AirTalk will be covering the president's announcement live, debating the decision and analyzing its possible outcomes. We also interview L.A. County sheriff candidate Bob Lindsey; dive into AEG's announcement that it will be expanding the Los Angeles Convention Center; and more.
New proposal aims to expand LA Convention Center to the tune of $1.2 billion
The L.A Convention Center and the JW Marriott hotel might be undergoing an expansion, growing the exhibition space as well as nearby parking and hotel rooms, to make the Center competitive with some of the biggest convention spaces in the U.S.
As reported by the L.A. Times, the proposal comes from the Anschutz Entertainment Group, and requests tax incentives from the city.
The L.A Convention Center hasn’t been expanded since 1997 and since then, other cities, like Anaheim and San Diego, have upgraded their facilities. Tourism officials have said that L.A has lost nearly $1 billion in potential convention bookings.
What would this expansion mean for tourism in Downtown L.A.? And if you’re local to the community, what do you think about the potential development?
Guests:
Hugo Martin, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, covering the travel industry; he co-wrote the story “AEG proposes $1.2-billion expansion of L.A. Convention Center and JW Marriott hotel”
Jessica Lall, president and Chief Executive Officer for the Central City Association of Los Angeles (CCA), an advocacy group that aims to increase investment into Downtown Los Angeles
Susan Hunter, community organizer for the Coalition to Preserve Los Angeles, a nonprofit organization advocating for government transparency and thoughtful planning in the city of Los Angeles
LA County Sheriff’s race interview: Bob Lindsey
There are three candidates running for the L.A. County Sheriff position: two department veterans, Bob Lindsey and Alex Villanueva, and incumbent Sheriff Jim McDonnell.
In the coming month ahead of the June 5 primary, we’ll do interviews with all of them.
Today, Larry Mantle sits down with candidate Bob Lindsey, a retired Commander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, where he served for 32 years. He worked as the Department’s Director of Personnel for five of those years. Now, he wants to return to the department and says he wants to make it more transparent.
We’ll discuss how Lindsey plans to achieve this, as well as his other goals for the L.A. County Sheriff’s department, should he win the seat, as well as his critiques of the current leadership and the other candidates.
Ready for Election Day? Get up to speed on what you need to know with KPCC’s Voter Game Plan. Read up on the candidates and ballot measures, find out about registration deadlines and ask us your questions.
Guest:
Bob Lindsey, one of the candidates for the L.A. County Sheriff’s race; he is a retired Commander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, where he served for 32 years
California could become first state in the nation to mandate solar on new homes
The California Energy Commission is voting Wednesday on requiring solar panels on new homes.
The vote is expected to pass, and the requirement isn’t kicking in until 2020. As expected, the move is welcomed by environmentalists. And it is an idea also embraced by many homebuilders. Critics, however, think that the requirement would jack up already-high home prices in the state.
Guests:
David Baker, energy reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle who covered the story; he tweets
Evan Gillespie, campaign director at the Sierra Club
President Trump announces decision to pull out of Iran nuclear accord
President Donald Trump has announce a decision on Tuesday to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord.
Trump says that if he allowed the deal to stand, there would soon be a nuclear arms race.
He also says a constructive deal could easily have been struck at the time, but it wasn't.
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Bryan Bender, defense reporter for POLITICO Pro; he tweets
Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives at the Wilson Center, a Washington-based non-partisan policy forum that tackles global issues through independent research; he is a former advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli negotiations, 1978-2003; he tweets
Danielle Pletka, senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based conservative public policy research institute; she tweets
Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based non-profit public policy think tank; she is the author of multiple books on Iran, including “Iran’s Political Economy since the Revolution” (Cambridge University Press, 2015); she tweets