NEWS

California’s New Majority: From South L.A. to Oakland to Fresno, Voters Shake up State Politics

By Satish Kunisi and Jung Hee Choi

For the first time in ten years, Californians are not facing devastating budget cuts to education and other vital services. Instead of seeing tuition increases this year, Cal State students are receiving refunds. Rather than mailing out pink slips to teachers, public schools are getting additional money. Read more / Leer en español

 

Torn Apart: Act Helps Families Shattered by Deportations

By Rep. Karen Bass and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard

As Congress looks toward meaningful immigration reform, we must take care not to neglect one of the most heartbreaking problems within the current, broken system: what happens to children when their parents or guardians are deported. Read more / Leer en español

 

 

LOCAL SCENE: CD 9 in Hands of South L.A. Voters

By Jesus Andrade and Alberto Retana

On March 5, City Council District 9 had the lowest voter turnout in the city. Citywide voter turnout was low, with only 16% of eligible voters casting a ballot. But in CD 9, which includes some of the poorest communities in Los Angeles, less than 12% of eligible voters cast a ballot. Read more

 

 

OPINION: A Mayor for All of Los Angeles

By Wendy Greuel

I am running to be a mayor for all of Los Angeles because people in every part of the city deserve a mayor who will listen to them and deliver for them. Those are the principles that guided me when I worked in Mayor Tom Bradley’s administration, for President Clinton at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, at DreamWorks, on the City Council and today as city controller. Read more / Leer en español

 

OPINION: I Will Fight for You

By Eric Garcetti

I am running for mayor to create jobs and solve problems for Los Angeles residents. I have delivered proven results in my district, which is ranked number one in job growth by the L.A. Chamber of Commerce. Working with the community, we led dramatic turnarounds in Hollywood, Echo Park, Silver Lake and Atwater Village; tripled the number of parks from sixteen to forty-seven (thirty-one new parks in the district with the least land); cut violent crime by two-thirds and graffiti by 80%; and ensured that an after-school program is accessible to every school. Read more / Leer en español

 

Too Few Know, Too Few Care: The Power of the City Attorney

By Karren Lane

Lost amid an array of lackluster races for the mayor’s office and eight city council seats was the election for city attorney. Too few Angelenos know the direct impact the city attorney’s actions can have on their day-to-day lives. “The city attorney shapes how vacant lots on your block get cleaned up or whether you will be jailed for failing to pay a misdemeanor fine,” said Marqueece Harris-Dawson, president and CEO of Community Coalition. “These can appear to be ‘small’ issues, but they have far reaching relevance for how public safety policies are implemented on a neighborhood level.” Read more