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My Gondolences Feb 29, 2024

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“Why is Frank McCourt really pushing it?” LA Times sports writer Bill Shaikin went in search of answers last year

“The secret to reducing car trips in LA is often much simpler than what well-connected consultants might want you to believe.” Alissa’s gondola story from 2020

Supervisor Hilda Solis’s motion with 31 requirements for the gondola developer

Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez’s motion requesting a Dodger Stadium traffic study

NOlympics LA’s 2021 report on community benefit agreements

Join one of LA Forward’s ballot-filling parties: February 29 in DTLA, March 4 on Zoom

“At the Beverly Hills fundraiser, the political consultant Jimmy Blackman told the crowd that unseating Raman would set the stage to go after other progressives in 2026.” Mike Bonin and Peter Dreier’s story in The Nation

Adam Conover's thread on Republican money in the CD 4 race

Rebecca Traister on California’s senate race

Voter guides fromLA Forward, Initiate Justice, Knock LA

Bittersweet Dem Phonies Oct 10, 2023

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Revisit our emergency episode from one year ago

"I can still hear Nury’s poisonous slurs and cruel laugh, and Kevin’s conspiratorial whisper and malicious tone." Former Councilmember Mike Bonin reflects on what he hears one year later

Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo file lawsuits that claim they said nothing wrong on the recording but yet somehow it also ruined their reputations

Tavis Smiley hosted an excellent 2-hour special which aired after we recorded (Part 1, Part 2)

The third episode of LAist's "Nury & the Secret Tapes" podcast airs this week

Alissa's Report Forward piece on the state of governance reform, including independent redistricting and council expansion

From 2021, Scott on the case against John Lee, "a co-conspirator on City Council"

Raise to the Bottom Sep 07, 2023

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Scott and Alissa are joined by former LA Podcast host turned Council District 4 staffer Hayes Davenport to discuss the council’s 12-3 vote to approve huge raises for LAPD and what that means for the city’s non-police services. Plus, a look back on how the city’s approach to addressing homelessness has changed — and what still needs to change.

Writers on the Storm Aug 21, 2023

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On the eve of the storm, Scott, Alissa, and Rachel discuss the region's preparations for Hurricane Hilary, the first tropical storm to make landfall in LA since 1939. Plus, more union workers join LA's summer of solidarity, and the oh-so-swift response to a rash of smash grabs-slash-flash robs at local malls. But first, Rachel gets personal, and content warning, a conversation about child sexual abuse, rape, and grooming in an LAUSD school takes place from 12 minutes to 33 minutes if you want to skip that part.

"Fault Lines," Seyward Darby's story for The Atavist on systemic abuse at Cleveland High School

Seyward Darby discussing her story on 818s and Heartbreak

Resources from RAINN, the U.S.'s largest anti-sexual violence organization

The law firm representing all Jane Does from Cleveland High School

"Why 1 in 5 jobs in LA City government are vacant," from CD 13's newsletter

Gustavo Arellano on the solidarity between unions during LA's hot labor summer

Tuesday, August 22 is a national day of labor solidarity, find a picket near you

Price and Prejudice Jun 28, 2023

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Scott, Alissa, and Rachel break down the charges for the latest LA councilmember indictment, including why the case against Curren Price is different. Plus, white supremacist fascists crash LA's Pride month, and final thoughts on the CD 6 election.

Scott Frazier on why "the alleged crimes of Curren Price are extremely confusing"

Jon Peltz with the full criminal complaint against Price

Cat Garcia's in-depth report on which right-wing extremists were at the Dodgers' Pride Night

Mike Bonin talks to Joey Scott and Sean Beckner-Carmitchel about who's behind local anti-Pride rallies

LA on the Record on how Price's charges might have affected the CD 6 race

The Real Grim Shady May 24, 2023

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Scott, Alissa, and Rachel discuss the WGA strike, Jordan Neely's murder and who gets to feel safe riding transit, the city's new budget and Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez's lone dissenting vote, and, of course, "La Sombrita."

WGA's 2023 demands and Week 4 picket schedule

George R.R. Martin on how "mini rooms" are affecting writers

SAJE and ACT-LA's fare-free transit report

LADOT’s first-of-its-kind gender equity transportation study

Watch Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez's remarks on the budget vote

Our own Scott Frazier on how Mayor Bass's climate agenda doesn't meet the moment

The Sound and the Nury Apr 22, 2023

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Scott, Alissa, and Rachel talk about the CD 6 primary results, Mark Ridley-Thomas's conviction and where that leaves the people of CD 10, allegations of a toxic workplace in the City Controller's office, and the "New LA" of Karen Bass's first State of the City.

The Tortoise and the Mayor Mar 31, 2023

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Scott, Alissa, and Rachel are back! In this episode: the CD 6 special election and which candidate is the most "not Nury," the fence finally coming down at Echo Park Lake, awaiting the verdict for the Mark Ridley-Thomas trial, and a final sendoff to now-Ambassador Eric Garcetti.

End of the Year Special Episode Dec 29, 2022

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It’s the end of the year! It’s the end of the Garcetti era! It’s unfortunately still not the end of Kevin de León’s tenure as councilmember! Scott, Alissa, and Rachel recap the end of 2022 — including election results and the promises of a new and slightly more progressive council — and make predictions for 2023.

Emergency Episode: The Fed Tapes Oct 11, 2022

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Scott, Alissa, and Rachel discuss the already-infamous leaked recordings of Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmember Kevin de León, Councilmember Gil Cedillo, and LA Labor Federation president Ron Herrera. Let’s get into the language, the fallout, and the implications of City Hall’s world-shocking scandal.

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