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Editorial: Build the Housing, Then Argue About the Details
Reporting from Koreatown and City Hall on a decision that will outlast the news cycle that produced it.
By Thomas Ballard · September 8, 2026 · 3 min read
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The Case for Measuring City Services Publicly
Records, interviews and a month of meetings behind a question residents of Los Angeles keep asking.
By Ines Cardoso · August 31, 2026 · 3 min read
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Two Views: Should the Council Grow?
What the numbers show, what officials say, and what the people on the block have already learned.
By Andre Whitfield · August 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Opinion & Editorials
Our Transit Debate Needs Fewer Slogans
Reporting from Venice and the Unified School District on a decision that will outlast the news cycle that produced it.
By Hana Sato · August 15, 2026 · 3 min read
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In Defense of Slow Government
Records, interviews and a month of meetings behind a question residents of Los Angeles keep asking.
By Gabriel Duarte · August 7, 2026 · 3 min read
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What the Budget Says That the Speeches Do Not
What the numbers show, what officials say, and what the people on the block have already learned.
By Ruth Feldman · July 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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A Reader's Rebuttal: Density Is Not Destiny
Reporting from Leimert Park and the Community College District on a decision that will outlast the news cycle that produced it.
By Omar Haddad · July 22, 2026 · 3 min read
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Public Safety Deserves Better Evidence Than Anecdote
Records, interviews and a month of meetings behind a question residents of Los Angeles keep asking.
By Claire Devereux · July 14, 2026 · 3 min read
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On Water, Plan for the Dry Decade
What the numbers show, what officials say, and what the people on the block have already learned.
By Wesley Kim · July 6, 2026 · 3 min read
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Local Journalism Is Infrastructure
Reporting from Westlake and the County Board of Supervisors on a decision that will outlast the news cycle that produced it.
By Marisol Vega · June 28, 2026 · 3 min read
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Two Views: Vacancy Taxes, Tested
Records, interviews and a month of meetings behind a question residents of Los Angeles keep asking.
By Daniel Okafor · June 20, 2026 · 3 min read
Opinion & Editorials
The Quiet Case for Boring Competence
What the numbers show, what officials say, and what the people on the block have already learned.
By Priya Raman · June 12, 2026 · 3 min read
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Schools Cannot Carry Every Social Policy Alone
Reporting from Koreatown and the Department of Water and Power on a decision that will outlast the news cycle that produced it.
By Thomas Ballard · June 4, 2026 · 3 min read
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Against Permanent Emergency
Records, interviews and a month of meetings behind a question residents of Los Angeles keep asking.
By Ines Cardoso · May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
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What We Owe the Next Generation of Renters
What the numbers show, what officials say, and what the people on the block have already learned.
By Andre Whitfield · May 19, 2026 · 3 min read