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LA WATCHDOG--On November 7, 2018, the FBI raided the home and offices of Councilman Jose Huizar. Since that time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged nine individuals in connection with its ongoing criminal investigation into the pay-to-play corruption scandal enveloping Los Angeles City Hall.  But we have seen very little, if any, effort to address this cancer and its underlying symptoms, in large part because of lack of political will on the part of Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Attorney Mike Feuer to take on the most corrupt City Council in the history of Los Angeles.    On Monday,...

Print During the 1992 riots, Chang Lee stood on the roof of his family’s mini-mall in Koreatown holding a borrowed gun he didn’t know how to use. When he spotted people emerging from a store with stolen cellphones, he could only yell helplessly. His stomach dropped when he saw a gas station burning on television and recognized it as one of his family’s businesses. “Where the hell is everybody? Where is the police? Is this for real? Where is America?” Lee recalled thinking. “There was anger. There was a big question — how could this happen?” Advertisement Advertisement Lee’s...

Los Angeles City Council member and Mayor Eric Garcetti are waffling on reforms after Jose Huizar’s arrest, and the status quo prevails.

“Tom was so much more than a councilperson. He was 24/7 working for L.A. with tireless energy,” wrote Gerry Hans, president of the community organization Friends of Griffith Park, to KCET. LaBonge first worked for Mayor Tom Bradley’s youth program in 1974. Two years later, he was hired by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson and, four years later, he went on to serve Councilman John Ferraro. He ran for city council in 1993 but lost. Instead, he became an aide to Mayor Richard Riordan. In 2000, he was hired by the Department of Water and Power. Eventually, in 2001, he was elected to the Los Ange...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. The 2020 vote in California spelled qualified advancement—and some retreats November 10, 2020 11:29 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon Students pictured here at California's UCLA are expressing disappointment that voters rejected an affirmative action proposition. | Damian Dovarganes/AP American voters have had their say, and in more significant numbers than ever. Joe Biden racked u...