Tuesday, Julio Marcial, a program director for the California Wellness Foundation, announced that...
Social Justice Shorts
A NEW BAIL HEARING FOR ALEX SANCHEZ TODAY Attorneys have managed to get a second bail hearing for...
Sheriff Joe Meets the New Yorker
The July 20 New Yorker has a profile of Joe ArpaioRight now, it’s still hidden behind the New...
Budgets, Jail Closings and the ACLU Sues
LA County, like the state (and the city of LA) has big budget problems. So to help shrink his...
Monday Social Justice Shorts
MAYOR’S OFFICE RE-PROMISES THAT $500K TO HOMEBOY…BY SEPTEMBER After reading...
Minds in the Water – UPDATED
Last October, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to wade into the battle over whether then president...
The City’s Gang Report – Part 1
Yesterday I complained that the city has not given funds to Homeboy Industries despite the fact ...
Having Coffee and Contemplating. Check Back
I’ll be posting in a little while (before noon). But for the moment I’m enjoying...
Homeboy’s Virtual Carwash……and the Mayor’s Office
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Homeboy Industries wants you to get your car...
A Tale of Greenpeace Climbers, Obama & Mount Rushmore
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Okay, just a reminder that there are one or two things in the...
Motivating Foster Care Kids to College
Every year around 5,000 kids are emancipated from California’s foster care system. ...
Music and Grace
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> If you listen to nothing else from the Michael Jackson...
LA Townhall Meeting to Push for a Constitutional Convention
Although there have been certain thoughtful people warning against the idea, the push for a...
Conflicting Stories in OIS Case in Compton
A sixteen-year-old was shot and killed in Compton on Sunday by a Los Angeles sheriff’s...
Bernie Shops For Prisons
I tried to ignore this story yesterday, I really did. But find that I can’t do it. According...
Monday’s Social Justice Shorts
THE INCARCERATION GENERATION According to federal data, on any given day 1.5 million American...
Happy Independence Day!
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Me we each renew our commitment to our best aspirations...
Could the City Attorney Keep an Eye On the LAPD?
When newly elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was sworn in on Wednesday, one of the more...