Va Lecia Adams Kellum, CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, signed a contract with a service provider where her husband works after saying she was "completely recused."
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Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she had followed state conflict of interest laws by remaining walled off and “completely recused” from business relating to her husband’s employer. But LAist discovered documents that contradict her assertion.
The details: Through a public records request, LAist discovered the signature of Va Lecia Adams Kellum, chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), on agreements with Upward Bound House paid from public funds. Upward Bound House is a Santa Monica-based nonprofit where her husband works in senior leadership, according to its website.
Why this matters: LAHSA is the public agency tasked by the city and county with administering over $700 million in annual contracts with nonprofits to provide homeless services. To protect the public, conflict of interest laws require public officials to refrain from dealing with contracts in which they have a financial interest, including agreements that could financially benefit their spouse.
What Adams Kellum says: She has not responded to interview requests about her signatures. A spokesperson said her signing of the contracts was done mistakenly.
Read on ... for reaction from a government ethics expert and local elected officials.
State conflict of interest laws ban public officials from any involvement in contracts in which they have a financial interest, including agreements that financially benefit their spouse or groups that pay their spouse.
Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she stuck to those rules, saying she had been walled off and “completely recused” from business relating to her husband’s employer.
Through a public records request, LAist later discovered records that contradict her assertion.
The documents show that Va Lecia Adams Kellum, chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), signed a $2.1 million contract and two other contract amendments with Upward Bound House, the Santa Monica-based nonprofit where her husband Edward Kellum works in senior leadership. The contract names Adams Kellum as the LAHSA official authorized to administer it.
A LAHSA spokesperson told LAist the contracts had inadvertently ended up in front of Adams Kellum to sign.
LAist’s findings come amid mounting questions about oversight at LAHSA, the public agency tasked by the city and county with administering more than $700 million in annual contracts with nonprofits to provide homeless services. It is a creation of the city and county and jointly funded and overseen by both.
Upward Bound House is a longtime vendor of LAHSA that focuses on housing and services for unhoused families, as well as young adults. It began receiving public money from LAHSA years prior to Adams Kellum joining the agency in March 2023.
When employees sign LAHSA’s code of ethics they agree to avoid any activities that could be, or appear to be, conflicts of interest, according to a copy posted on LAHSA’s website. One of the examples given is immediate family relationships with the agency’s vendors.
The $2.1 million contract signed by Adams Kellum authorized federal taxpayer funds for Upward Bound House to pay rent for unhoused people in the region and help them find homes. The money also covered case management and administration costs at the nonprofit.
The signature sections of two contract amendments (dated the same day) and a $2.1 million contract Va Lecia Adams Kellum signed between the government agency she leads and her husband’s employer. LAist obtained the documents through a public records request.
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Details of the contracts
In December, LAist asked LAHSA officials for copies of every contract between LAHSA and Upward Bound House that’s been in effect since Va Lecia Adams Kellum became LAHSA’s CEO in late March 2023.
In response, officials disclosed 13 agreements totaling nearly 1,000 pages, which LAist reviewed.
The three LAHSA agreements Adams Kellum signed with Upward Bound House include a one-year contract, signed in May 2024, funding nearly $2.1 million to Upward Bound House in federal dollars, to pay rent for unhoused people and to help them find longer-term housing. The budget included about $356,000 for Upward Bound House’s case managers and about $102,000 for the nonprofit’s administration. The contract named Adams Kellum as the LAHSA official "authorized to administer” the agreement.
She signed the two otherdeals in March 2024. They amended two earlier contracts totaling $2.24 million between LAHSA and Upward Bound House for housing and support services for unhoused youth. Both amendments state that they were “updating the budget through a Scope of Work Change,” though a LAHSA spokesperson said they didn’t have any financial impacts.
The 10 other agreements were signed by subordinates of Adams Kellum. Eight of those agreements listed Adams Kellum’s name under the signature line for LAHSA.
LAist found that Adams Kellum’s interactions with Upward Bound House extended beyond signing contracts.
She also spoke with her husband's employer last year regarding complaints made during public comments alleging failures in Upward Bound House’s performance, according to the nonprofit’s chief executive.
Government ethics experts say conflict of interest laws forbid a wide range of involvement, including signing contracts.
“The laws are pretty specific that you can't have any participation whatsoever,” said Sean McMorris, who manages the ethics program for California Common Cause. “You should not be putting your signature on any such contract. You have to completely recuse yourself from the matter.”
McMorris said in the eyes of the law, a conflict of interest violation can take place even if the breach was unintentional. He told LAist that Adams Kellum’s signatures appear to violate California’s Political Reform Act and the state’s Government Code Section 1090.
Following ethics expectations, he added, is "extremely important because it speaks to the integrity and character of our representatives."
Adams Kellum said her conflict was disclosed
Adams Kellum previously told LAist she had steered clear of anything to do with her husband’s employer.
“This issue was disclosed when I was hired,” Adams Kellum wrote in a Dec. 9 email, prior to LAist requesting public records that showed she had signed LAHSA contracts with her husband’s employer.
“LAHSA's [legal] counsel has put procedures in place that have been followed and these procedures ‘walled me off’ from any involvement in matters concerning Upward Bound House,” she added. “I am completely recused from matters that involve or impact Upward Bound House.”
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Adams Kellum has not responded to follow-up questions and interview requests from LAist about the contracts she signed, including questions about whether conflict of interest laws may have been violated.
Edward Kellum, her husband, did not respond to LAist’s requests for comment. He is featured as one of six people on the “senior staff” section of Upward Bound House’s website, where his title is director of operations and compliance.
Also listed is the organization’s president and CEO, Christine Mirasy-Glasco. She acknowledged to LAist that Adams Kellum, in her role as LAHSA’s top executive, spoke with her once regarding complaints from public commenters alleging Upward Bound House failed to provide required services and falsified documents.
In an email, Mirasy-Glasco wrote that Adams Kellum “shared that LAHSA would follow up with UBH,” and said a subordinate of Adams Kellum was assigned to work with the vendor to get the complainants into permanent housing. Mirasy-Glasco provided LAist with written responses to several of the complaints.
Paul Rubenstein, a spokesperson for LAHSA, also said follow-up on the complaints was handled by a subordinate of Adams Kellum.
Spokesperson says signatures were an ‘oversight’
As for the three agreements with her husband’s employer, Rubenstein said Adams Kellum “mistakenly signed” them after staffers inadvertently sent them to her. When the CEO has a conflict of interest, LAHSA’s standard practice is for contracts to instead be signed by the agency’s top programs officer, Rubenstein wrote.
“Dr. Adams Kellum has not been involved in any discussions regarding Upward Bound House contracts,” Rubenstein wrote in an email to LAist. He added that Adams Kellum “has never been involved in overseeing any programs or agreements with UBH."
“LAHSA is taking steps to further ensure this does not happen again, including requiring additional staff training,” he added, noting that all contracts go through multiple reviews and require “three staff signatures before being sent to the CEO or her designee.”
Rubenstein did not respond to an email asking how Adams Kellum’s signatures could be a mistake, given their close proximity to Upward Bound House’s name.
He also did not answer why, if Adams Kellum was completely recused, she was named in the $2.1 million contract with Upward Bound House as LAHSA's representative "authorized to administer" the agreements.
What the oversight commission knew
The 10-member LAHSA Commission is responsible for overseeing the agency and its CEO. Half of the commission is appointed by county supervisors, and half are appointed by L.A.’s mayor with confirmation by the City Council.
“The LAHSA Commission was fully informed and consulted with legal counsel about potential conflicts prior to Dr. Adams Kellum being offered the position,” Rubenstein said.
But LAist found that members of the LAHSA Commission had varying degrees of awareness of Adams Kellum’s conflict — and gave different instructions over time at the recommendation of staff.
In August 2023, LAHSA’s governing commission specifically excluded Adams Kellum from signing the $2.1 million contract when it came up for a vote, according to the meeting’s minutes. Instead, the commission authorized its chair to enter into the agreement. The meeting record shows Adams Kellum recused herself and stepped out of the room during the vote.
Despite the prohibition, she signed that contract months later.
In other instances later on, the LAHSA Commission apparently changed course. Despite Adams Kellum’s conflict of interest disclosure forms, commissioners voted to follow staff’s recommendation to authorize her to enter into contracts with Upward Bound House.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was among the commissioners who voted unanimously last year to allow Adams Kellum to sign other contracts with the service provider, according to meeting minutes and agendas. (Bass was not yet on the commission for the August 2023 vote.)
Asked for comment about the conflict of interest, Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for Bass, said work is underway to “make LAHSA more transparent and accountable,” including “initiating additional protocols to prevent future issues.”
Va Lecia Adams Kellum, CEO of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), with current chair of the agency’s governing commission Wendy Greuel (left) and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass (right).
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The mayor’s relationship with Va Lecia Adams Kellum
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass directed LAHSA to hire Adams Kellum as a consultant, embedded in the mayor’s office, in early 2023 leading up to Adams Kellum becoming LAHSA’s CEO, according to an agreement LAist obtained through a public records request.
A no-bid contract is one where a funder, such as LAHSA, does not hold a competitive process where multiple organizations submit proposals that are compared.
The advisory role was described in a statement as Adams Kellum joining Bass’ administration before transitioning to the LAHSA CEO role.
Two other commission members who joined the LAHSA Commission after Adams Kellum was hired — L.A. County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath — were not formally notified of the conflict prior to voting to allow her to enter agreements with Upward Bound House, according to their spokespeople.
Barger didn’t find out about the family tie until after she left the LAHSA Commission in October 2024, according to her spokesperson. Horvath was not officially notified about the conflict, though it was known among many who work in homeless services, according to Horvath’s spokesperson.
LAist reviewed those later contracts, and found Adams Kellum did not ultimately sign them. Instead, subordinates signed with Adams Kellum’s name printed below most of the signature lines.
What’s next
Questions about transparency and how LAHSA is handling hundreds of millions in public dollars have been a growing concern for local lawmakers.
Adams Kellum faced controversy recently over her hiring of Lilly Simmering for a top-level LAHSA leadership position that oversees all homelessness programs. Simmering oversaw an Orange County government department that paid out millions of dollars to an out-of-compliance nonprofit now embroiled in a fraud scandal involving former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do. Simmering left after less than two weeks on the job, following questions about her history in Orange County.
The webpage that once showed the LAHSA organization chart has been replaced with a graphic labeled "Under Construction." The graphic remained on the page at the time of publication.
In November, Horvath called for the county to pull its funding from LAHSA after an audit found failures in the agency’s oversight of service providers. The county provides about half of LAHSA’s $875 million annual budget. The Board of Supervisors approved Horvath’s call for county staff to create a plan to have the county manage the spending directly.
Before she left the LAHSA Commission at the end of last month, Horvath planned to schedule a discussion on conflict of interest procedures at an upcoming commission meeting, her spokesperson told LAist.
L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who chairs the council’s housing and homelessness committee, said in an email to LAist: “At a time when there is a great deal of distrust in government and in the homeless services system, I think it is particularly important to ensure that we avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.”
In response to LAist’s reporting, Raman said she contacted Wendy Greuel — L.A.’s former controller and current chair of the LAHSA Commission — who assured Raman that conflict of interest policies would be rigorously enforced to prevent future lapses.
Greuel did not address concerns about the conflict when asked for comment by LAist.
L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, a frequent critic of LAHSA’s oversight practices, called Adams Kellum’s signing of contracts with Upward Bound House “really problematic” and “absolutely unacceptable.”
Adams Kellum was hired at a base salary of $430,000 a year — nearly double the pay of elected City Council members and about 42% more than the mayor of L.A.
With such a high salary and responsibility over taxpayer dollars, Rodriguez said, LAHSA’s CEO should be adhering to high ethical standards.
“There need to be greater guardrails,” Rodriguez said.
Financial disclosure rules
Public officials must fill out annual disclosures — known as form 700s — about their personal financial interests, to provide public transparency and help avoid potential conflicts of interest.
Previous LAist reporting in December found that out of roughly 700 current employees at LAHSA, only the CEO had been required by the agency to file the disclosures, despite the agency acknowledging more than two years earlier that more of its staff needed to file the disclosures. (More LAHSA employees are scheduled to be required to file such disclosures, under a proposal up for final approval this month.)
Adams Kellum’s latest disclosure reports her share of her husband’s income from Upward Bound House, during the roughly nine months from when she started her job at LAHSA in late March 2023 to the end of that year. The dollar amount selected for her share was between $10,000 and $100,000. (Form instructions state that for income to the official’s spouse, the dollar amount disclosed on the form is half of the total income. California community property laws split income 50-50 between spouses.)
LAHSA’s spokesperson has not responded to questions about what ethics training, if any, Adams Kellum received. State law requires ethics training for officials at cities, counties, special districts and the state. The spokesperson said that law doesn’t apply to LAHSA because the agency is a different type of local government body called a joint powers authority.
How to watchdog local government
One of the best things you can do to hold officials accountable is pay attention.
Your city council, board of supervisors, school board and more all hold public meetings that anybody can attend. These are times you can talk to your elected officials directly and hear about the policies they’re voting on that affect your community.
The next scheduled LAHSA Commission meeting is Friday, Feb. 28, at 9 a.m. You can check out the commission’s full calendar here.
You can find the address to attend in person or attend the meeting virtually here.
You can speak to the LAHSA Commission during any agenda item, or at the end of the meeting during general public comments, by submitting a “Request to Speak Form” to the commission’s secretary before the agenda item starts.
You can see the list of all LAHSA commissioners here (note one of the seats is currently vacant). LAHSA’s website for the commission does not include a way to contact the commissioners.
LAist reporter Aaron Schrank contributed to this story.
Bakers and their pies will drop into Griffith Park
Cato Hernández
covers important issues that affect the everyday lives of Southern Californians.
Published March 9, 2026 5:03 PM
Apple? Blueberry? Pecan? Take your pie-filled pick.
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You can’t have your cake and eat it too, but you can for pie! This Saturday, March 14, is Pi Day — yes, 3.14 the math symbol (π) — and you’ll have the chance to taste tons of pies at The Autry Museum, and help judge a mouth-watering contest.
What’s going on? The event comes from our public media friends on the Westside. KCRW’s annual PieFest & Contest brings together more than 25 vendors in its “pie marketplace.” There will be baking demos, a beer garden and more. You’ll also get free entry to the museum. The event, which goes from noon to 5 p.m., is free and open to the public. You can RSVP here.
The contests: Bakers will go head-to-head in a massive pie-baking contest, judged by Will Ferrell, Roy Choi and L.A. food writers. You’ll also play a role by voting for your visual favorites in the Pie Pageant. (No pie-eating contest, womp womp.)
What is Pi Day? Pi Day is observed on March 14 because the month and day format we use has the first three digits for the value of Pi (π), 3.14. It was officially designated by Congress in 2009 (yes, really).
Kavish Harjai
writes about how people get around L.A.
Published March 9, 2026 4:31 PM
Currently, most people hail rideshare vehicles from the 'LAX-it' passenger pickup lot.
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LAX officials are considering a proposal Tuesday to increase the fees it charges rideshare companies to access the airport.
Current fees: Rideshare companies pass along to their customers a $4 or $5 airport fee. You might see this listed as a line item on your receipt as an “LAX Airport Surcharge.”
Proposed fees: The Los Angeles World Airports Board of Commissioners could vote tomorrow to increase that fee by as much as $2 to $8 depending on where the rideshare picks you up or drops you off.
Read on…to learn more about the “why” behind the proposed fee changes.
LAX officials are considering a proposal Tuesday to increase the fees rideshare companies are charged to access the airport.
Currently, rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft generally pass a $4 to $5 airport fee along to their customers. You might see this listed as a line item on your receipt as an “LAX Airport Surcharge.”
But the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Commissioners could vote to increase that fee by as much as $2 to $8 depending on where the rideshare picks you up or drops you off.
The idea behind the proposal is to encourage the use of the long-awaited,much-delayed and over-budget Automated People Mover once it opens and decrease congestion in the central terminal area, the area of the airport that’s also known as the horseshoe.
David Reich, a deputy executive director for the city agency that manages the airport, told LAist that if the proposal is approved, LAX doesn’t plan on increasing the fee until after the Automated People Mover opens, which could be later this year.
The proposed increases
When the Automated People Mover opens, there will be new curb space for drop-off and pick-up. Known as the “ground transport center,” this new curb space will be a 4-minute trip from the terminal area via the Automated People Mover, according to Reich.
LAX-it will shut down as a rideshare and taxi lot once the train opens, Reich said.
If the proposal is approved, getting an Uber or Lyft to and from the ground transport center will come with a $6 airport fee.
Even once the Automated People Mover opens, you will still be able to get rides directly to and from the curbs along the horseshoe, but they will come with a $12 fee.
The proposed increases would also apply to taxi and limousine services, which currently operate under a slightly different fee structure than rideshare companies.
The increased fees are expected to generate as much as $100 million in the first year the Automated People Mover is usable, according to a report to the board.
Why the different fees for the different locations?
In a report to the board, Reich said the Automated People Mover represents a "significant investment” that aims to “fundamentally reshape how vehicles move through the airport.”
The idea behind having a higher fee for direct access to the curbs along the horseshoe is to encourage “use of new, high-capacity infrastructure” and preserve central terminal access for trips “that most require it.”
Details on tomorrow’s meeting
The Los Angeles World Airports Board of Commissioners agenda for tomorrow’s 10 a.m. meeting can be found here. The proposal detailed in this article is item number 21. A related item, number 22, will also be heard tomorrow. While you can watch the meeting remotely via the link in the agenda, only in-person public comments will be heard.
The meeting will be held at the following address:
Samuel Greenberg Board Room 107/116 Clifton A. Moore Administration Building Los Angeles International Airport 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California 90045 Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Uber is trying to fight the increases
Uber is trying to mobilize the public to fight the proposed fee increases.
“Raising the LAX rideshare fee from $5 to $12 at the curb would punish travelers, working families, and seniors who depend on affordable, reliable transportation,” Danielle Lam, the head of local California policy for Uber, said in a statement.
On Monday, Uber sent an email to passengers who recently used the rideshare service, urging them to write to city officials to “stop this massive fee hike.”
Lyft has not responded to a request for comment.
Ten state lawmakers who are members of the L.A. County delegation sent a letter on Monday to the board expressing their “strong opposition” to the proposed increases.
“Many Angelenos rely on a mix of options, including rideshare services and friends or family dropping off loved ones,” the legislators wrote in the letter. “Managing congestion cannot realistically rely on steep fee increases for certain transportation options.”
Eight of the 10 legislators who signed the letter have received campaign contributions from Uber or Lyft, according to an LAist analysis of state campaign contribution data.
Other ways to access the airport
Now is probably a good time to remind folks that there are other ways to get to the airport that don’t involve rideshares, taxis or even lifts from families and friends.
The FlyAway bus offers regularly scheduled rides from the airport to Union Station in downtown L.A. and Van Nuys. You can see the schedules here.
Last year, the countywide transportation agency unveiled the LAX/Metro Transit center, which is accessible from the C and K rail lines and several bus routes. For now, an LAX shuttle is bringing travelers from the station to the airport. It will be one of the stops on the Automated People Mover once it opens.
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Jill Replogle
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Published March 9, 2026 2:52 PM
Joggers run past the concrete white bunnies at the Newport Beach Civic Center Park: Locals call it "Bunnyhenge."
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The Newport Beach City Council is considering demolishing part of its quirky, beloved sculpture garden in Civic Center Park to make way for a new police station.
Why it matters: The sculpture garden is a “museum without walls” treasured by art and nature lovers alike. It houses the quirky and once-controversial “Bunnyhenge,” included on the popular Atlas Obscura travel guide. Opponents of putting a new police headquarters on park grounds say it would compromise the environment, and decimate the sculpture garden.
Why now: The city has been trying to figure out how to replace its aging police headquarters for years. It bought a property in 2022 with that intent. But an ad hoc City Council committee decided, controversially, it might be better to instead build a new station on the parkland next to city hall.
Read on... to learn more on the project and how weigh in.
The Newport Beach City Council is considering demolishing part of its quirky, beloved sculpture garden in Civic Center Park to make way for a new police station.
The city has been trying to figure out how to replace its aging police headquarters for years. It bought a property in 2022 with that intent. But an ad hoc City Council committee decided, controversially, it might be better to instead build a new station on the parkland next to city hall.
What’s so great about the sculpture garden?
The sculpture garden is a “museum without walls” treasured by art and nature lovers alike. It houses the quirky and once-controversial “Bunnyhenge,” included on the popular Atlas Obscura travel guide. Opponents of putting a new police headquarters on park grounds say it would compromise the environment, and decimate the sculpture garden.
What do supporters of the new station idea say?
Supporters say the current police station, built in 1973, is long overdue for an upgrade, and that the police force needs more space for things like servers to store digital evidence. The council ad hoc committee that studied the issue says the Civic Center parkland makes the most sense for a new building because the city already owns the land, and it would consolidate the city’s main services in one place.
Is it a done deal?
Far from it. The City Council is holding a study session Tuesday to present the plan publicly and gather input. If the council decides to go forward, the next step would be to hire a consultant to design the building and get started on an environmental impact report.
Here’s how to learn more and weigh in:
Newport Beach study session on new police headquarters
When: 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 10
Where: 100 Civic Center Dr., Newport Beach
Remote options: You can watch the meeting (during or afterward) on the city’s website, or live on Spectrum (Channel 3) or Cox Communications (Channel 852).
Destiny Torres
is LAist's general assignment and brings you the top news you need for the day.
Published March 9, 2026 1:36 PM
"Vehicles of Expression: The Craft of the Skateboard" opens this Saturday at the Craft in America in Los Angeles.
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A new exhibit in L.A. — Vehicles of Expression: The Craft of the Skateboard — highlights the cultural impact, history and artistry of handmade skateboards.
When does it open? The exhibit opens to the public on Saturday at the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles.
About the collection: Emily Zaiden, the director and lead curator of the Craft in America Center based in Los Angeles, told LAist’s AirTalk the exhibit was tricky to curate. “What we wanted to do was focus on both the history and then expand into how this has been an object that people have interpreted in so many different ways since the very beginning,” Zaiden said.
Read on … for more on the exhibit.
A new exhibit in L.A. — Vehicles of Expression: The Craft of the Skateboard — arrives this weekend, highlighting the cultural impact, history and artistry of handmade skateboards.
It’s the latest exhibit at Craft in America Center, a museum and library that highlights handcrafted artwork.
Todd Huber, skateboard historian and founder of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, said before 1962, it wasn’t possible to buy a skateboard in a store.
“Skateboarding started as a craft,” Huber said on AirTalk, LAst 89.3’s daily news program. “Somewhere in the 50s until 1962, if you wanted to sidewalk surf, as they called it, you had to make your own out of roller skates.”
What to expect
Emily Zaiden, the director and lead curator of the Craft in America Center based in Los Angeles, told LAist’s AirTalk the exhibit was tricky to curate.
“What we wanted to do was focus on both the history and then expand into how this has been an object that people have interpreted in so many different ways since the very beginning,” Zaiden said.
Artists who craft skateboards not only think of design, but also of the features that give riders the ability to do tricks, such as wheelies and kickflips.
“The ways that people have constructed boards, engineered boards, design boards … people are really renegade, which I think is really the spirit of skateboarding overall,” Zaiden said. “This very independent, out-of-the-box approach and making boards that allow them to do all kinds of wacky tricks and do all kinds of things that no one imagined possible physically with their body, but through the object of the board.”
Know before you go
The exhibit at Craft in America Center opens to the public on Saturday. Admission is free. The museum is open from noon to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
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