Category Archives: Viewpoint
Viewpoint: Pratt Raises Important Questions about Homelessness
By TIM CAMPBELL There was an interesting article in the May 19 L.A. Times (“Forced Treatment and Jail: Spencer Pratt’s Pledges to End Homelessness Stir up Mayor’s Race.”) Setting aside Spencer Pratt and the near-impossibility of his being able to...
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Why Housing for All Won’t Solve Homelessness
(Editor’s note: This May 12 story is reprinted with permission by the writer. For more thoughts by Tim Campbell, visit his Substack click here./) By: TIM CAMPBELL In the mid-1990’s, my city contracted tree trimming services. The switch from city-provided...
Palisades Fire Victims Court Case Will Go Forward
By JEREMY PADAWAY L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom just played their LAST CARD to avoid discovery in the Palisades Fire lawsuit… AND LOST. We’re going to discovery. We’re going to see the deleted Mayor Bass texts AND...
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VIEWPOINT: Kristina Irwin for State Senate District 24
(Editor’s note: I wrote on April 20: “There are too many candidates for this editor to interview before the primary. So, readers, it is up to you. Here’s the guidelines. Write 400 words about the candidate that you think people...
Count Again: City Doesn’t Spend Money on Needed Services
Notes From the Smoldering Ruins of the Municipal Fiscal Policy By HANK WRIGHT It was past midnight on PCH, rolling past the blackened slabs of what used to be Malibu, when the math hit me like a cinderblock off an...
Letter: Downtown L.A. an Embarrassment and a Disaster. Do Better
Steve Lopez in his April 12 column (“Come on, L.A., you can do better than this. . .A tour of City Hall’s grounds reveals monuments to neglect.”), wrote “That is no excuse for letting things go to hell, in this...
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VIEWPOINT: Tone Deaf. Is the City Listening?
Today, L.A .Mayor Karen Bass wrote “We’re happy to share that the City of Los Angeles just refreshed the Pacific Palisades Rebuild and Return website to include new information and additional resources on the recovery effort.” Great, most residents are...
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What Does Los Angeles Get for Its $1 Billion?
(Editor’s note: After listening to Nythia Raman, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Adam Miller speak at the Palisades Democratic Mayoral Forum on Sunday about the need for more affordable housing to help the homeless, Tim Campbells March 30 post on...
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Viewpoint – Voting for L.A. Mayor – Choose Facts Not Feelings
A common reason that survivors stay in abusive relationships is that it can be difficult for someone to admit that they’ve been or are being abused. They may feel that they’ve done something wrong, that they deserve the abuse....
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Letter: Ahmad Chapman for LAHSA
Hi Sue, Last week I sent a message through Circling the News’ website, and I’m following up here. We are respectfully requesting that you retract your story titled “This Can’t Go On . . .LAHSA Misses Federal Audit Deadline.” The story is...
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