Which Way, L.A.?
Who Is Making All the Decisions in LA Elections?
Predictions of a low turnout were exceeded by reality in yesterday's LA elections. Between 8 and 9% of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls.
By Warren Olney • • 27m ListenPredictions of a low turnout were exceeded by reality in yesterday's LA elections. Between 8 and 9% of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls.
Also, the City of Compton had an unlikely cowboy culture until 3 years ago when the stable burned down. We hear about the campaign to revive it.
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2 storiesLos Angeles Is a Democracy: Why Do So Few People Care?
If low voter turnout is a disaster, it's time to declare an emergency in the City of LA. Yesterday — in City Council and School Board districts containing hundreds of thousands of people -- some candidates won office with totals of five or 6000 votes. Is it time to pay the poor if they go to the polls and fine the rich if they don't?
Read the story16 minTelling the Story of the Cowboys of Compton
Southern California is an industrialized megalopolis, but its agricultural history continues in some unlikely places. One of them is the City of Compton, where a few cowboys still ride their horses — despite the fact that their stable mysteriously burned down three years ago.
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