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The leaders of the scandal-plagued and nearly bankrupt Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (known to many Angelenos simply as "the Coliseum") may want to consider some public relations lessons.
The L.A. region faces obstacles to more rail transit. Rights-of-way are few and some have angry neighbors.
As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
A recent report released last week states that last year's Occupy Los Angeles protest will cost the City almost double the original estimate: $5 million.
The greening of the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will help to sustain one of the region's last big industries.
It is certainly not President Obama's fault that our current set of campaign finance laws necessitates fundraising, fundraising, and then some more fundraising, but it seems he does have control over when and where he does his campaign events.
Polling of the mostly unscientific kind puts Los Angeles up and puts Los Angeles down.
He is showing his business acumen. Recent disclosure reports show that Sherman earned over $650,000 just based on investing his campaign contributions.
Special districts fight turf wars while cities fight off escalating rates. Has the system that manages water in the L.A. Basin broken down?
Unwinding the state's 400 redevelopment agencies is underway while at the same time some in the legislature want to turn back the clock, but just a little.
Last week when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered his state of the city address he largely avoided the main topic facing the city: the budget. Instead, it focused on transportation.
L.A. County Board of Supervisors have little need to persuade voters to vote for them, they have no challengers. Yet three of them are amassing large campaign war chests.
Politics and unaccountable regional governments are a costly mixture for water consumers.
It's not just the city of Los Angeles with revenue problems. A "clueless" County Tax Assessor is getting the blame.
The city currently has a $222 million budget deficit. That number is only expected to rise in the next few years. Something will have to give.
Better get used to reading corporate spreadsheets, L.A. sports fans, before turning to the box scores.
Women now equal at least half of the population in most institutions of higher learning. We should ask why women have not come close to comprising half of the members of most elected government bodies.
In a seeming paradox, the Los Angeles region has been near the top in urbanization for a long time.
With so little good news, but so much of it feeling predictable, some members of the electorate may feel less than motivated to go to the polls.
Under Hahn and Villaraigosa, reform of the city's political culture went nowhere. One change might get reform started again.
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