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My Sunday Column: A few people can change a lot in a community … Look at the Political Awakening in Pasadena

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

The radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, whose insights are used today as much by those on the right as on the left, once wrote: “If people don’t think they have the power to solve their problems, they won’t even think … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column: “Whoever wins this election, it will be about the American people because the choice is so stark.”

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

A newsie like me needs an angle to lure you into the spider’s web of the world he sees, but I wasn’t sure I had one Thursday night as I walked out of the South Lake Avenue headquarters of the … Continue reading →

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Big city, small city — L.A. vs. Pasadena, Burbank, Glendale, Lakewood, Compton, Monterey Park …

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

This tale of two treasures of the greater Los Angeles area — two National Historic Landmarks, two venerable stadiums built at the same time 90 years ago — says a lot about the role of politics and leadership in determining … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: Granny Flats, Converted Garages, Houses Turned into Tenements

Posted on November 16, 2009 by

This may be the most desperate and despicable act yet by City Hall in its long war to eradicate the middle class from Los Angeles. They call it a proposed Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance. That’s a phrase intended to obscure … Continue reading →

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