Elizabeth Chou
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival'
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Karen Bass, rent hikes to be capped after two years of organizing, LAPD asks for cash for Olympics and encampme...
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival'
This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
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This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
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This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes LA County officials short on Measure A funds proposing to gut homeless services, a panel tackling LA city's budget woes gets going, and a proposed ba...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 12: LA's homeless services on the chopping block
This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
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This week, LA County short on Measure A $$ proposes gutting homeless services, LA panel tackling budget woes gets going, and a proposed measure would stick it to "overpaid" CEOs.
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival'
This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
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This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival'
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Karen Bass, rent hikes to be capped after two years of organizing, LAPD asks for cash for Olympics and encampme...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 11: 'A matter of survival'
This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, that includes a progressive challenge against Mayor Bass, rent hikes capped after two years organizing, LAPD wants $$ for Olympics and sweeps, and LA called to join charter civic assembly.
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Checked out some of the credits and one of the directors seems to have done some work for Lil Yachty and U2.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Checked out some of the credits and one of the directors seems to have done some work for Lil Yachty and U2.
Rae Huang just rolled out a pretty slick campaign video advert, centered around our car traffic, that has kind of a restless, LA film noir-ish style to it. Sunshine, but something's off. youtu.be/wmzGTof_PnA?...
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rae Huang just rolled out a pretty slick campaign video advert, centered around our car traffic, that has kind of a restless, LA film noir-ish style to it. Sunshine, but something's off. youtu.be/wmzGTof_PnA?...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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For what it's worth, she said one of the issues she had with what happened was that advocates were left out of the conversation.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For what it's worth, she said one of the issues she had with what happened was that advocates were left out of the conversation.
Lefty mayoral challenger Rae Huang says she can't take another four years of Karen Bass
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Lefty mayoral challenger Rae Huang says she can't take another four years of Karen Bass
Huang, a housing advocate and pastor, said she was upset by Bass's attempt to scale back LA's 'mansion tax.' She also criticizes Bass's Inside Safe program, calling it a bandaid solution that's very c...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lefty mayoral challenger Rae Huang says she can't take another four years of Karen Bass
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'That moment broke something in us': LAHSA's homeless services workers say they've been left in the dark amid change-over
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'That moment broke something in us': LAHSA's homeless services workers say they've been left in the dark amid shift to new county department
Workers at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority who do outreach to unhoused people, and help get people housed, have stuck it out while some of their colleagues have left for stabler jobs. They...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
'That moment broke something in us': LAHSA's homeless services workers say they've been left in the dark amid change-over
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I've also written about how the Olympics are definitely not the end game for LA boosters. There are already megaevents booked well into the 2030s. This is not going to be magically over for the city in 2028
The forever games
With fewer cities stepping up to welcome the games, the IOC is keeping a handful of previous hosts on heavy rotation. And it might mean more Olympics are on LA's horizon
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November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I've also written about how the Olympics are definitely not the end game for LA boosters. There are already megaevents booked well into the 2030s. This is not going to be magically over for the city in 2028
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Three years out, some coalitions that originally opposed the games are now pushing for reforms.
NOlympics LA organizers double down on their position: "Pretending that a 'no harm' version of the Olympics is possible is not only extremely naive. Itβs dangerous for what happens to us after 2028"
NOlympics LA organizers double down on their position: "Pretending that a 'no harm' version of the Olympics is possible is not only extremely naive. Itβs dangerous for what happens to us after 2028"
Olympic reform efforts are setting us up for a double disaster.
The writing is on the wall: people donβt want the Olympics in their city. But for the people of Los Angeles, LA28 brings the possibility of something even more alarming. What if the Olympics never left?
The writing is on the wall: people donβt want the Olympics in their city. But for the people of Los Angeles, LA28 brings the possibility of something even more alarming. What if the Olympics never left?
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Three years out, some coalitions that originally opposed the games are now pushing for reforms.
NOlympics LA organizers double down on their position: "Pretending that a 'no harm' version of the Olympics is possible is not only extremely naive. Itβs dangerous for what happens to us after 2028"
NOlympics LA organizers double down on their position: "Pretending that a 'no harm' version of the Olympics is possible is not only extremely naive. Itβs dangerous for what happens to us after 2028"
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 10: New York's Zohran is Big in LA thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, LA's anti-Olympics movement abandoned by one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party in LA, and the City Controller advertises leaving the Dems.
This week, LA's anti-Olympics movement abandoned by one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party in LA, and the City Controller advertises leaving the Dems.
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 10: New York's Zohran is Big in LA
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes LA's anti-Olympics movement getting abandoned by a one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party making inroads in Lo...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 10: New York's Zohran is Big in LA thelareporter.la/p/the-la-rep...
This week, LA's anti-Olympics movement abandoned by one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party in LA, and the City Controller advertises leaving the Dems.
This week, LA's anti-Olympics movement abandoned by one-time close ally, Mamdani inspires local politicos, Working Families Party in LA, and the City Controller advertises leaving the Dems.
LA's progressive pols look to push local 'power structure' leftward, amid celebrations of New York's Zohran @thelareporter.bsky.social
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LA's progressive pols look to push local 'power structure' leftward, amid celebrations of New York's Zohran
Zohran Mamdani voted for himself not as a candidate of the Democratic party, but of the Working Families Party. The local California chapters of the 'third' option for mostly Democrat types are also t...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
LA's progressive pols look to push local 'power structure' leftward, amid celebrations of New York's Zohran @thelareporter.bsky.social
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Sanitation department customers in the city of LA, please send me your photos and stories of how the Great Green Bin Apocalypse of 2025 has affected (or infected?) you
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Sanitation department customers in the city of LA, please send me your photos and stories of how the Great Green Bin Apocalypse of 2025 has affected (or infected?) you
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2k words + a trip to the ER later (I'm OK), here is my latest story for @lataco.bsky.social about the LAPD'S response to World Series celebrations in L.A.. I spoke to a man who was headed to the Gold Room for a nightcap and had to undergo surgery after being hit in the finger with a "ruber bullet."
One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a βrubber bullet.β
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
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The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
2k words + a trip to the ER later (I'm OK), here is my latest story for @lataco.bsky.social about the LAPD'S response to World Series celebrations in L.A.. I spoke to a man who was headed to the Gold Room for a nightcap and had to undergo surgery after being hit in the finger with a "ruber bullet."
A very cool report from @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social, with some amazing sound bites from LA council members Tim McOsker and Katy Yaroslavsky. πΏπ₯€
LAPD found another way to defund the city, this time by trying to overhire officers beyond their hiring budget. The decision could cost the city $3.56 million in $ it doesn't have, and the councilmembers on the Budget and Finance Committee weren't too happy about it
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LAPD projects to further defund the city by overhiring officers, drawing ire from city council.
No funding has been identified to cover the $3.56 million overspending.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A very cool report from @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social, with some amazing sound bites from LA council members Tim McOsker and Katy Yaroslavsky. πΏπ₯€
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Councilmember Ysabel Jurado has introduced a motion to protect journalists covering protests. The motion: LAPD will create a public campaign on how to obtain LAPD-issued press passes along w/ signing MoUs between press groups and the city to create an agreement on conduct at protests.
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Councilmember Ysabel Jurado has introduced a motion to protect journalists covering protests. The motion: LAPD will create a public campaign on how to obtain LAPD-issued press passes along w/ signing MoUs between press groups and the city to create an agreement on conduct at protests.
Here's a response from Mike Sanchez, spokesperson for the LA County Registrar-Recorder's Office, on questions I had around how many polling sites there used to be in the area.
Basically, there are much fewer sites than in the last cycle, but more than the minimum required.
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Basically, there are much fewer sites than in the last cycle, but more than the minimum required.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here's a response from Mike Sanchez, spokesperson for the LA County Registrar-Recorder's Office, on questions I had around how many polling sites there used to be in the area.
Basically, there are much fewer sites than in the last cycle, but more than the minimum required.
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Basically, there are much fewer sites than in the last cycle, but more than the minimum required.
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Gina told me she recalls there being five sites within a half mile radius, and that it then got reduced to three. Now there appears to be one?
I'm checking with the registrar's office about it.
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I'm checking with the registrar's office about it.
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"I like to meet my neighbors and chat with them about the politics of the world. I didnβt expect to be there for an hour and half."
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Gina told me she recalls there being five sites within a half mile radius, and that it then got reduced to three. Now there appears to be one?
I'm checking with the registrar's office about it.
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I'm checking with the registrar's office about it.
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Gina just posted her video here: www.instagram.com/reel/DQqKp2z...
undefined on Instagram: "ginaf0101Waited over an hour in line to vote, because they closed the 4 other locations in my South LA area. Ridiculous! Yes, I couβ¦"
ginaf0101Waited over an hour in line to vote, because they closed the 4 other locations in my South LA area. Ridiculous! Yes, I could have mailed it in but I like seeing my neighbors and meeting new ones. Itβs usually a 15 minute wait, but over an hour was too much. Happy to see a great turn out though. Vote!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gina just posted her video here: www.instagram.com/reel/DQqKp2z...
Fields estimated that tonight there were around 200 people when she was in line, and then when she left, it seemed like it was around 250.
Here's a video she sent me that gives you a sense of the line:
Here's a video she sent me that gives you a sense of the line:
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fields estimated that tonight there were around 200 people when she was in line, and then when she left, it seemed like it was around 250.
Here's a video she sent me that gives you a sense of the line:
Here's a video she sent me that gives you a sense of the line:
"I like to meet my neighbors and chat with them about the politics of the world. I didnβt expect to be there for an hour and half."
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"I like to meet my neighbors and chat with them about the politics of the world. I didnβt expect to be there for an hour and half."
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
Fields, who is on her neighborhood council and was its chair (Empowerment Congress West Area), recalls there being five polling sites at one time.
I just spoke to Gina Fields, who told me when she threw on some sweats to go vote at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall in the Proposition 50 special election tonight, she thought she'd be done in 15 minutes.
But she ended up waiting an hour and a half to get to the polling booth!
But she ended up waiting an hour and a half to get to the polling booth!
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I just spoke to Gina Fields, who told me when she threw on some sweats to go vote at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall in the Proposition 50 special election tonight, she thought she'd be done in 15 minutes.
But she ended up waiting an hour and a half to get to the polling booth!
But she ended up waiting an hour and a half to get to the polling booth!
It's noteworthy that not everyone has been a fan of the "cut the red tape part" of things, such as the executive powers that the mayor gets under an emergency order, such as around no-bid contracting.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's noteworthy that not everyone has been a fan of the "cut the red tape part" of things, such as the executive powers that the mayor gets under an emergency order, such as around no-bid contracting.
LA Mayor Karen Bass has declared that there is no longer a shelter crisis, in a letter to LA City Council today saying things are pointed in a new direction.
Meanwhile, the county actually just extended theirs.
Meanwhile, the county actually just extended theirs.
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
LA Mayor Karen Bass has declared that there is no longer a shelter crisis, in a letter to LA City Council today saying things are pointed in a new direction.
Meanwhile, the county actually just extended theirs.
Meanwhile, the county actually just extended theirs.
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
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This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
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π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
News from an LA Reporter. This week, that includes some things LA County residents should know about the pause on CalFresh food aid, LA City Controller Mejia dropping a scathing critique of LAPD's arm...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
π¦ The LA Reporter, Issue 9: LA residents brace for federal shutdown 'hammer'
This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
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This week, what LA residents should know about food aid, the controller's critique of LAPD's mental health response, and The LA Reporter comes to the Really Really Free Market
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