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Frank Stoltze
What I cover
I cover how well democracy is working, how various social and political movements seek to improve the lives of Angelenos and how national conversations are affecting local decision making.
My background
I arrived in L.A. in 1991, the year four LAPD officers beat Rodney King and a year before the riots/rebellion. I’ve covered everything from fires and floods to police corruption and political scandal. My work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the L.A. Press Club and the Associated Press.
My goals
I seek to listen to a wide variety of community voices as I hold powerful people accountable and to reveal how seemingly small policy changes have large-scale ripple effects on the people of L.A.
Best way to reach me
I would love to hear your feedback, questions and ideas. You can reach me by email at fstoltze@laist.com, or if you have a tip you’d like to share more privately, you can reach me on Signal. My username is @frankstoltze.
Stories by Frank Stoltze
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L.A. County doesn’t need to lock up so many people, a nationally-renowned jail expert suggests in a new report. It also calls for closing Men’s Central Jail.
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Giants fan Bryan Stow will never play catch again, after being beaten severely while leaving a Dodgers game.
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The only thing you can definitively say at this point about the race to succeed Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is that any one of four people can win it.
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The newest menace troubling law enforcement? Twitter parties.
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The poll indicates nearly two-thirds of voters support Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposals.
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In an update scheduled for Tuesday, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors once again take up reforms inside the county's troubled jail system.
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Facing a growing crisis of confidence at LAFD, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has appointed a stats expert to help.
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The facility has become notorious lately for accusations of brutality, but the department insists it’s been looking at the idea for quite a while.
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ACLU of Southern California says the state should not repeat what it called the state’s “mistake” of locking up so many non-violent, non-serious criminals over the past three decades.
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Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich wants “Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor” to be his official job title on the ballot when he runs for district attorney.
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A big winner was Councilman Jose Huizar, who will now represent most of wealthy downtown.
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The report is the first since two investigators were permanently assigned to the Probation Department in 2010 amid allegations of excessive use of force at juvenile halls and probation camps.
