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The spreadsheet is alive: bit.ly/24bycd
You can now see exactly how each LA City Council District voted on 19 different candidates/measures from this Nov. including: President, DA, board expansion, gay marriage, ethics reform, independent redistricting, & more.
You can now see exactly how each LA City Council District voted on 19 different candidates/measures from this Nov. including: President, DA, board expansion, gay marriage, ethics reform, independent redistricting, & more.
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News comes via @UnrigLA on Twitter (@unrigla.bsky.social on Bsky), who noticed Huang’s name appearing among candidates in city campaign finance reports.
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
News comes via @UnrigLA on Twitter (@unrigla.bsky.social on Bsky), who noticed Huang’s name appearing among candidates in city campaign finance reports.
Is the Charter Reform Commission haunted? Is there anything we can do about it?
We'll find out at this Wednesday's meeting.
bit.ly/FRLA26
We'll find out at this Wednesday's meeting.
bit.ly/FRLA26
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is the Charter Reform Commission haunted? Is there anything we can do about it?
We'll find out at this Wednesday's meeting.
bit.ly/FRLA26
We'll find out at this Wednesday's meeting.
bit.ly/FRLA26
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The LA Reporter this week is debuting The Doughnut Shop Interviews series in which we sit down with a major figure in local politics and regulars at a neighborhood doughnut shop.
The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.
The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The LA Reporter this week is debuting The Doughnut Shop Interviews series in which we sit down with a major figure in local politics and regulars at a neighborhood doughnut shop.
The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.
The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.
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Mayor Karen Bass is asking LA's city council to pass an ordinance that would exempt Pacific Palisades transactions from ULA, the city's transfer tax.
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Mayor Karen Bass is asking LA's city council to pass an ordinance that would exempt Pacific Palisades transactions from ULA, the city's transfer tax.
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
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Even if you aren't attending these, please sign it.
You SHOULD, but they can be hard to attend. Making remote public available means you can zoom in and add your voice to critical changes like Ranked Choice Voting, how police are punished, and how we deal with corrupt politicians.
It's important
You SHOULD, but they can be hard to attend. Making remote public available means you can zoom in and add your voice to critical changes like Ranked Choice Voting, how police are punished, and how we deal with corrupt politicians.
It's important
We *need* to get the commission’s support behind these changes at this Wednesday’s meeting.
They are breaking off into committees and don’t have another full commission meeting scheduled until November 19th.
bit.ly/108crc
They are breaking off into committees and don’t have another full commission meeting scheduled until November 19th.
bit.ly/108crc
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Even if you aren't attending these, please sign it.
You SHOULD, but they can be hard to attend. Making remote public available means you can zoom in and add your voice to critical changes like Ranked Choice Voting, how police are punished, and how we deal with corrupt politicians.
It's important
You SHOULD, but they can be hard to attend. Making remote public available means you can zoom in and add your voice to critical changes like Ranked Choice Voting, how police are punished, and how we deal with corrupt politicians.
It's important
Please take a minute to sign and share @cacommoncause.bsky.social’s petition asking the Charter Reform Commission to provide remote public comment at *all* meetings moving forward:
bit.ly/108crc
bit.ly/108crc
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Please take a minute to sign and share @cacommoncause.bsky.social’s petition asking the Charter Reform Commission to provide remote public comment at *all* meetings moving forward:
bit.ly/108crc
bit.ly/108crc
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My "finalizing the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My "finalizing the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Next week the Charter Reform Commission will be deliberating on potential reforms re: Budget, Personnel, & Periodic Charter Review.
They should also be considering changes that would require them to provide remote public comment at meetings.
bit.ly/FRLA26
They should also be considering changes that would require them to provide remote public comment at meetings.
bit.ly/FRLA26
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Next week the Charter Reform Commission will be deliberating on potential reforms re: Budget, Personnel, & Periodic Charter Review.
They should also be considering changes that would require them to provide remote public comment at meetings.
bit.ly/FRLA26
They should also be considering changes that would require them to provide remote public comment at meetings.
bit.ly/FRLA26
This Monday at 5pm the Charter Reform Commission will be hosting a virtual town hall via zoom:
bit.ly/FRLA26
bit.ly/FRLA26
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Monday at 5pm the Charter Reform Commission will be hosting a virtual town hall via zoom:
bit.ly/FRLA26
bit.ly/FRLA26
The LA City Charter Reform Commission's Government Structure Committee will be meeting Thursday September 25th at 4pm to hear presentations and discuss reforms re: elections, how we vote, and potentially expanding who may vote in local elections.
bit.ly/FRLA26
bit.ly/FRLA26
September 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The LA City Charter Reform Commission's Government Structure Committee will be meeting Thursday September 25th at 4pm to hear presentations and discuss reforms re: elections, how we vote, and potentially expanding who may vote in local elections.
bit.ly/FRLA26
bit.ly/FRLA26
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"If you think city services are bad now — and I think all of us would agree that they suck — and you thought maybe one day we would have funding to restore service, I have bad news. It's going to get worse."
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky absolutely shredding the $3B convention center plan to bits
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky absolutely shredding the $3B convention center plan to bits
September 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"If you think city services are bad now — and I think all of us would agree that they suck — and you thought maybe one day we would have funding to restore service, I have bad news. It's going to get worse."
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky absolutely shredding the $3B convention center plan to bits
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky absolutely shredding the $3B convention center plan to bits
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"Remember, Los Angeles is also on the hook for Olympic overruns. The Convention Center bill starts coming due the very same year we could be forced to absorb those Olympic overages."
I asked Yaroslavsky for her prepared remarks because I felt they captured this particular moment in LA so perfectly
I asked Yaroslavsky for her prepared remarks because I felt they captured this particular moment in LA so perfectly
September 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"Remember, Los Angeles is also on the hook for Olympic overruns. The Convention Center bill starts coming due the very same year we could be forced to absorb those Olympic overages."
I asked Yaroslavsky for her prepared remarks because I felt they captured this particular moment in LA so perfectly
I asked Yaroslavsky for her prepared remarks because I felt they captured this particular moment in LA so perfectly
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Our full video of this Charter Reform Commission meeting is now available at: youtu.be/TpC-7x6vH4c
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our full video of this Charter Reform Commission meeting is now available at: youtu.be/TpC-7x6vH4c
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"If we can’t pave our streets, repair our sidewalks, trim our trees, house our homeless, light our bridges, and fix our firetrucks, how can we host an Olympics in just three years?" Good question, and only one of many I hope Rick will answer. Get ready for some real talk!
Torched Talks with Rick Cole
Let's build an LA that works on Monday, September 15 at noon on Zoom
www.torched.la
September 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"If we can’t pave our streets, repair our sidewalks, trim our trees, house our homeless, light our bridges, and fix our firetrucks, how can we host an Olympics in just three years?" Good question, and only one of many I hope Rick will answer. Get ready for some real talk!
Full meeting video won’t be up til late tonight but the @fairrepla.bsky.social presentation focused on removal & replacement of elected officials is on YouTube:
youtu.be/FFZHcJIjJ20?...
youtu.be/FFZHcJIjJ20?...
September 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Full meeting video won’t be up til late tonight but the @fairrepla.bsky.social presentation focused on removal & replacement of elected officials is on YouTube:
youtu.be/FFZHcJIjJ20?...
youtu.be/FFZHcJIjJ20?...
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Hello! I've started a newsletter on LA government and politics, The LA Reporter.
You can subscribe here: thelareporter.beehiiv.com
You can subscribe here: thelareporter.beehiiv.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Hello! I've started a newsletter on LA government and politics, The LA Reporter.
You can subscribe here: thelareporter.beehiiv.com
You can subscribe here: thelareporter.beehiiv.com
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I think we have identified an intersection that needs some street calming measures!!
Ambulance carrying a crash victim crashes in L.A., drawing a crash investigator — who also crashes
Ambulance carrying a crash victim crashes in L.A., drawing a crash investigator — who also crashes
A Fire Department ambulance transporting a crash victim was struck by a vehicle. When another LAFD vehicle arrived to investigate, it too was involved in a crash.
www.latimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I think we have identified an intersection that needs some street calming measures!!
Next Saturday, September 6th, the LA City Charter Reform Commission will be meeting in CD 11 at LMU to hear presentations on issues like the removal/replacement of electeds, anti-corruption measures, & neighborhood councils.
More info: bit.ly/FRLA26
More info: bit.ly/FRLA26
August 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Next Saturday, September 6th, the LA City Charter Reform Commission will be meeting in CD 11 at LMU to hear presentations on issues like the removal/replacement of electeds, anti-corruption measures, & neighborhood councils.
More info: bit.ly/FRLA26
More info: bit.ly/FRLA26
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There's now a motion from LA City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez asking LA28 to "provide a detailed presentation on the new federal Olympics taskforce, its purpose, jurisdiction, anticipated activities."
It's been referred to the ad hoc committee: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...
It's been referred to the ad hoc committee: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...
August 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
There's now a motion from LA City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez asking LA28 to "provide a detailed presentation on the new federal Olympics taskforce, its purpose, jurisdiction, anticipated activities."
It's been referred to the ad hoc committee: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...
It's been referred to the ad hoc committee: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...
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More 2028 venue drama at today's ad hoc meeting. Apparently the Expo Park swim stadium is *not* up to "international standards," and LA28 is asking to move diving to Pasadena's Rose Bowl aquatic center.
The pool itself is not wide enough, something I would think might have been measured before now?
The pool itself is not wide enough, something I would think might have been measured before now?
![2028 Ol ymp ic Venue Plan
I. Overview
In the summer of 2028, in addition to welcoming the world's tap athletes to compete
on the biggest stage in sports, the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be a
celebration of the people and communities of the Los Angeles region.
When bidding to host the Games in 2017, LA28 submitted a venue plan (Bid Venue Plan]
to the City of Los Angeles and the International Olympic Committee (IOC]. This Bid
Venue Plan included the proposed competition venues far the sports and disciplines
featured in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 sport programs for those specific editions of
the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as the 2028 sport program was not yet
determined, along with proposed placements far athlete housing, media housing,
broadcasting and press facilities.
Since 2017, the Los Angeles venue landscape has changed, with new professional
sports stadiums built or under construction, previously assigned venues no longer
available for use in 2028, and other major capital construction projects led by entities
outside of LA28. Additionally, new sports have been added to the 2028 Olympic and
Paralympic sports program, requiring LA28 to assign additional competition venues
for the Games. Finally, the new IOC policy, the Olympic Agenda 2020+5, urges
organizing committees to reduce the complexity and cost of the Games, including
making use of existing facilities that may be outside the region of the Host City.
These developments give LA28 an opportunity ta adapt and improve its venue plan,
first and foremost, by creating greater cast certainty and reducing financial risk.
On June 21, 2024, LA28 proposed several updates to the 2028 Venue Plan that
collectively achieved more than $150 million in combined cast savings and revenue
increases which were unanimously approved by the City Council on March 28, 2025.
Thanks to the approved updates, LA28 has been able to progress its planning with
greater cost certainty and detail.
Within these proposed updates in June…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvvwejxthpp5s62cu5bqpvxw/bafkreiaycjotbw2l5dqrcjif733tvgs42pfnbt2vzajzk632qa3l62frka@jpeg)
![Coliseum track construction projects due to limited space within the surrounding
footprint. Moreover, the historical nature and close proximity of these facilities adds
further complexity and cost given the need to protect the building's unique character
and attributes.
Beyond venue delivery risks, further operational analysis of this site and its space
constraints revealed hosting Diving at 1932 Pool adds operational complexity to the
overall delivery of events in the Exposition Park Zone. This competition zone is home
to three multi-event competition venues in the Olympic Games Plan - the LA Memorial
Coliseum [Athletics (Track and Field] and Ceremonies), Exposition Park Stadium (Flag
Football and Lacrosse) and Galen Center (Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics] -
with a combined capacity of aver 90,000. The LA Memorial Coliseum will host three out
of four Ceremonies, a significant undertaking for a venue that already faces
operational complexities in order to host back-to-back Athletics (Track and Field]
events. In order to deliver on these major events, LA28 will need ta maximize the
space around the Coliseum so as not to compromise on concept and delivery of
Ceremonies and to ensure a smooth transition over to Athletics (Track and Field)
competition. Additional congestion of this area would significantly impact the Games-
time experience for athletes, spectators, stakeholders and events in the vicinity.
limiting LA2B's ability ta fully deliver on marquee events.
For these reasons and given the strong recommendations and grave concerns raised
by the International Federation, LA28 has concluded that the 1932 Pool at Exposition
Park is not a viable competition venue to host Diving in 2028.
LA28 then explored other existing pools in the City of Los Angeles and after further
analysis, it became clear there was no viable existing pool within the city that could
meet Olympic Diving standards. LA28 then turned to the Venue City of Pasadena and
the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvvwejxthpp5s62cu5bqpvxw/bafkreifham2zcmju23oalkdco6mdnzhsfqwa26o3jmpgdbz5kl7e7j4cua@jpeg)
August 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
More 2028 venue drama at today's ad hoc meeting. Apparently the Expo Park swim stadium is *not* up to "international standards," and LA28 is asking to move diving to Pasadena's Rose Bowl aquatic center.
The pool itself is not wide enough, something I would think might have been measured before now?
The pool itself is not wide enough, something I would think might have been measured before now?
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Sobering data out of Altadena: of 151 post-fire sales, half were purchased by corporate entities. A new report from SAJE, Inclusive Action, Morena Strategies and more, is out today with urgent policy recommendations to prevent displacement.
Read it here: www.morenastrategies.com/post/our-lat...
Read it here: www.morenastrategies.com/post/our-lat...
August 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sobering data out of Altadena: of 151 post-fire sales, half were purchased by corporate entities. A new report from SAJE, Inclusive Action, Morena Strategies and more, is out today with urgent policy recommendations to prevent displacement.
Read it here: www.morenastrategies.com/post/our-lat...
Read it here: www.morenastrategies.com/post/our-lat...
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Watching a Waymo stuck in the middle of a block party, creating a surreal traffic jam because it can’t figure out how to briefly cross the yellow line to get past the crowd. Now the cops are here. They don’t understand the problem and are yelling at everyone but the car. The future is so stupid
August 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Watching a Waymo stuck in the middle of a block party, creating a surreal traffic jam because it can’t figure out how to briefly cross the yellow line to get past the crowd. Now the cops are here. They don’t understand the problem and are yelling at everyone but the car. The future is so stupid
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Now a bunch of riot cops are here with pepper ball guns and face shields and a dangerously low-flying police helicopter is giving orders to disperse, because police in Los Angeles are unusually wound up at all times
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Now a bunch of riot cops are here with pepper ball guns and face shields and a dangerously low-flying police helicopter is giving orders to disperse, because police in Los Angeles are unusually wound up at all times
Well, at least yesterday’s Charter Reform Commission meeting was a lot more productive than Monday’s.
@fairrepla.bsky.social recording now up:
youtu.be/mTTymEg_-TE?...
@fairrepla.bsky.social recording now up:
youtu.be/mTTymEg_-TE?...
LA City Charter Reform Commission (Meeting 8) August 22, 2025
YouTube video by Fair Rep LA
youtu.be
August 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Well, at least yesterday’s Charter Reform Commission meeting was a lot more productive than Monday’s.
@fairrepla.bsky.social recording now up:
youtu.be/mTTymEg_-TE?...
@fairrepla.bsky.social recording now up:
youtu.be/mTTymEg_-TE?...