January 2012 Archives
Transportation:
"We can connect this thing," says Governor Jerry Brown, fighting off "train to nowhere" criticisms. "It's going to be a lot cheaper than people are saying."
Where We Are:
Efforts to make granstmanship more efficient miss the fundamental problem at L.A. City Hall.
Commentary:
Redistricting: Last week the state's highest court ruled that even if the referendum to overturn Senate maps qualifies for the ballot, the newly drawn lines will still be used in the 2012 election.
Where We Are:
No matter how you slice it, the map of new districts boundaries is a mess.
Commentary:
The movement continues to pull together and merge with natural allies to manifest in an almost daily docket of events and actions. There are so many ways to participate that it would be impossible to do it all.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
It can be historic, as it remains the nation's first-ever master-planned retirement community where seniors could buy their own plot of land, move onto it a single or double-wide mobile home, and run this world.
Commentary:
In middle-class Inglewood, we'd all like to see gangs go away. But an injunction isn't going to do the job.
Arts & Culture:
Projects this week recall and remake the past, from John Cage to Lou Reed.
Commentary:
"There are about six different ways to say respect in Samoan. This in itself is unique for any culture and reiterates the importance of the act and the word to my people."
LA as Subject:
L.A.'s clashing street grids and the errant boulevards that defy them represent a palimpsest of past political and cultural influences on the Los Angeles cityscape.
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