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New Lawsuit Filed to Stop Rent-Gouging Following LA Wildfires

The defendants were identified by a spreadsheet that tracks exploitative rent gouging, created by SAJE’s Director of Policy and Advocacy,…

8 months ago

Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

  SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom Feb. 19 announced the following appointments: Jennifer Haley, of Rancho Palos Verdes, has been…

8 months ago

Barragán and Padilla Reintroduce Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025

This bicameral legislation responds directly to the Trump Administration's actions to eliminate the DOJ’s Environmental Justice Office and dismantle environmental…

8 months ago

AAN Publishers Joins Call for White House to Cease Punishing Journalists

In a nation founded on freedom of speech, regardless of party or ideology, the government can never compel agreement with…

8 months ago

Council Moves to Designate Historic Japanese American Fishing Village as Cultural Monument on 83rd Anniversary of Executive Order 9066

McOsker was joined at City Hall by the Terminal Islanders Association, a group of former residents and their descendants who…

8 months ago

California to Launch Digital Democracy Effort to Improve Public Engagement

The program will help people to directly voice their concerns and ideas, and improve policymakers' and administrators' efforts to listen…

8 months ago

Tuesday Talk: San Pedro Artist Laurie Steelink Speaks at Kleefeld Contemporary

Steelink’s abstract imagery references scientific and spiritual perspectives, from cellular structures seen under a microscope to altered visions that can…

8 months ago

Time to Reform the LA Neighborhood Council Voting System

In Los Angeles, it is easier to vote for the U.S. presidency than it is to vote for a community…

8 months ago

NYC’s ‘Idle Warriors’ Are Cashing in on Cleaner Air – Should LA Follow?

By Rick Thomas In New York City they call themselves ‘Idle Warriors.”  Gasoline and diesel trucks that sit still just…

8 months ago

97% Complete, 100% Stopped ― The Silver RV Park Controversy Unfolds

By Rick Thomas I started writing this piece over 6 months ago.  Still an ongoing, never-ending mess.  A mess.  Not…

8 months ago