June 2012 Archives
Commentary:
There is no doubt that the City of Angels is in bad shape financially -- and I mean really bad shape.
Commentary:
A Census tally of Los Angeles County businesses and employment shows what happened between 2006 and 2010.
Environment:
It's going to get hotter and we can't do much about reversing it, a UCLA study indicates. You could say that the new mantra is adapt, adapt, adapt.
Commentary:
Many Angelenos don't pay attention to L.A.'s budget process. Now they might.
Commentary:
A parking bill helps explain why the state Legislature has become, like the L.A. City Council, a place of "perfect little deals."
Transportation:
The footprint of mass transit in the city grows around Culver City and the San Fernando Valley.
Environment:
The debate about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a procedure that involves drilling thousands of feet below the earth's surface to extract oil and gas, has come to Los Angeles.
Education:
The former director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library has been appointed to be L.A.'s City Librarian -- the highest post of the Los Angeles Public Library -- by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Commentary:
This week the Los Angeles City Council preliminarily approved new lines for city council districts. So we're almost done drawing new districts, right? Not so fast.
Commentary:
Westminster in Orange County is one more victim of the state's indifference to local government. City services - and neighborhoods - are in decline everywhere.
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