To do so he must transcend an office bound to the status quo, say his predecessors.
Kenneth Mejia won with a progressive mandate, but Laura Chick says the controller’s office has been weakened by factors beyond its power.
The 2021 Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance lacks staff, money and will to enforce.
For some of California’s most vulnerable renters, a lack of internet access may lead to eviction.
In Chinatown, renters champion use of eminent domain to rekindle the fight for truly public housing.
The city's 'Right to Organize' ordinance requires landlords to recognize tenant associations in their buildings.
Deluge of outside funds signals a national strategy for replacing elected officials.
Alberto Carvalho, a proponent of school choice, oversaw a growth of magnet and charter schools in Miami.
The model is expanding in California and nationally and includes a democratic approach that involves parents, teachers and staff.
Climate coaches and mental health counselors are now part of a $36.5 million Black Student Achievement Plan.
Tenants in Los Angeles and San Francisco claim they are being targeted by their corporate landlord.
The plan has its origins with Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s secretary of education, and could drastically affect L.A. school budgets.
Just when Los Angeles is getting back on its feet, struggling vendors have fresh reason to worry.
A new California bill will make it easier to take life-saving treatment to the people who need it most.
The political gridlock behind the transit gridlock.
Prominent civil rights firms had filed a temporary restraining order request after the recent Echo Park homeless encampment standoffs.
As COVID-19 restrictions expire, advocates for the unhoused worry that the Echo Park sweep will become a model for the city.
A look at how L.A.'s top universities treated their students, campus workers and professional staff during the pandemic.
Since 2002, USC has spent more than $550 million on its police force. Community critics say armed officers feel more like an occupying force than a...
Rideshare companies spent $203M to pass a California measure limiting driver rights. A lawsuit says its fine print could block unions.