BlueLine Grid
Founding president of BlueLine Grid, which makes communications software for law enforcement; former city councilman for Los Angeles' 5th District (Westside and the San Fernando Valley) and the Council's terrorism preparedness expert; former candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney; former federal prosecutor
Terror Threat Shuts Down LA Schools The LA Unified School District – the second largest public school system in the United States — was shut down completely today in response to what Superintendent Ramon Cortines called a "credible threat of attack." New York schools also received a threat today but determined it was a hoax.
Weiss and Trutanich, Candidates for LA City Attorney In the March primary, Carmen Trutanich forced Jack Weiss into a runoff in next month’s election for Los Angeles City Attorney . Weiss, an incumbent city councilman and former assistant US Attorney, got 36% of the vote. Trutanich, a former Deputy District Attorney now in private practice got 27%.
Commuters Versus Community In Fight Over Olympic Pico Plan Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky was first to propose that Olympic and Pico Boulevards on LA's west side should be one way in different directions. When that didn't fly, Mayor Villaraigosa had another idea: keep them two-way, but have each one favor a different direction during rush hour.
Villaraigosa Proposes Modified One-Way Plan For Pico And Olympic To relieve gridlock on LA’s West Side, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky proposed limiting Olympic and Pico Boulevards to one-way traffic in opposite directions. That went nowhere, but now Mayor Villaraigosa has proposed a compromise he calls the “new, smart way to reduce traffic congestion.”
The Westide's Perpetual Traffic Jam Massive development has created job centers in Santa Monica, Century City and Westwood. The price for commuters is some of the worst traffic congestion in all of Los Angeles. City Councilman Jack Weiss asked the Department of Transportation for its master plan and found out there was none.
Los Angeles Receives a Cut in Anti-Terror Funds Los Angeles County will get just $72.6 million in urban security money next year, 10% less than it got last year. The mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach say that Washington is playing politics with the war on terror.
LAX, Terrorist Plots and Airport Security British police have now arrested 24 people in a plot to blow up 10 planes bound for the US , causing what one official called "mass murder on an unimaginable scale." On CNN, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff agreed it was the biggest threat to this country since September 11.
Politics, the World Order and Donald Trump’s New Year Newly divided government could mean change in this new year… or not. House Democrats don’t always stick together--and presidential campaigns could get in the way. The GOP might not heed Mitt Romney’s call for respectability. Meantime, will America’s allies unify to sustain world order without America’s leadership?
What AMLO Means to Los Angeles Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador has forged a special connection to Angelenos and Mexican-Americans.