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August 19, 2022
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Lauren Lee White
The 2028 L.A. Olympics Are Already Creating a Housing Disaster
As the city prepares for the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics two years later, longtime residents are being forced out.
December 15, 2021
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Cora Currier
The Humanitarian Horror of L.A. Rain
Tens of thousands of unhoused people in Los Angeles County suffered through a massive downpour this week. Now comes the bitter cold.
August 3, 2021
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Natalie Shure
Los Angeles Liberals’ Brutal Campaign Against the Homeless
Affluent Southern Californians are funding a massive effort to criminalize the unhoused and defeat their few remaining political allies.
December 28, 2020
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Jennifer Swann
The Year When Everyone Bullied Their Mayor
From “Everybody Hates Bill” to “Go Home Jacob,” it’s been a rough year for the faces of local power.
June 22, 2018
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Alex Shephard
From City Hall to the White House
Why Democrats should take mayors seriously as presidential candidates
January 13, 2014
Nancy L. Cohen
Step Aside, New York City. Los Angeles's Populism Is for Real.
City to consider the highest minimum wage in the country
October 8, 2013
Noreen Malone
The Era of the Hipster Mayor Is Upon Us
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