Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Mayor Garcetti on housing, homelessness, and sanctuary rhetoric
LA Mayor Garcetti explains his plans to create more housing and help get the homeless out of tent encampments. Also, is he going to run for governor?
By Madeleine Brand • • 49m ListenPhoto: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a press conference following Los Angeles City Council's vote on whether to give final approval for the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 25, 2017. (Lucy Nicholson/ Reuters)
In this episode
5 storiesMayor Garcetti on the future of LA and his leading role in California
LA Mayor Garcetti explains what the city must do to create more affordable housing and get the homeless out of tent encampments. We also ask whether he considers LA a sanctuary city, and whether he’s eyeing higher office.
Read the story14 minIs the Ellis Act misused to bypass rent control laws?
Landlords are taking more rent-controlled apartments off the market than ever before. They’re using a state law called the Ellis Act. Last year, nearly 1400 units were removed -- about 27 percent more than the year before.
Read the story5 minSuspicion grows around spies in Washington DC
With the Trump administration’s ties to Russia under scrutiny, some Washington DC residents are re-examining their own encounters with foreign diplomats. Those meetings may have seemed friendly at first, but in hindsight were anything but.
Read the story8 minIn 'Exit West,' a pair of young refugees are on the run
In Mohsin Hamid’s new novel “Exit West,” a young couple flees their war-torn home, and through mysterious doors, they arrive in Greece, then London, then California. Their relationship changes and their identities are questioned.
Read the story13 minHow 3.14 became a mathematical celebrity
It’s Pi Day. The nation celebrates the never-ending number that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.
Read the story8 min
