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Is LA a sanctuary city or not?

Feb. 28, 2017

Photo courtesy of Gilad Rom.

From this Episode:

Does Mayor Garcetti really want to make LA a sanctuary city?

Mayor Eric Garcetti has been cagey about the wording around Los Angeles’ sanctuary status. He’s said LA is a “city of sanctuary.” We find out what that means, and why...

8 min

How police actually work with ICE

A feature of sanctuary cities is that local police don’t act as immigration agents. But short of holding people for ICE, police here and elsewhere have been helping in other...

8 min

The outrageous art of Jason Rhoades comes to LA

Artist Jason Rhoades died at age 41 and was celebrated in New york and Europe. He’s now getting his due in Los Angeles with a major exhibition at Hauser & Wirth. We find out...

9 min

Debate intensifies around the future of LA development

Angelenos will vote next week on Measure S, which would limit development in LA for the next two years. This seemingly dull zoning initiative has become hotly...

16 min

Wild claims made in Measure S mailers

If you’re an LA voter, you’ve likely gotten mailers from both sides of the Measure S campaign. Millions of dollars have gone into advocating the pro and anti-Measure S...

6 min

Credits

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy

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