Two ordinances went into effect that shorten the time homeless people have to clear out their belongings after being asked to move, but concerns haven’t ebbed. Also, Nancy Jo Sales’s latest piece for Vanity Fair looks at how mobile dating apps have changed the way millennials approach dating and sex, with particular emphasis on the LA-based company Tinder. Then, what do you collect? Why do you collect what you collect?
One month later: How LA’s new homeless encampment ordinances are being enforced
It’s been a month since two ordinances went into effect that shorten the time homeless people have to clear out their belongings after being asked to move, but concern from some about how the new laws affect the homeless community hasn’t ebbed.
The Los Angeles City Council’s homelessness committee met Wednesday night to consider dialing back the ordinances a bit at the suggestion of Councilman Mike Bonin, who would like to see the misdemeanor for violators who refuse to move eliminated, among other tweaks. Advocates for the homeless say police are citing older ordinances when dismantling the camps but using the tactics of the new ones.
The two ordinances, one dealing with encampments on streets and sidewalks and the other with parks, became law after Mayor Eric Garcetti refused to sign or veto them. He instead asked that enforcement of the laws be delayed until they could be further discussed and tweaked.
Guests:
Gale Holland, reporter for the L.A. Times covering homelessness and poverty. She was at last night’s meeting of the homelessness committee
Pete White, founder and co-director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network
New documentary on LA's first African American mayor Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley was an iconic Angeleno.
The son of sharecroppers and the grandson of slaves, Bradley became an ambitious student, exceptional UCLA track star, respected LAPD officer, and ultimately a five term mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993.
Now filmmakers Lyn Goldfarb and Alison Sotomayor bring us the first documentary on Bradley - connecting with more than 100 people who knew him, including family and friends, staffers, and critics.
"Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race" will air on PBS SoCal (KOCE) this Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 p.m. and tonight at Laemmle Town Center in Encino with a filmmaker Q&A.
What are your memories of Bradley?
Guests:
Raphael Sonenshein, Executive Director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA; Academic advisor for "Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race"
Robert C. Farrell, a Freedom Rider in the 1960s who became an LA City Councilmember (1974-1991); Currently a member of the steering committee of the Black Community Clergy and Labor Alliance
Vanity Fair article claims Tinder promotes hookups and casual sex. How do you use the app?
“The Bling Ring” author Nancy Jo Sales’s latest piece for Vanity Fair looks at how mobile dating apps have changed the way millennials approach dating and sex, with particular emphasis on the LA-based company Tinder.
Her conclusions are less than flattering. Most of the 20-something women she talked to are avowed Tinder users, but they feel ambivalent about the casual sex and hook-up mentality mobile dating seems to promote inherently.
What do Tinder users in L.A. think? Let us know in comments.
Guest:
Julie Spira, online dating expert based in Los Angeles and founder of cyberdatingexpert.com. She tweets at @JulieSpira.
What fallout from the Gold King Mine spill means for future cleanups in the West
It’s been eight days since an Environmental Protection Agency-supervised crew accidentally burst a Gold King Mine plug that unleashed 3 million gallons of wastewater containing heavy metals and arsenic into the Animas River.
Communities in three states are increasingly frustrated about the downplayed and delayed response from the EPA and lack of information about the health impacts of the spill.
Yesterday Colorado health officials said the city of Durango can resume using drinking water treatment facilities that draw from the river. Experts believe this accident could significantly shape the way in which the EPA and others conduct future mine cleanups in the western United States.
Guests:
Jonathan Thompson, lives and works in Durango, CO, where he’s Senior Editor at High Country News
Joel Reynolds, Western director and senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), he has penned an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times titled "The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety"
How to share news of a mutual friend's death: ':-( Bobby's DOA. RIP!'
In a hyper-connected world filled with over-sharing, when it comes to the bad news of a friend's death, you are more likely to learn about it through a text message, email or on Facebook than from a phone call or even face-to-face.
With an abundance of communication media, what is the etiquette of sharing news of someone's death?
Advice columnist Amy Alkon says "People tend to sneer at email and text message as lesser forms of communication, but it can be done tactfully and is even preferred by some." Alkon counsels that if you must use text or email to impart the bad news, make sure to offer a phone call, as well. In years past, even a phone call would seem rude and impersonal, "but that is not the pace of the world we live in today," Alkon adds.
How have you handled sharing the bad news of a friend's death? And has it ever been mishandled by people in your life?
Guest:
Amy Alkon, Author of the science-based book "Good Manners for Bad People who sometimes say F*CK"
Albums, baseball cards, shot glasses: Those and the odder things we collect
Jay Leno is famous for his massive car collection and Tom Hanks is known to be a lover of vintage typewriters.
From matchbooks to stamps to die-cast toy cars, people collect all kinds of things. But what are the stranger collections out there?
What do you collect? Why do you collect what you collect?
Call 866-893-5722 to let us know!
Guest:
Joan Hamill, Communication Relations Director at the Orange County Fair, which wraps up this weekend and holds a "Collections" competition every year