Past Events

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors collectively oversees a $30 billion annual budget that pays for everything from mental health treatment to homeless services, public health to the Sheriff’s Department.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is the largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The D.A. oversees a staff of about 1,000 lawyers, 300 investigators and 800 support staff.

Haven’t studied up yet? Well, get your notepads and pencils ready—it’s time for a one-hour cram session.

Election Day is technically November 3, but early voting starts soon after October 5 when ballots begin shipping out to every active, registered voter in California.

The so-called split roll initiative would be a partial but major reversal of Proposition 13, which in 1978 changed the way commercial property taxes are calculated—and reshaped all of California in the process. Even if you don’t own any property at all, this measure affects you in a big way.

Since 1996, Proposition 209 has prohibited the state from considering race, ethnicity and gender in hiring and contracting for all government-run institutions, and for admissions to public universities. Proposition 16 on the ballot this November would repeal it.

On September 9 we took a deep dive into how we can build an inclusive local news ecosystem.

For over 60 years, real estate developers have sold a dream here: If you buy land now, you will get rich one day. Thousands of people believed this dream, but much of the land they bought was nearly worthless.

KPCC and USC Annenberg are teaming up to present #FutureOfLocalNews, a virtual discussion series designed to explore strategies for ensuring a sustainable and inclusive future for local news in Southern California

On Thursday, July 30, we put the stories of Taz Ahmed, October B.L.U., and Matthew Cuban Hernandez centerstage once again (this time virtually) as they shared their personal and authentic accounts of life here in Southern California.

On Thursday, July 23, we put the stories of Cheryl Farrell, Aeden K, and Steady’s Eddy M Gana, Jr. and Stephanie Sajor center stage once again (this time virtually) as they shared their personal and authentic accounts of life here in Southern California.

On Thursday, July 16, we put the stories of Candace Nicholas-Lippman, Dante Mitchell, and Janae Williams center stage once again (this time virtually) as they shared their personal and authentic accounts of life here in Southern California.