Frank Stoltze
I came to L.A. as a very young reporter on New Year’s Day, 1991. Two months later, four LAPD officers were caught on videotape beating Rodney King. A year later, the night before the riots/rebellion broke out, I was in the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts at an extraordinary rally of rival gangs that had brokered a truce.
Today, I cover Civics and Democracy in L.A. As we face perhaps the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War, I seek to engage with communities and examine the hurdles to becoming involved in the political process. I cover the various social and political movements seeking to improve the lives of Angelenos. I also cover anti-democratic forces.
And after all these years, I still need to figure out the best donut shop in L.A. The best torta. The best (not fanciest) coffee. Best of all I get to meet the smartest, most interesting people and bring their voices to you.
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“Today we take a great step forward,” Bass said, adding her plan is designed “to bring people inside from tents and encampments for good.” -
The largely symbolic move came as some supervisors expressed concern over robbing resources from some of the other 87 cities in the county to help the city of Los Angeles.
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Nearly 12% of the unhoused people in the U.S. — estimated to be about 582,000 on any given night — live in L.A. County.
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The unanimous vote came one day after Bass issued the declaration.
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After being sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris, Bass called on Angelenos “to welcome housing in every neighborhood.”
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Karen Bass will become the first woman to lead Los Angeles.
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The numbers were down in 2021 compared with 2020, but a local expert says this is "a difficult category to count."
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Because of underreporting, the 786 hate crimes noted in the report probably "greatly understate" the scale of the problem, according to the head of the county's human relations commission.
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Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva had cut off the watchdog's access to department facilities, databases, and personnel.
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Nearly one-quarter of the county’s 10 million people experience food insecurity.
