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LA Podcast is a news and politics podcast for people who live in Los Angeles.We cover the news, policies, and major issues facing Los Angeles, a city which is both staggeringly complex and culturally oversimplified.
Regular hosts include Alissa Walker and Mike Bonin, alongside a variety of amazing co-hosts like Scott Frazier, Godfrey Plata, Loraine Lundquist, Marco Santana, Carla Hall, Memo Torres, Olga Lexell, Oscar Zarate, Sammy Roth, and many more.

Copyright: © LA Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Release the Krekorian May 31, 2021

Show notes

It's all but certain that Mayor Garcetti is headed to India. Who's going to take his place as interim Mayor? Metro passed its budget. What are the wins and losses? Echo Park Lake is open again. What's it's like? And a new segment about things happening in other cities that could make their way to LA.

Citizen Ruthless May 24, 2021

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Scott and Alissa join guest host MATT TINOCO. California is reopening. Echo Park Lake is reopening. The Citizen app has gone beyond just putting up bounties in LA, it's now launching an on-demand private security service. And how Metro's $8 billion budget still doesn't serve bus riders.

De Leon My Wayward Son May 17, 2021

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Hayes and Alissa are joined by guest host and labor organizer RACHEL REYES. Fire in the Palisades. No more masks. Newson turns the money hose back on. Three Kroger stores permanently revenge-close. Three eventful LA City Council meetings. The Mayor goes to Washington (and comes back). And ALEX FERRER of SAJE and UCLA joins to talk about his research into the role of the stakeholder in municipal decision-making and how we can do better.

He's Just Not That India May 10, 2021

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The Mayor eyes a job on the other side of the world and prospective candidates line up to replace him. People's Budget Coalition convenes a meeting with City Councilmembers. A report on waste collected at Echo Park generates debate. Amazon told to end "diesel death zones."

Garcetti to India + Mayoral Race

Biden considering LA Mayor Eric Garcetti for ambassador to India (Hans Nichols; Axios; 5/4/21)

Mayor Garcetti reportedly being considered for India ambassador post (Dakota Smith; LAT; 5/4/21)

Longtime Garcetti aide Matt Szabo tapped to serve as L.A.'s top budget official (David Zahniser; LAT; 5/5/21)

https://twitter.com/dakotacdsmith/status/1390022167417397250?s=20 (Dakota Smith; Twitter; 5/5/21)

Editorial: Mayor Garcetti: Please stay and finish the job (LA Times Editorial Board; LAT; 5/7/21)

L.A. Council President Nury Martinez 'seriously considering' a bid for mayor, advisor says (David Zahniser; LAT; 5/5/21)

Budget

Activist Coalition Tells LA City Council: Defund The Police, Spend More On Housing, Health And Schools (Libby Denkmann; LAist; 5/7/21)

Homelessness Reaction Grows

After personal effects were retrieved, workers collected 35 tons of trash at Echo Park Lake (Ben Oreskes; LAT; 5/6/21)

Here’s the city’s report on Echo Park cleanup

Old Town Broad May 03, 2021

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Alissa on location at the Union Station Oscars. California loses a seat. The recall is happening. The LA Alliance injunction in limbo. Eli Broad dies at 87. Vaccine limitations shift from supply to demand. LAPD wants more money to reform itself. New allegations on Ray Chan and "indirect bribes."

Carter Better Faster Stronger Apr 26, 2021

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Schools are open as another LAUSD superintendent steps down. California puts up a big number for renewable energy generation. An order from a federal judge has big implications for skid row and homelessness in LA. And MELISSA ACEDERA of Polo's Pantry talks about her word in food provision and mutual aid.

The Naming of the Drew Apr 19, 2021

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A Covid vaccines is put on hold. City Controller blows up LA's excuses about Project Roomkey expansion. County considering Dr. Drew for LAHSA oversight. Bruce's Beach may be returned 100 years after racist seizure action. LAPD acquitting itself of policy violations. Farewell to the ArcLight.

Show Notes

Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Pause

California pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine use (Luke Money, Taryn Luna, Laura J. Nelson, Hayley Smith; LAT; 4/13/21)

PRK Bombshell

https://twitter.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1382869701852729348 (People’s City Council; Twitter; 4/15/21)
Letter to Mayor and City Council: FEMA (Google Docs)

LAHSA

https://twitter.com/calwatch/status/1382844495037829120?s=20 (Henry Fung; Twitter; 4/15/21)

Dr. Drew Warns of Plague Threat from Los Angeles Homeless (drdrew.com; 2/9/18)

https://twitter.com/MyDickerson/status/1373718359955542020 (Mike Dickerson; Twitter; 3/21/21)

Editorial: Dr. Drew is the wrong choice for L.A.’s homelessness authority (LAT Editorial Board; LAT; 4/16/21)

'Dr. Drew' eyed for homeless commission, angering advocates who wonder: Is this a joke? (Jaclyn Cosgrove; LAT; 4/16/21)

Bruce’s Beach

Op-Ed: Californians need to face the truth in our own backyards to redress historic wrongs (Steven Bradford; LAT; 4/13/21)

Leaders Announce Legislation as First Step toward Returning Bruce’s Beach (Steven Bradford; sd35.senate.ca.gov; 4/9/21)

California Beach Seized in 1924 From a Black Family Could Be Returned (Jacey Fortin; NYT; 4/18/21)

State of the City

State of the City 2019 (Eric Garcetti; lamayor.org; 2019)

State of the City 2020 (Eric Garcetti; lamayor.org; 2020)

People's Budget LA – Fund services, not cops (People’s Budget LA)

Police

LAPD rejecting most complaints against officers from summer protests; others still under review (Kevin Rector; LAT; 4/10/21)

https://twitter.com/CarpendiCacoeth/status/1383625516687659016 (Cacoëthes Carpendi; Twitter; 4/17/21)

https://twitter.com/W_R_Emory/status/1383280504976199680 (Bill Emory; Twitter; 4/16/21)

Officer alleging harassment says he feared retaliation (Dakota Smith; LAT; 4/6/21)

Place and Thank You

After ArcLight Cinemas' closure, what happens next? (Ryan Faughnder; LAT; 4/16/21)

Don’t Worry, the Cinerama Dome Won’t Get Demolished (Probably) (Alissa Walker; Curbed; 4/13/21)

Dome Theater's Curved Screen Is Saved From Wrecking Ball (Bettina Boxall; LAT; 12/9/1998)

Is Arclight Cinemas Owned By the Church of Scientology? (Adrian Glick Kudler; Curbed LA; 10/11/13)

ArcLight Hollywood's Cinerama Dome doesn't need reinvention (Nita Lelyveld; LAT; 4/17/21)

Flats So Ravin' Apr 12, 2021

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LA enters the era of vaccine abundance. A restaurant in Burbank has been having a normal pandemic. Metro appoints a new CEO. The Tejon Ranch development gets postponed again. A number of horrific deaths connected to homelessness in the aftermath of Echo Park Lake -- what can we do now?

Narcissus and Echo Park Apr 05, 2021

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Museums and in-person events are coming back. Video of an LAPD arrest is released. Ralphs is closing in Crenshaw. And journalist Jamie Loftus joins Scott, Alissa, and guest host Matt Tinoco to discuss her reporting for KNOCK-LA and the aftermath of the brutal raids on Echo Park Lake.

Show Notes

Museums and Concerts

California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge (Adam Beam, Jamie Har; AP; 4/2/21)

LACMA reopens for COVID era with Yoshitomo Nara, Betye Saar (Christopher Knight; LAT; 4/1/21)

Patricia Escárcega Departs LAT

Farewell LA Times (Patricia Escárcega; patriciaescarcega.com; 4/1/21)

NAHJ Letter (NAHJ; 11/16/20)

L.A. Times and Tribune agree to settle pay-disparity lawsuit for $3 million (Meg James; LAT; 11/10/20)

https://twitter.com/piescarcega/status/1328043858698137601?s=20 (Patricia Escárcega; Twitter; 11/15/20)

'I've been completely disenchanted.' Billionaire speaks out after attacks on Asian Americans (Matt Egan; CNN Business; 4/2/21)

Antone Austin Arrest Video

https://twitter.com/Jasmyne/status/1378179543165362178 (Jasmyne Cannick; Twitter; 4/2/21)

Antone Austin Complaint (Courtlistener)

Ralphs Closure

Rally at Ralphs in danger of closing on Slauson Avenue set for Saturday (Lisa Olivia Fitch; Our Weekly; 3/31/21)

Kroger to Close 3 LA Grocery Stores After 'Hazard Pay' Mandate (Greg Cornfield; Commercial Observer; 3/10/21)

https://twitter.com/Jasmyne/status/1378439025090985985 (Jasmyne Cannick; Twitter; 4/3/21)

https://urbanize.city/la/post/first-glimpse-latest-sunsetwestern-development (Steven Sharp; Urbanize LA; 7/27/17)

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2016/16-0597_ORD_184795_3-8-17.pdf (LA City Clerk)

Jamie Loftus Interview

Former Echo Park Lake Residents, Internal LAHSA Communications Contradict Housing Placement Claims (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 4/1/21)

The Fight for Echo Park Lake: Fences and Neighbors (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 3/25/21)

Heidi Marston Created a Legacy of Toxicity at LAHSA and the VA - Knock LA (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 12/14/20)

Heidi Marston, Famous for Ignoring Unhoused Veterans, Appointed to VA Transition Team (Jamie Loftus; KNOCK-LA; 11/14/20)

Faculty Experts Letter re Echo Park Lake Displacement 31 March 2021 (Ananya Roy et al; 3/31/21)

Scenes From Last Night's Mass Eviction at LA's Echo Park (Alissa Walker; Curbed; 3/26/21)

https://twitter.com/tombellino/status/1376745903239745539?s=20 (Tom Bellino; Twitter; 3/29/21)

https://twitter.com/ShotOn35mm/status/1376755109481250816?s=20 (Lexis-Olivier Ray; Twitter; 3/29/21)

Meet the Man Behind the Echo Park Closure: "There Will Be No Living at the Lake" (Seth Abramovich; THR; 3/30/21)

Op-Ed: LAPD violence in Echo Park enforced class divisions, not public safety (Isaac Scher, LAT, 4/2/21)

Live From Echo Park Lake (Matt Tinoco, Home for Who 3/30/21)

Leggo My Echo Mar 29, 2021

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A brutal week culminates in the forced removal of the unhoused community at Echo Park Lake amid hundreds of LAPD officers and almost as many arrests. And freelance reporter CERISE CASTLE returns to talk about her multi-part series for Knock LA on deputy gangs within the LA County Sheriff's Department.

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