Homelessness has been a major issue in Los Angeles since the 1980s due to population growth outpacing housing development.

But a recent Bloomberg CityLab story shared by our Executive Editor Will Doig shows some hope.

The number of unhoused people in L.A.

is now declining! #HousingCrisis #LAPolitics

Tensions Rise as Dodgers Deny Entry to Immigration Agents at Stadium

Tensions Rise as Dodgers Deny Entry to Immigration Agents at Stadium ...

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🗳Do You Live in Louisiana or do You Know Anyone Who Does?🗳

Louisiana will be having several elections through 2025, with early voting beginning March 15 for one on March 29

4 constitutional amendments are on the ballot! https://www.notothemall.org/

#uspol #uspolitics #election #elections #louisiana #lapol #lapolitics #vote #voting #politics

NO to them ALL, Y'all

NO to them ALL, Y'all

From Al Jazeera:

LA City Hall has been in a panic. Mayor Karen Bass has dismissed LA’s Fire Chief, and the Department of Water and Power is under scrutiny.

Water wars in Los Angeles, same as it ever was. Moneyed interests like Big Agriculture get the water, municipalities get the blame.

#LosAngeles #LAPolitics #LA

https://aje.io/i5eqkr

California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water

The battle for California’s water pitted ranchers against water barons and still echoes today.

Al Jazeera

ydlouisiana
Four statewide constitutional amendments and various parish-wide issues are on the ballot THIS Saturday in #Louisiana. 💙 Resources available at YDLA.org 💙

#geauxvote #election #explore #gretna #vote #christmas #lapolitics

LA’s oil ban is blocked. ⚖️

The judge ruled the state has final say over oil drilling operations.

Activists vow to keep fighting environmental racism.

A new state bill could still save the ban. #StandWithLA #LAPolitics

Girl, what?! Fcking hard labor for being involved with a nationally recognized, old as crap organization? Why!??! *checks notes* Because fascism that's why.

https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/

"The HB 777 text reads:

A. No public official or employee shall appropriate, allocate, reimburse, or otherwise or in any way expend public funds to or with the American Library Association or its successor.
B. No public employee shall request or receive reimbursement or remuneration in any form for continuing education or for attending a conference if the continuing education or conference was sponsored or conducted, in whole or in part, by the American Library Association or its successor.
C. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both."

#USPol #USPolitics #LAPolitics #Louisiana #HB77

Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association

Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.

BOOK RIOT
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice?

Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn't increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.

Los Angeles Times

For the past couple of days I’ve been saying “He’s so bad he makes me pine for Bobby Jindal.”

But this is a much better line: “Landry is so bad that he makes Bobby Jindal look like Barack Obama.” #USpolitics #LApolitics #Louisiana https://first-draft.com/2023/10/17/jeff-landry-cajun-desantis/

Jeff Landry: Cajun DeSantis

Meet the Cajun Louse.

FIRST DRAFT

L.A.'s recent string of corruption cases have been greeted with condemnation and calls for reform. But this time around, some are reacting to the conviction of Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas by offering tributes, not scorn

LA Times David Zahniser, Julia Wick, Matt Hamilton

https://t.co/xIhCE2F8xx

#Politics #LA #LAPolitics

After a guilty verdict, praise pours in for Ridley-Thomas

The acclaim, coming right after a jury's guilty verdict, showed the huge base of friendship and support Mark Ridley-Thomas amassed over three decades in office.

Los Angeles Times