch on December 16 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL Over the past few months, it seems there has been nothing but bad news about the performance of Los Angeles’...
Posted in City, Homelessness, L.A. County Supervisors
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Mayor Bass Has a Beautiful Smile
Mayor Karen Bass has a beautiful Mona Lisa smile. It is the kind of benevolent look that assures Los Angeles residents that all will be well. But maybe Bass should take note of Arizona where voters overwhelmingly (nearly 60 percent)...
Posted in City, Homelessness
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Food Trucks and Sidewalks Vendor Liability for County
Residents are unable to walk down some public sidewalks in Pacific Palisades because they are blocked by food vendors. Particularly egregious is the vendor that hauls food and a grill out of a dirty van and then strings up an...
Posted in City, County Supervisors
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