Which Way, L.A.?
Whatever Happened to LA's Middle Class?
LA's becoming a two-tiered society of the rich and the poor without any middle class. So how come the economy's thriving? How long will it last? Also, two views on Proposition 1-D, which provides $10 billion in bonds for education.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenLA's becoming a two-tiered society of the rich and the poor without any middle class.So how come the economy's thriving?How long will it last? Also, two views on Proposition 1-D, which provides $10 billion in bonds for education.
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2 storiesProposition 1D: The Public Education Facilities Bond Act
Proposition 1D on next month's ballot would authorize $10.4 billion in bonds for public schools, community colleges, UC and Cal-State campuses. It was put on the ballot by Governor Schwarzenegger and the legislature to relieve overcrowding by building new schools and repairing older ones.
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"Forget about LA's middle class. It's dead and buried... Los Angeles has boiled down to an economy of the well-off and the far-from-well-off... And here's the weird, almost perverse part: it seems to be working." That's from an article in this month's Los Angeles magazine.
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