Los Angeles Ethics Commission members showed no interest yesterday in newly released city reports that reveal that millions of dollars are flowing to City Hall lobbyists and politicians from developers …
LA Tenants Union Backs the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative
The LA Tenants Union, a highly respected, citywide movement of renters rights volunteers whose members refuse money from developers or from City Hall, has endorsed the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. The …
Los Angeles Small Businesses Are Victims of Commercial Gentrification
UCLA researchers are looking into the growing problem of commercial gentrification in Los Angeles caused by new developments near transit stations, in which mom-and-pop stores and ethnic small businesses are …
Beacon Economics’ Christopher Thornberg Is Secretly Paid by Developers to Kill Reform
On October 11, at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Christopher Thornberg, the founding partner of Beacon Economics and a popular talking head, chose not to reveal a little known, …
Is City Hall Out to Kill Los Angeles’ Historic Buildings — And the Uniqueness of LA?
From the Valley to Hollywood to downtown, City Hall politicians seem unconcerned about ruining the city’s most historic buildings — and killing the uniqueness of Los Angeles. One major example …
Rent Strike Battle Intensifies at Marmion Royal Apartments in Highland Park
Tenants at Marmion Royal Apartments in Highland Park have been undertaking a rent strike for weeks, fighting off the impacts of gentrification in their neighborhood. Things have gotten so tense that …
LA City Council Delivers Favors to Paramount Pictures, Ignoring Residents’ Concerns
The Los Angeles City Council approved today a major redevelopment of the Paramount Pictures campus at 5555 Melrose Avenue, despite residents’ worries about gridlock traffic, the construction of an office …
Vancouver’s Kirk LaPointe Warns Los Angeles About Overdevelopment
Journalist and one-time Vancouver mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe recently wrote an eye-popping open letter to Los Angeles, warning us about the serious dangers of overdevelopment that screwed up Vancouver and …
Megadeveloper Pan Am Equities Gets Caught Lying to Atwater Village
Billionaire Manhattan developer Pan Am Equities is proposing a surprise 419-unit apartment mega-project on the Los Angeles River — next to a long-promised state park — and recently explained themselves …
Laurel Grove Neighborhood Association Says City Officials Were Out of Line
The Laurel Grove Neighborhood Association has sent stinging letters to L.A. City Council member Paul Krekorian of District 2 and City Planning Commission president David Ambroz, charging that they acted inappropriately …