Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Karen Bass wants to leave Congress to be LA’s mayor. Which Angelenos support her?
U.S. Representative Karen Bass officially announced plans to leave Washington D.C. and run for mayor of LA. This makes her the de facto frontrunner in a field that already contains five other Democrats.
By Madeleine Brand • • 49m ListenU.S. Representative Karen Bass officially announced plans to leave Washington D.C. and run for mayor of LA. This makes her the de facto frontrunner in a field that already contains five other Democrats.
Meanwhile this week, Democrats are trying to pass a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — plus a $3.5 trillion spending bill that would fund major Democratic priorities on health care, education and climate.
The 9th Circuit has overturned a federal judge’s ruling that required LA to offer temporary shelter or permanent housing to everyone living on Skid Row by October.
One state program controls every aspect of former psychiatric hospital patients’ lives.
Finally, The Fugees will be going on tour for the first time in 15 years. It’s to celebrate their classic record “The Score,” which was released 25 years ago.
In this episode
5 stories$3.5T to keep government open, $1T on infrastructure: Democrats have this final week to pass spending plans
Congress is staring down a big week of deadlines .
Read the story8 minRep. Karen Bass enters LA mayor’s race, scrambling a packed political field. Which communities here support her?
“This is the final step of what's been a rather sophisticated rollout of hints and rumors for months,” says Raphe Sonenshein, the executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA. “It really kept everybody kind of at a boiling level of interest.”
Read the story10 minSkid Row homelessness: Why the 9th Circuit Court overturned a local federal judge’s ruling
Homelessness might be the biggest crisis the next LA mayor will have to face. A federal judge made waves in April when he ordered the city and county to offer temporary shelter or permanent housing to everyone living on Skid Row by October.
Read the story9 minThis CA program closely monitors former psychiatric patients, leaving them in oppressive legal limbo
When a person is convicted of committing a violent crime, they typically do prison time and then get released. But if that person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, their future becomes a lot murkier.
Read the story9 minAs The Fugees announce new tour, here’s a look back at the seminal hip-hop album ‘The Score’
The 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees — Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel — announced this month that they’ll be going on tour again for the first time in 15 years.
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