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Op-Ed: Eli Broad and L.A.s complicated history with civic leaders with cash Harold Meyerson © Provided by The LA Times Eli Broad at his Century City offices on Aug. 3, 2000. (Los Angeles Times) In Los Angeles, for better and worse, the rich we shall always have with us. The obituary tributes to Eli Broad have rightly noted the singularity of his achievements. At various points in the past three decades, he didn’t so much personify the city’s business-civic elite as actual...

CALmatters Commentary: Eli Broad a passionate school reformer Dan Walters: CALmatters Commentary Los Angeles’ most prominent civic leader, billionaire businessman Eli Broad, died last Friday, sparking an outpouring of praise for his many philanthropies. Broad had come to Los Angeles as a young entrepreneur in 1963 and made his fortune in homebuilding (KP Homes) and in finance. He saw it, he told one interviewer, as “a meritocracy (and) one of the few cities you can move to without the right...

Print In Los Angeles, for better and worse, the rich we shall always have with us. The obituary tributes to Eli Broad have rightly noted the singularity of his achievements. At various points in the past three decades, he didn’t so much personify the city’s business-civic elite as actually comprise it in its entirety. But the Broad version of rich-man civic engagement was just one of many that Los Angeles has seen. In the first half of the 20th century, the Chandler family, which owned The ...

Eli Broad. Photo by Nancy Pastor. Eli Broad, a towering figure in the art world as a billionaire collector, philanthropist, and museum founder, died late last month, leaving a big void in the cultural landscape. In the wake of his death, Artnet News asked some of the artists, dealers, and art-museum professionals who knew him best to share their memories of the entrepreneur-turned-collector.   Jenny Holzer, artist Eli helped me various times. Once we walked the Potomac watching Teddy Roosevel...

NEWS PROGRAMS A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths. In the 50 years that NPR has been around, the journalistic landscape has changed massively. We explore these changes and what role the network Featuring interviews with leaders and emerging voices, we look at the last 50 years of NPR, examine its historical weak spots and hear how change is being made in the pr...

May 4, 2021 Continue Reading Eli Broad died last week, leaving behind memories of an “unreasonable,” yet beloved, risk taking billionaire behind the home building giant KB Home. Broad found success in financial services as well, but it was his work with KB Home that left an impact on the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times says Broad had a reputation for being difficult, but it only came as a result of high standards, and even he believed being unreasonable was the foundation...

Many people in the art world wish that contemporary art were taken more seriously by the rest of society, by people in different fields who are not even drawn to art. They dream about politicians, policy makers, educators and philanthropists alike recognising its value.  They have been dreaming, maybe without ever realising it, about Eli Broad, the self-made homebuilding billionaire who was, until his death on 30 April, Los Angeles’s most prominent arts patron without exhibiting any par...

May 4, 2021 UCLA In the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. Some articles may require registration or a subscription to view. See more UCLA In the News. “If each and every person in the United States gave up meat and dairy products on one or more days of the week, ideally, all days of the week, we would save the environment from thousands of tons of carbon emissions,” wrote senior health dietitian Dana Hunnes for UCLA Sustainability. “We have a pandemic ri...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Dallas teachers take pay raise demands to school board May 3, 2021 10:49 AM CDT By Stu Becker Members of the Alliance/AFT at the 2019/20 Dallas ISD School Board meeting. | Stuart Becker / Peoples World DALLAS—Members of Alliance/AFT, the local American Federation of Teachers u...

Eli Broad was an unreasonable boss. People loved working for him Laurence Darmiento © Provided by The LA Times Those who worked for Eli Broad at his home-building and financial services companies say he was a tough boss but one whose demanding approach benefited them in their careers. (Los Angeles Times) Soon after a young Bruce Karatz joined Kaufman & Broad in 1972, he was called up to the office of Chief Executive Eli Broad and told to scout out a property the home builder ...