Where Are LA’s Homelessness Dollars Going?
At a March hearing in federal court, Judge David O. Carter asked Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other leaders to commit to posting full invoices within two weeks — on a city website — showing how service providers have been spending the millions the city pays them through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). LAHSA’s top executive and Bass agreed. But 11 weeks later, the city still hasn’t done that. City officials launched a website in early April that links to the types of services that providers are required to offer unhoused people, and includes a partial list of how much was paid to each Inside Safe provider. But it doesn’t break down how the Inside Safe providers actually spent the funds they were provided, nor how many people were served in connection with each payment or the number of services provided. It’s simply a tally of how much each provider was paid. Joining to discuss is Nick Gerda, LAist senior reporter covering unhoused communities.
With files from LAist. Read Nick Gerda’s full story here.
LAPD Interim Chief Choi On Protest Encampments, Mass Transit Crime, And More
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Dominic Choi joins Larry Mantle on AirTalk today for his monthly visit to discuss the rise in mass transit crime and possible solutions, protest encampments and police response, and the search for the next police chief.
Checking In On US Supreme Court As Final Cases Are Decided Before Its Summer Recess
Since the Supreme Court’s current term started last October, the highest court in the country has decided on topics from gerrymandering to the power the Environmental Protection Agency holds, with its session now coming to a recess at the end of this month. So today on the program, we recap some of the biggest decisions made this term so far, and what other cases we should expect prior to the Supreme Court’s summer recess, with Kimberly Robinson, supreme court reporter for Bloomberg Law.
The Lawsuit That Could Change The Future Of Reggaeton Music
A lawsuit alleging Latin music stars from Bad Bunny to Karol G illegally copied or sampled a drum pattern is moving forward after a federal judge denied motions to dismiss last week.
The lawsuit was filed last year by Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the estate of Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson, claiming that the Jamaican producers created an “original” beat with their 1989 track “Fish Market.” More than 100 artists and 1,000 songs are targeted in the consolidated suit.
Joining us to discuss what the lawsuit means for the reggaeton genre and how it could affect music copyright cases across the board are Kembrew McLeod, professor of communication studies at the University of Iowa, and Peter DiCola, professor of law at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law.
