Union Group Tries To Bully L.A. Times Into Burying Racist Remarks
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Biden Is Still Seeking Potential Life Sentences for Distributing Weed, Even As He Pardons for Possession
Pardoning possession offenders is nice. Taking his boot off the necks of cannabis sellers would be even better.
LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Reportedly Investigating Cops Accused of Gang Rape
Plus: The Onion weighs in on qualified immunity case, Supreme Court rejects challenges to bump stock ban, and more...
L.A. Times Investigates California's Marijuana Legalization Disaster
An emphasis on corruption and enforcement downplays the very real influence of regulation and taxes on California's booming black market.
Elementary School Calls Cops on 4-Year-Old for Violating Mask Mandate
In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles County, authorities are quickly learning there's little public will to follow their mandates.
FBI Misled Judge in Obtaining Warrant To Seize Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes
New court documents show that the FBI planned for months to seize and forfeit property found inside safe deposit boxes in an L.A. raid under the pretext of doing an inventory.
COVID Taught More Than 1 Million Parents the Value of School Choice
Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.
Ineffective Mask Mandates Could Be Returning in L.A. and Seattle
Evidence from the past two years suggests they won't make a difference.
LAPD's Militarized Response to Peaceful Abortion Protests Makes the Case for Police Reform—Again
Reforms promised after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 are not being followed by Los Angeles police.
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Embattled L.A. County Sheriff Villanueva Will Have To Fight To Stay in Office
He’s been dismissive of fears of gang activity in the LASD and on the attack against critics and investigators. Voters have noticed.
Bad Candidates Threaten Criminal Justice Reform in California
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, voters face candidates who promised criminal justice reforms but whose records have been disappointing.
L.A.'s Eternal Eviction Moratorium
Now that the pandemic is fading and much of the available rent relief has been spent, L.A.'s eviction moratorium seems like pure regulatory inertia.
California Cities Sue Law Firm Accused of Abusing the ADA To Target Small Minority Businesses
San Francisco and Los Angeles insist in suit that likely tens of millions have been illegitimately squeezed from small businesses by ADA plaintiffs without proper legal standing.
L.A. Considers Honoring Civil Rights-Era Housing Activist by Making It Harder To Build Housing
Preservationists hope to make the one-time home of Loren Miller a historic landmark. That it would make it nearly impossible to redevelop the $1.4 million two-bedroom home.
Audit: L.A. Spending as Much as $837,000 per Unit of Housing for Homeless
Despite apportioning over $1 billion for homeless housing, cost overruns and sluggish pacing threaten to jeopardize the city project.
The Super Bowl Will Be Played in the Most Expensive Stadium Ever Built. Taxpayers Didn't Pay a Dime.
Meanwhile, Virginia and Washington, D.C., are in a bidding war to decide which taxpayers will have the chance to pay for the Washington Commanders' new stadium. It shouldn't be this way.
California Citizens Get State's Blessing To Start Unmasking Soon
But not so fast, Angelenos. No return to normal for you.
L.A.'s Vaccination Mandate Has Not Increased Compliance. A New Petition Would Force Its Repeal.
Los Angeles Libertarians to start gathering signatures to overturn the four-month-old ordinance.
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Says His Mask Mandate Violation Was OK Because He Held His Breath
If California politicians think the mask mandate is stupid, they should lead the charge to get rid of it.
This L.A. School Called the Cops on Unvaccinated Teens Who Showed Up for Class
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
L.A. Schools Will Require Non-Cloth Masks (Even for Sports) and Vaccination Next Year
School choice is the best alternative for parents who are reasonably frustrated with this insanity.
Before Promising To Solve the World's Big Problems, Politicians Should Aim To Fix Potholes
The lonely crusade against government hubris.
California Promised Street Vendors More Freedom. Instead They Got More Rules.
The state’s “reforms” have saddled merchants with oppressively expensive permitting demands.
To Fight Climate Change, Los Angeles Bans Restaurants From Giving Out Unsolicited Ketchup Packets
Businesses that give customers condiments without them first asking for them could receive fines totaling $300.
Los Angeles Orders Local Businesses To Serve as Vaccination Enforcers
The fines for failure fall not on the unvaccinated, but the people serving them.
California Is Clueless About Homelessness
Both Los Angeles and San Francisco struggle with restrictive land use regulations that raise the costs and completion times of housing projects. That same red tape is now hobbling projects aimed at helping alleviate homelessness.
Two More California Cities Preparing To Ban Flavored Tobacco and Vape Products
After San Francisco approved a similar ban, teen smoking rates increased.
L.A. Finally Lets People Eat In Parking Lots
Los Angeles temporarily eased parking requirements during the pandemic, offering a glimpse of how much a less restrictive zoning code improves urban life.
L.A. Teachers Union Leader: 'There's No Such Thing As Learning Loss'
"It’s OK that our babies may not have learned all their times tables," says Cecily Myart-Cruz. "They learned resilience."
Don't Let the Media Scare You With COVID Numbers From L.A. Schools
Eighteen months into the pandemic, news outlets are still selling sensationalism and burying context
L.A. Council Members Propose Draconian, Unenforceable Vaccine Passports
Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
Citing Rising COVID-19 Cases, L.A. County Reimposes a General Mask Mandate and Threatens Additional Restrictions
Requiring inoculated people to wear masks does not seem like a sensible or effective response, and it could deter vaccination.
Los Angeles Is Squandering $1.2 Billion While Homeless Face a 'Spiral of Death'
Federal Judge David O. Carter says Los Angeles' “inaction" is "so egregious, and the state so nonfunctional" that it's likely "in violation of the Equal Protection Clause."
Neighbors Won't Let Decaying L.A. French Restaurant Die, Despite Owner's Wishes
Cruel NIMBYism hides in call for historic preservation.
Will the Spike in Murder and Violence Undermine Criminal Justice Reform?
Growing criticism of big-city progressive D.A.s George Gascón and Chesa Boudin underscores the importance of distinguishing necessary reform from simply failing to enforce the rule of law.
Cops Receive Qualified Immunity for Coercing a 13-Year-Old Into Confessing to a Murder He Didn't Commit
The boy was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
Art Tavana: What Guns N' Roses Tells Us About the American Dream
How Axl Rose reflected a country desperate but unwilling to move on from a worn-out postwar consensus on national identity, gender roles, and global hegemony.
In the Face of Arrests, City Barricades, and Revoked Permits, This California Saloon Fights for Its Right To Reopen
For months, the owners of Tin Horn Flats have refused to comply with restrictions on their business.
Teachers Unions Extracting Final Payouts Before Schools Reopen
L.A. teachers win $500 childcare concession, though New York union still holding firm on anti-scientific 2-case rule.
