Angela McGregor
@angusmcg.bsky.social
Writing about politics and other fun stuff for the Westside Current since 2020. Proud UC Berkeley grad. Venice, CA resident.
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Angela McGregor
@angusmcg.bsky.social
· Dec 30
End of Year Wrap Up: 2024 Brought Questions of Representation
LOS ANGELES - One of the central themes of my reporting in 2024 has been to answer a key question in representative government: When it comes to the officials and
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It’s been some year. Here’s a wrap up of how I’ve covered it. Onward!
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Is it a disqualifying conflict of interest for a city council member to also be working full time for a housing lobbyist? Santa Monica Jesse Zwick says no. But a bunch of his constituents are crying foul.
My latest.
My latest.
Former Bonin Advisor Challenged Over Potential Conflicts on Santa Monica Council
SM Councilman Jesse Zwick faces ethics questions after joining pro-housing group HAC days after voting on an ordinance they supported. The City Attorney seeks FPPC guidance.156
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December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Is it a disqualifying conflict of interest for a city council member to also be working full time for a housing lobbyist? Santa Monica Jesse Zwick says no. But a bunch of his constituents are crying foul.
My latest.
My latest.
It may not seem like much to those who don’t live nearby, but to the 1000s who used this route to get to Admiralty Park, the library and the Braude Bike Path, the closing of this entrance was a big deal. Now, CD11 CM Traci Park is working to reopen it.
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Park Takes Aim at Wall Blocking Beloved Marina Bike Path
LOS ANGELES - On November 7th, CD11 Councilmember Traci Park filed a motion before City Hall calling on the City Planning Department to “revoke the issuance of the Coastal Exemption
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November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It may not seem like much to those who don’t live nearby, but to the 1000s who used this route to get to Admiralty Park, the library and the Braude Bike Path, the closing of this entrance was a big deal. Now, CD11 CM Traci Park is working to reopen it.
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Five years and $19.5 million later, work has finally begun to convert the Marina Del Rey Ramada into Homekey rooms.
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City-Funded Ramada Inn Conversion in Venice Moves Forward After 3 Idle Years
Renovation is finally starting at the former Ramada Inn (3130 W Washington Blvd) five years post-purchase, converting it to 30 permanent supportive units at a cost of $300K per unit.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Five years and $19.5 million later, work has finally begun to convert the Marina Del Rey Ramada into Homekey rooms.
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My latest for the Current takes a detailed look at why LAHSA’s data on how many people are living on LA’s streets seems unreliable.
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A Deeper Look at Why LAHSA’s Homeless Count Keeps Drawing Scrutiny
The federal government certified LAHSA's 2025 homeless count, but the accuracy is challenged by experts, including the RAND Corporation, who allege undercounting and a lack of transparency regarding t...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My latest for the Current takes a detailed look at why LAHSA’s data on how many people are living on LA’s streets seems unreliable.
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My latest for the Current, looking back at 5 years of reporting. The first amendment is everything.
My latest for the Current, looking back at 5 years of reporting. The first amendment is everything.
Behind The Post: Don’t Stop The Presses
Five years ago, I wrote my first op-ed for what was then the Venice Current. Because it was about how CD11’s then-councilmember had attempted to censure and delay the publication
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October 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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My latest for the Current, looking back at 5 years of reporting. The first amendment is everything.
My latest for the Current, looking back at 5 years of reporting. The first amendment is everything.
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Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/
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The sudden appearance of all these Trump administration accounts on Bluesky is ominous. They're not here in good faith and they're not here to troll.
They're setting something up. It likely has to do with a coming attack on Bluesky.
They're setting something up. It likely has to do with a coming attack on Bluesky.
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The sudden appearance of all these Trump administration accounts on Bluesky is ominous. They're not here in good faith and they're not here to troll.
They're setting something up. It likely has to do with a coming attack on Bluesky.
They're setting something up. It likely has to do with a coming attack on Bluesky.
The Venice Beach No Kings Rally is a hoot befitting this creative and eclectic community. Corner of Abbot Kinney & Venice.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Venice Beach No Kings Rally is a hoot befitting this creative and eclectic community. Corner of Abbot Kinney & Venice.
My latest for the Current explores the stark differences about the Mansion Tax between both candidates for CD11 Council member — ULA co-creator Faizah Malik and incumbent Traci Park.
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westsidecurrent.com | In the Know. In the Now
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October 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My latest for the Current explores the stark differences about the Mansion Tax between both candidates for CD11 Council member — ULA co-creator Faizah Malik and incumbent Traci Park.
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
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This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Self-Generation Incentive Program
The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
New op-ed. As we determine who’s to blame for empty Homekey rooms, stop with the finger-pointing. Nonprofit housing developers are exhibiting hubris rooted in a deeply flawed system.
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COLUMN: Bonin Points Fingers, Yet the Ramada Boondoggle Began on His Watch
VENICE - Behind every failure, there is finger-pointing. Consider, for example, the still-to-get-started Marina Del Rey Ramada conversion to low-income housing, which has thus far cost the city over $...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New op-ed. As we determine who’s to blame for empty Homekey rooms, stop with the finger-pointing. Nonprofit housing developers are exhibiting hubris rooted in a deeply flawed system.
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My latest for the Current is part 3 in reporting on the so-called
Led “Ralph’s Wall”, and what the CD11 office is doing to re-open it.
Led “Ralph’s Wall”, and what the CD11 office is doing to re-open it.
September 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My latest for the Current is part 3 in reporting on the so-called
Led “Ralph’s Wall”, and what the CD11 office is doing to re-open it.
Led “Ralph’s Wall”, and what the CD11 office is doing to re-open it.
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Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Interesting. So now that Scott Weiner has delivered SB79 to his real estate developer donors, he’s moved on to handing his Big Pharma donors a win.
Newsom isn’t bending to Trump, and he’s not bending to the lobbyists either. SB 41 is a greedy rerun—families pay more while the industry cashes in. He already killed this scam once & now he’s taking it on again. You don’t have to live in CA to care about this. Click the link. 👇
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Increasing health care costs is the last thing lawmakers should pursue - Capitol Weekly
OPINION - At the start of California’s 2025 legislative session, lawmakers in Sacramento emphasized that making the state a more affordable place to live would be a top priority. One of the most impac...
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September 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Interesting. So now that Scott Weiner has delivered SB79 to his real estate developer donors, he’s moved on to handing his Big Pharma donors a win.
My latest for the Westside Current shows how a Project Homekey-funded project went from costing $382k to renovate into $8 million in just 3 years. And no construction has happened yet.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ramada Homeless Project Nears $20M After 3 Years Vacant — With No Future in Sight
Launched under former councilmember Mike Bonin with no clear plan, the Venice Ramada project displaced unhoused residents, burned through nearly $20M, and remains vacant years later with no timeline f...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My latest for the Westside Current shows how a Project Homekey-funded project went from costing $382k to renovate into $8 million in just 3 years. And no construction has happened yet.
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My coverage of the Thatcher Yard development’s belated grand opening. A great example of what’s possible with community involvement.
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Behind the Doors of Venice’s New(ish) 98-Unit Affordable Housing Complex
The $72.8 million Thatcher Yard project just marked its grand opening, offering affordable homes for seniors and formerly homeless residents in Venice.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My coverage of the Thatcher Yard development’s belated grand opening. A great example of what’s possible with community involvement.
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Thought-provoking convo with the new CEO of the Union Rescue mission about the ramifications of pivoting away from housing first.
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CEO of Union Rescue Mission Sees Opportunities with Trump Homelessness Executive Order
LOS ANGELES - The Union Rescue Mission has been assisting the homeless in downtown Los Angeles since its founding as the Pacific Gospel Mission in 1891 by Lyman Stewart, the
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August 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thought-provoking convo with the new CEO of the Union Rescue mission about the ramifications of pivoting away from housing first.
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Everyone in America needs to read this FREE—I’ve gifted it below—report from the conservative WALL STREET JOURNAL about Trump and Epstein.
Apparently the president has now threatened to sue the WSJ over this 100% accurate report due to how damaging it is.
Apparently the president has now threatened to sue the WSJ over this 100% accurate report due to how damaging it is.
Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
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July 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Everyone in America needs to read this FREE—I’ve gifted it below—report from the conservative WALL STREET JOURNAL about Trump and Epstein.
Apparently the president has now threatened to sue the WSJ over this 100% accurate report due to how damaging it is.
Apparently the president has now threatened to sue the WSJ over this 100% accurate report due to how damaging it is.
Reposted by Angela McGregor
If someone provides a safe and loving home for animals, they're contributing to society. If anything it should fast track them for residency and help on citizenship. That's who I want as my fellow American.
ICE is doing literally the opposite.
If you're in LA, consider helping animal rescues too.
ICE is doing literally the opposite.
If you're in LA, consider helping animal rescues too.
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If someone provides a safe and loving home for animals, they're contributing to society. If anything it should fast track them for residency and help on citizenship. That's who I want as my fellow American.
ICE is doing literally the opposite.
If you're in LA, consider helping animal rescues too.
ICE is doing literally the opposite.
If you're in LA, consider helping animal rescues too.
New Substack. Stockton Rush denied centuries of established science, leading to the implosion of his Titanic-bound submarine. RFK, Jr. is also — due to hubris or greed — denying medical truth. And we’re all passengers on this untested journey.
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Stockton Rush, RFK Jr. and the Deadly Lure of Fake Science
On June 18, 2023 Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, a company offering private tours of the Titanic wreckage, was killed in the implosion of his company’s submarine, along with three customers payin...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New Substack. Stockton Rush denied centuries of established science, leading to the implosion of his Titanic-bound submarine. RFK, Jr. is also — due to hubris or greed — denying medical truth. And we’re all passengers on this untested journey.
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Despite opposition from LADOT and a refusal from the City Council to reconsider the project, the developers of the Venice/Dell project are pushing ahead with multiple lawsuits.
My latest.
My latest.
Developers Continue to Pursue Venice/Dell Project Via Multiple Legal Actions Against the City
VENICE - At their June meeting, the California Coastal Commission voted to grant the developers of the Venice/Dell project a one year extension of the Commission’s Certified Land Use Permit,
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July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Despite opposition from LADOT and a refusal from the City Council to reconsider the project, the developers of the Venice/Dell project are pushing ahead with multiple lawsuits.
My latest.
My latest.
More bad news about that “Mansion Tax”. The city has spent roughly 15 times more on running the program than actually building the housing it was intended to create.
Great reporting from Jamie Paige.
Great reporting from Jamie Paige.
Los Angeles Collected $700 Million From the ‘Mansion Tax’ to Combat Homelessness. Most of It Is Still in the Bank
LOS ANGELES — Two years after Los Angeles began collecting a tax on multimillion-dollar property sales, nearly all the money meant to combat the city’s worsening housing and homelessness crisis
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June 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
More bad news about that “Mansion Tax”. The city has spent roughly 15 times more on running the program than actually building the housing it was intended to create.
Great reporting from Jamie Paige.
Great reporting from Jamie Paige.
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"Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts"
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts"