The battle lines around the pro-development (and pro-gentrification) SB 827 are becoming increasingly clear, with 37 grassroots organizations from L.A. yesterday releasing a letter detailing their opposition. On one side, in support, you have the…
Los Angeles lawmakers took broad steps Tuesday to tackle the region’s homeless problem. L.A. city passed a 14 point plan while L.A. county greenlit its 47-goal proposal. More than $2 billion could be spent over…
IN THE EARLY-MORNING hours of December 6, a wildfire began spreading through the hills surrounding Bel Air, California, eventually blazing through the Santa Monica Mountains along the side of the 405 freeway and damaging parts of…
As the search begins for his replacement, some in Los Angeles are celebrating Charlie Beck’s departure. The call for the Los Angeles police chief’s removal had become a weekly refrain at the police commission…
Skid row activists on Tuesday aimed what they called their “alternative state of the union” address squarely at President Trump, blaming him for the homeless tents that flanked them as they spoke. Five…
With the recent announcement that LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck is “retiring”, a coalition of organizers from across LA, including Pete White from the Los Angeles Community Action Network, turned out to the…
“You almost forget you’re in Los Angeles,” Leilani Farha remarked, looking up at a shabby hotel with a cartoon palm tree on its sign — a reminder of Southern California, the dream, in…
Black Lives Matter Los Angeles will hold community meeting on DA Jackie Lacey’s failure to prosecute fatal shootings of civilians by police, deputies LOS ANGELES — Black Lives Matter Los Angeles (BLMLA) activists, supporters and the families of…
DTLA – Downtown Los Angeles has a number of popular farmers markets, but many people would be surprised to know that Skid Row has its own pop-up program for organic produce, run by the…
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has counted a disheartening number of individuals on the streets – about 58,000 in 2017, marking a 23 percent increase compared with the year before. Sputnik interviewed…
District Attorney Lacey, We write today to demand you meet in an open community forum with the family members of Los Angeles County residents killed by police and to respond to the Black…
Skid Row, commonly known as “the homeless capitol of America”, has been long overdue for a UN visit (which consisted of a town hall meeting and a walking tour through the streets of…