Des Ennuis
@desennuis.bsky.social
Observing the interaction of Los Angeles development, history, and Angeleno identity. The story of the housing crisis can be read through the fires. *Note: I wrote the last line was in response to the Arthur Aslanian landlord arson, but it was prescient.
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Des Ennuis
@desennuis.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Are Hollywood and Los Angeles cities?
-Hollywood, East Hollywood, North Hollywood: neighborhoods in the city of LA.
-West Hollywood: a city adjacent to the city of LA.
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Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying to understand how much your rent can go up? For tenants in Southern California, it’s confusing. To sort it all out, we’ve put together a short guide on rent control laws across Southern California.
✍️&📸 David Wagner
✍️&📸 David Wagner
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🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🛍️ What do you remember about Valley Plaza? 🛍️
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
The North Hollywood mall is getting partially torn down after being declared a public nuisance after years of neglect, but it was once a thriving icon of modern shopping.
📷 Cato Hernández/LAist
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The critical need to protect JPL from the approaching fire appears to have diverted public safety resources from West Altadena, and likely contributed to the enormous loss of life and structures there.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The critical need to protect JPL from the approaching fire appears to have diverted public safety resources from West Altadena, and likely contributed to the enormous loss of life and structures there.
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JPL appears to be lying by omission about what many first responders, lab staff and public servants know to be true about the dangerous conditions on their property.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
JPL appears to be lying by omission about what many first responders, lab staff and public servants know to be true about the dangerous conditions on their property.
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Please read with care, and seek help if you need it.
esotouric.substack.com/p/jpl
esotouric.substack.com/p/jpl
Critical Safety Concerns at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an open letter from independent researcher Shelby Eidson
Gentle reader,
esotouric.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Please read with care, and seek help if you need it.
esotouric.substack.com/p/jpl
esotouric.substack.com/p/jpl
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We are publishing her letter in the public interest, recognizing that its contents are extremely disturbing and will likely exacerbate the trauma that Eaton Fire survivors are living with and cause upset to members of the wider San Gabriel Valley and scientific communities.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We are publishing her letter in the public interest, recognizing that its contents are extremely disturbing and will likely exacerbate the trauma that Eaton Fire survivors are living with and cause upset to members of the wider San Gabriel Valley and scientific communities.
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But today, Shelby Eidson sent a letter to JPL’s Director David Gallagher, NASA’s Acting Director Sean Duffy and to NASA’s General Counsel Iris Lan that lays out the public safety concerns her work reveals.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
But today, Shelby Eidson sent a letter to JPL’s Director David Gallagher, NASA’s Acting Director Sean Duffy and to NASA’s General Counsel Iris Lan that lays out the public safety concerns her work reveals.
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To our surprise, JPL’s social media accounts posted in our comment section with an extremely strong denial; we updated our post to direct concerned readers to their response.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
To our surprise, JPL’s social media accounts posted in our comment section with an extremely strong denial; we updated our post to direct concerned readers to their response.
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On 9/29, we were reading the agenda for the LA County Supervisors’ 9/30 meeting for the first airing of the McChrystal Group’s after-action reviews on the Eaton and Palisades Fires, and spotted something alarming in the public comment section (see pages 2-3). file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos...
file.lacounty.gov
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On 9/29, we were reading the agenda for the LA County Supervisors’ 9/30 meeting for the first airing of the McChrystal Group’s after-action reviews on the Eaton and Palisades Fires, and spotted something alarming in the public comment section (see pages 2-3). file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos...
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This is probably the toughest document we've ever published, and we do so recognizing it will contribute to Eaton Fire survivors' trauma.
Critical Safety Concerns at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an open letter from independent researcher Shelby Eidson. esotouric.substack.com/jpl
Critical Safety Concerns at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an open letter from independent researcher Shelby Eidson. esotouric.substack.com/jpl
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is probably the toughest document we've ever published, and we do so recognizing it will contribute to Eaton Fire survivors' trauma.
Critical Safety Concerns at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an open letter from independent researcher Shelby Eidson. esotouric.substack.com/jpl
Critical Safety Concerns at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an open letter from independent researcher Shelby Eidson. esotouric.substack.com/jpl
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10th Anniversary Edition of NeuroTribes. To say that seeing the first copy of this was bittersweet is an immense understatement.
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
10th Anniversary Edition of NeuroTribes. To say that seeing the first copy of this was bittersweet is an immense understatement.
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Anyway, yay for walkable cities with solid public transit! Boo for the developers who might set half the working class LA neighborhoods on fire in order to do it
September 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Anyway, yay for walkable cities with solid public transit! Boo for the developers who might set half the working class LA neighborhoods on fire in order to do it
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File under: Empty Los Angeles. 5418 Franklin Avenue is a cute 6-unit 1920s/1950s complex with two family sized 3 bedroom units, on the market for $1.8M. It is 50% vacant, like too many rent stabilized buildings in walkable Los Angeles neighborhoods. www.loopnet.com/Listing/5418...
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
File under: Empty Los Angeles. 5418 Franklin Avenue is a cute 6-unit 1920s/1950s complex with two family sized 3 bedroom units, on the market for $1.8M. It is 50% vacant, like too many rent stabilized buildings in walkable Los Angeles neighborhoods. www.loopnet.com/Listing/5418...
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File under: Empty Los Angeles. The El Nido Hotel at 1042 N Wilcox contains 38 RSO units. It is completely vacant and can be yours for $5.2M--more than $2M more than it sold for last year with 15 tenants. www.compass.com/listing/1042...
The depravity of Scott Wiener pushing #SB79 on LA.
The depravity of Scott Wiener pushing #SB79 on LA.
September 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
File under: Empty Los Angeles. The El Nido Hotel at 1042 N Wilcox contains 38 RSO units. It is completely vacant and can be yours for $5.2M--more than $2M more than it sold for last year with 15 tenants. www.compass.com/listing/1042...
The depravity of Scott Wiener pushing #SB79 on LA.
The depravity of Scott Wiener pushing #SB79 on LA.
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Hoping this new density law won’t help what I saw developers do in city hall this week and get approval from LA city planning/council to knock down SEVEN rent stabilized apt buildings in order to build a luxury high rise in E. Hollywood w/only 16/139 affordable units while displacing 50 residents
SB 79 PASSED!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!
September 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hoping this new density law won’t help what I saw developers do in city hall this week and get approval from LA city planning/council to knock down SEVEN rent stabilized apt buildings in order to build a luxury high rise in E. Hollywood w/only 16/139 affordable units while displacing 50 residents
LA sues Airbnb, accusing rental platform of price gouging after January fires
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
LA sues Airbnb, accusing rental platform of price gouging after January fires
The short-term rentals company disputes the allegations and says it will continue to support the city's recovery efforts.
laist.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
LA sues Airbnb, accusing rental platform of price gouging after January fires
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
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Anyway. I have two book projects on my desk right now but I'm thinking I might like to edit an anthology of alt-weeklies, 1970s-90s. I'd exclude the Village Voice, which is well-represented elsewhere. Alts from San Diego, LA, Boston, DC, Seattle; Cleveland, Albany, Denver...
July 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Anyway. I have two book projects on my desk right now but I'm thinking I might like to edit an anthology of alt-weeklies, 1970s-90s. I'd exclude the Village Voice, which is well-represented elsewhere. Alts from San Diego, LA, Boston, DC, Seattle; Cleveland, Albany, Denver...
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What started as a search for some of my first publications has led me to reading through the San Diego Reader of the early 1990s. It is, overall, astonishingly good. But then, there were alt-weeklies like it across the U.S. Almost all gone or hollowed out. Nothing has replaced them.
July 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What started as a search for some of my first publications has led me to reading through the San Diego Reader of the early 1990s. It is, overall, astonishingly good. But then, there were alt-weeklies like it across the U.S. Almost all gone or hollowed out. Nothing has replaced them.
In the very hotel they were staying at….
“…the agents were staying here and questioning the workers–the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.”
lamag.com/news-and-pol...
“…the agents were staying here and questioning the workers–the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.”
lamag.com/news-and-pol...
June 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the very hotel they were staying at….
“…the agents were staying here and questioning the workers–the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.”
lamag.com/news-and-pol...
“…the agents were staying here and questioning the workers–the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.”
lamag.com/news-and-pol...
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Big update! The city of Glendale has officially TERMINATED its contract with ICE. www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Compone...
June 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Big update! The city of Glendale has officially TERMINATED its contract with ICE. www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Compone...
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Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"
June 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Her name is Rosie: "A lot of vendors are undocumented and can't be here today. So those of us who can, we gotta show up"
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Ironically, for all the talk of government efficiency, the whole point of ACL was that supposed to be one centralized organization to promote community living. Now, its services risk being scattered around bureaucracies.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Warnings over DOGE cuts to organization that keeps elderly people in their homes
Former employees of the Administration for Community Living say they fear it is being ‘broken up for spare parts,’ Eric Garcia reports
www.independent.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ironically, for all the talk of government efficiency, the whole point of ACL was that supposed to be one centralized organization to promote community living. Now, its services risk being scattered around bureaucracies.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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One former employee told me that ACL is being "broken up for spare parts."
Some programs up for elimination?
-State developmental disability councils
-Protection and Advocacy organizations
-Programs to stop old people from falling
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Some programs up for elimination?
-State developmental disability councils
-Protection and Advocacy organizations
-Programs to stop old people from falling
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Warnings over DOGE cuts to organization that keeps elderly people in their homes
Former employees of the Administration for Community Living say they fear it is being ‘broken up for spare parts,’ Eric Garcia reports
www.independent.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One former employee told me that ACL is being "broken up for spare parts."
Some programs up for elimination?
-State developmental disability councils
-Protection and Advocacy organizations
-Programs to stop old people from falling
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Some programs up for elimination?
-State developmental disability councils
-Protection and Advocacy organizations
-Programs to stop old people from falling
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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New from me: Most people have not heard of the Administration for Community Living. But it's a vitally important Institution to keep people with disabilities and elderly people in their homes. And RFK Jr. and DOGE are targeting it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Warnings over DOGE cuts to organization that keeps elderly people in their homes
Former employees of the Administration for Community Living say they fear it is being ‘broken up for spare parts,’ Eric Garcia reports
www.independent.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New from me: Most people have not heard of the Administration for Community Living. But it's a vitally important Institution to keep people with disabilities and elderly people in their homes. And RFK Jr. and DOGE are targeting it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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"For many years, #SisterCorita ran the Immaculate Heart College art school at Franklin and Western in #Hollywood. Under Corita's leadership, the high-visibility corner transformed into a community center..." @awalkerinla.bsky.social: www.torched.la/when-you-can... #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
When you can't find the words
When the news renders you speechless, you can always find a response that Corita already ripped from the headlines
www.torched.la
March 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"For many years, #SisterCorita ran the Immaculate Heart College art school at Franklin and Western in #Hollywood. Under Corita's leadership, the high-visibility corner transformed into a community center..." @awalkerinla.bsky.social: www.torched.la/when-you-can... #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM