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LA homeless services authority gets new chief. What to expect?
HomelessnessMayor Karen Bass has picked a new head of LA’s homeless services authority. Will a new regime make a difference in reducing the city’s unhoused population?
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Could Angelenos get more housing security with guaranteed eviction lawyers?
Housing & DevelopmentWith eviction cases on the rise, LA City Council is weighing a law that would guarantee legal representation for those fighting to stay housed.
The Birthplace of Dystopian America
NationalCop City Atlanta is a privately funded, local community surveillance campus that has already taken the life of one protestor as a harbinger of the police state on the horizon.
Nicholas Kristof on good news in a bad world; Steve Lopez on aging
NationalDespite war and pandemic, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof finds good news in a “stunning” decline of worldwide poverty and “extraordinary” improvements in child mortality.
Police brutality video footage: Does the public need to see it?
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Ep. 4 The Sheriff’s In Town
HomelessnessNeighbors call in LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to address problems at the Veterans Row homeless camp. What can the cops do that others haven’t?