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Black Pols Shine Bold New Light on Redistricting | Media Meltdown Matters | LABJ’s Miss, Bakewell’s Dare | FivePoint’s Transition Lab | Conrad’s Fit

A vitally important story that went largely overlooked last week should reverberate in LA, where City Council districts are being redrawn. It has to …

More Questions on Ethics, Homelessness Programs in LA | Santa Ana Sideshow Obscures Case of Crooked Cop | Crenshaw’s Millennials Missing | About Brandman’s New Brand

Here’s the latest question about the ethics of public officials and homelessness programs in Los Angeles, prompted by emails among employees of the City …

Haddad’s Move Part of ‘Vision’? | SoCal Symbiosis in Art World | Another AECOM Angle | Struppa’s Head Start

There’s a composite image on the website of Irvine-based FivePoint Holdings LLC, the master planner behind the Great Park Neighborhoods and FivePoint Gateway in …

Media Matters: Soon-Shiong Buzzwords Sway NYT | Merida’s ‘Mind Meld’ | More About Irvine’s ‘Big Plan’ | AECOM’s Coffee Break in DTLA | Elephants Loose in OC

You could almost feel the bubble descending over the New York Times interview show called “Sway” during its August 12 edition featuring Patrick Soon-Shiong, …

Where’s Latino Left on Villanueva? | City of Hope Grows Again | Residential Twist Possible for NB Hotels | Alden’s Definition | Serrano’s Sales Pitch

Question for the local Latino-American left in LA: Where is the outrage over LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has specialized in outrageous behavior …

‘Big Plan’ Tells Biggest OC Story | Leiweke Scores in Queens | ASU in DTLA | Shourie, Yoshino to NYC | Tiny Sheds | Angel of the Arts District

Take 93,000 acres of prime SoCal land … identify five personalities who were prime stewards, shapers and visionaries of how the land would be …

LA City Hall Squelched Internal Query on Paloma Deal | Garcetti Gulls NYT’s Klein | Gross as The Guy | Pimco’s Problems | Community Connection in Hollywood

Want to know how the culture of corruption that pervades the City of Los Angeles has siphoned off taxpayers’ funds that were supposed to …

What Activists, Legacy Media Miss in Chinatown | Raj Stays Under Radar | Another Take on Lakers Stake | Cash Gets Expensive in Jewelry District Crackdown | Dunn Deal in OC

Residential projects are the shiny objects of gentrification, with developers tearing down older, cheaper housing stock to profit on new upscale apartments or condos …

Garcetti Ripe for GOP Grilling | Irvine Company Innuendo Costs Attorney $2,000 | Mottek’s Big Move | Red Flag on UCI’s Flattery | LAX Hotel Deal Suggests Dip for Local Sector

It looks as though Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti finally got his ticket out of town—a nomination as ambassador to India that comes amid …