James Preston Allen

What the Headlines Don’t Explain About Racism

As I watched from afar last summer, memories of another time came back to haunt me like a ghost from…

4 years ago

Los Angeles Always Divided

And Buscaino is using it to run for mayor On a cool overcast June morning, 15th District City Councilman Joe…

4 years ago

The Port of Los Angeles, ‘Is not in the homeless business’

Frequent readers of this column will remember Port Executive Director Gene Seroka’s rejection of the neighborhood council proposal to use two…

4 years ago

Buscaino Playing Games with Social Justice Down Payment

The Community grants charade is a campaign ploy  To anyone who is naïve or just not paying attention, the recent…

4 years ago

Following Mike Sager: The Path of the Unusual Storyteller

Recently, I interviewed journalist/author Mike Sager, discussing his writing process. Sager had published two books in quick succession in September…

4 years ago

The Most Insidious Form of Censorship

Not being invited to the meeting I was reminded this week that one of the subtlest yet insidious forms of…

4 years ago

Economic Refugees and Safe Encampments

I find it curious that on the very night that the last Los Angeles City Council District 15 homeless working…

4 years ago

Five Lessons from a Year of Pandemic

Not that the pandemic is over yet, but the end does seem to be cautiously near. I am, however, tired…

5 years ago

Buscaino’s Hammer and Nails Solutions

By James Preston Allen, Publisher Joe Buscaino was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council District 15 on Jan.…

5 years ago

Dystopian Gaslighting

Emerging from the orange fog of false conspiracies I actually know some fairly rational citizens who, because of their diet…

5 years ago