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Failed State Update: The Sidewalks of L.A.

by jpitney | Sep 2, 2024 | California Politics, Infrastruture, Local Government

At LAT, Steve Lopez on the failure of Los Angeles to fix its dilapidated sidewalks: The city still does handle sidewalk repairs if the service request is by or for someone who is disabled, but that program is nothing to cheer about. In 2016, under terms of a federal...

Failed State Update: MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark.

by jpitney | Aug 25, 2024 | California Politics, Crime, Drugs

Steve Lopez at LAT: When he was a boy of 12 or so, and his parents were busy running the family restaurant, Norm Langer spent hours across the street in MacArthur Park. It was, at the time, an elegant urban oasis, with lollipop palms standing over a lake fed by...

Aerial Surveillance in LA

by jpitney | Jun 3, 2024 | California Politics, Crime, Local Government, Technology

Dreier Roundtable Fellow Nathaniel Worley won the Government Department award for best thesis: Police Flight Oversight: LAPD Drone as First Responder Implementation Abstract This thesis explores the feasibility of implementing a Drone as First Responder (DFR) program...

Civility Breaks Down in Los Angeles

by jpitney | Dec 11, 2022 | California Politics, civic virtue, Civility, Violence

Brittny Mejia, Liam Dillon, and Gregory Yee at LAT: On Friday evening, more than 100 children and their parents were gathered at Lincoln Park for a tree-lighting celebration. Parents took videos of their daughters performing in pink tutus inside the auditorium....

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