Which Way, L.A.?
City Government and the Sharing Economy
Last month, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Airport Commission approved plans for Uber, Lyft and other ride-sharing companies to pick up passengers at LAX. But members of the City Council put up a stop sign, demanding debate and discussion.
By Warren Olney • • 18m ListenLast month, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Airport Commission approved plans for Uber, Lyft and other ride-sharing companies to pick up passengers at LAX. But members of the City Council put up a stop sign, demanding debate and discussion. Yesterday, a council committee heard five hours of heated testimony, as a transformative new technology met politics as usual.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Fernando Guerra
professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University and director of its Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Paul Krekorian
Los Angeles City Council
Mike Bonin
Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs
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