Hasan Ikhrata

Southern California Association of Governments

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Executive director of the Southern California Association of Governments

Hasan Ikhrata on KCRW

Los Angeles was once America's economic success story, but its economy is now just 25th in the nation, while the San Francisco Bay Area is Number One.

Is LA or San Francisco Leading the Way to the Future?

Los Angeles was once America's economic success story, but its economy is now just 25th in the nation, while the San Francisco Bay Area is Number One.

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Three people were killed in  Friday night’s crash  in the  Newhall Pass tunnel  and ten others were injured.  But with thirty-one vehicles involved altogether, the  California Highway…

Big-Rig Crash in the Newhall Pass

Three people were killed in Friday night’s crash in the Newhall Pass tunnel and ten others were injured.  But with thirty-one vehicles involved altogether, the California Highway…

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The  California Department of Finance  issued it's new population  projections  earlier this week, predicting not just an increase to sixty million residents but major changes in the…

How Should California Prep for a Population Surge?

The California Department of Finance issued it's new population projections earlier this week, predicting not just an increase to sixty million residents but major changes in the…

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