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Which Way, L.A.?

Whatever Happened to LA's Middle Class?

Hosted by Warren Olney Oct. 17, 2006
LA's becoming a two-tiered society of the rich and the poor
without any middle class.    So how come
the economy's thriving?    How long will it
last? Also, two views on Proposition 1-D, which provides $10 billion in bonds
for education.

LA's becoming a two-tiered society of the rich and the poor without any middle class.  So how come the economy's thriving?  How long will it last? Also, two views on Proposition 1-D, which provides $10 billion in bonds for education.

From this Episode:

LA's Shrinking Middle Class

"Forget about LA's middle class. It's dead and buried... Los Angeles has boiled down to an economy of the well-off and the far-from-well-off... And here's the weird, almost...

13 min

Proposition 1D: The Public Education Facilities Bond Act

Proposition 1D on next month's ballot would authorize $10.4 billion in bonds for public schools, community colleges, UC and Cal-State campuses. It was put on the ballot...

11 min

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Karen Radziner

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