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To the editor: I am writing to to express my dismay at the “ambitious” housing initiative unveiled by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in her State of the City address. It boils down to begging for donations from the city’s wealthy to purchase…

To the editor: I am the third elected Latina on the City Council in Los Angeles’ history, and I can tell you that achieving this office involved overcoming machismo and other social forces — it was not some anointed moment. Tragically,…

Feb. 19, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: Economist George Zuo clearly does not understand the purpose of renters’ right to counsel, something that 17 cities, four states and one county across the nation already have codified. (“Renting in…

Feb. 15, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: Thirty years ago, I moved from L.A. to North Carolina, and last spring was the first time I returned to California — via roadways. What was ubiquitous along the 2,569 miles it took to get to…

Feb. 11, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: The answer to the question of whether the Los Angeles River can be our water solution is, “Yes, and ...” Distributed power generation (rooftop solar, in other words) made it so we didn’t have to…

Jan. 3, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and the state of California have done a great job going after the vocally NIMBY cities like La Cañada Flintridge and Huntington Beach. The bigger problem is that the state is…

Dec. 25, 2023 3 AM PT To the editor: Your article, “The little-understood reason why clearing homeless encampments became harder in California than most other states,” is written as if the human suffering on the streets of Los Angeles…

Dec. 20, 2023 3 AM PT To the editor: I enjoyed your article on how to spot early signs of gentrification in your neighborhood. There are some very clear additional clues that you didn’t mention. Here in the late, great Venice…

Dec. 16, 2023 3 AM PT To the editor: Members of the pro-Palestinian group IfNotNow who took over the 110 Freeway on Dec. 13 need to be held fully accountable for their actions, financially and criminally. The costs for law…

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