Homeless deaths in L.A. are skyrocketing, even as the official homeless count for 2018 showed the total homeless population dropped — a claim that has been strongly challenged by Coalition …
Los Angeles City Hall Pay-to-Play Unveiled in the Crossroads Skyscraper Development
The Los Angeles City Council “PLUM” Committee on Jan. 15 approved the hotly disputed triple-skyscraper, Crossroads, which will generate 142,300 vehicle miles per day and raze a vibrant historic Latino …
Los Angeles City Hall Corruption Alert: Garcetti Appointee Joel Jacinto Resigns
Joel Jacinto, a member of the powerful Los Angeles Board of Public Works, which oversees major infrastructure and environmental decisions for Mayor Eric Garcetti, abruptly resigned Friday January 18 amidst a …
Let’s Stop Crossroads, a Pay-to-Play Development that Displaces Latino Families for Luxury Penthouses
On Tuesday January 15, please join the Coalition to Preserve LA in speaking against Crossroads, a precedent-setting development that can only bring suffering and smog to L.A. The hearing is …
Ban Developer Money to the Los Angeles City Council and All Elected Officials. Here’s Why
(Los Angeles on $300,000 a year is a cover story published by LA Weekly on Feb. 25, 2009. Link to the full investigation is at bottom. As developer money and FBI/IRS probes of …
Jose Huizar Revealed: A Witty Take on the FBI Investigation
Historic preservation leaders Kim Cooper and Richard Schave this week published an unvarnished, witty take on the FBI’s investigation of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar and his leading role …
Jose Huizar Ousted From PLUM Committee – FBI Must Probe Pay-to-Play and Developer Money at L.A. City Hall
Under intense scrutiny by the FBI, powerful City Councilmember Jose Huizar has been stripped of his chairmanship of the city’s controversial “PLUM” Committee, whose members take large donations from developers …
Special Report: FBI Investigation and Pay-to-Play at Los Angeles City Hall
Pay-to-Play in the City of Los Angeles “Money Goes in, Favors Go Out, We All Pay. Who Do L.A. City Hall Leaders Work For?” A Special Report and Timeline on Backroom …
Supervisor Janice Hahn Saves a Doomed Marina del Rey Affordable Housing Complex and Bird Habitat! Why Can’t Eric Garcetti?
Editor’s note: Here’s a fantastic story in The Argonaut that you’ll never see crediting the L.A. City Council, its PLUM Chairman Jose Huizar, or Mayor Eric Garcetti: Mariners Village is Spared …
L.A. Officials Trying to Kill Zoning Appeals & Public Notices
Coalition to Preserve LA has been granted permission by United Neighbors For LA to send out its warning, below, about a fast-moving 948-page proposal by L.A. officials that will cripple …