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Fearless, informed news and commentary in CA via LA. Not controlled by billionaires. Co-founded by ex-LATers Mariel Garza and Paul Thornton.
Maybe, just maybe, population decline is a good thing? www.golden-state.org/bring-on-the...
Attorney General Rob Bonta's rewrite of the title for Proposition 39, the voter ID initiative, shows where he stands on this issue. It's a problem. MORE: www.golden-state.org/rob-bonta-op...
The Culver City In-N-Out drama is back in the news, with recent coverage focusing on the "wider" discussion on drive-thrus in dense urban areas. ⬇️ A reminder that we had that discussion with @bubbathefish.bsky.social a few weeks ago. ⬇️ www.golden-state.org/who-in-their...
There goes that minimum wage hike again. Author John Boal satirizes how L.A.'s fine-dining restaurants are coping. www.golden-state.org/would-you-li...
MacArthur Park is safer and cleaner than it was a year ago. It even hosted a festival and World Cup watch party that saw the portion of Wilshire Boulevard splitting the park in half closed to vehicle traffic. Still, the place's future is tenuous. www.golden-state.org/safer-cleane...
Deep cuts, capricious management – and now a kidnapping? The federal employees stewarding some of the most majestic public lands deserve a lot better. www.golden-state.org/in-praise-of...
The franchise that backed Jackie Robinson and his integration of baseball and gave us Fernandomania is "doubling down on the huge mistake it made with last year’s visit to the White House," writes Oscar Garza www.golden-state.org/a-sorry-doub...
In 2020, the UC regents ignored the recommendation of faculty and dumped the SAT. But with grade inflation, tests -- not high GPAs -- have become the better indicator of success in college, writes Karin Klein. Link: www.golden-state.org/ucs-test-fre...
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L.A.'s $2.6 billion convention center upgrade might not just be another Olympics white elephant, by @jonregardie.bsky.social for @goldenstatereport.bsky.social goldenstatereport.substack.com/p/las-26-bil...