Legislative Analyst

Blogs
October 27, 2011
Red-Light Camera Tickets: Calm Down, L.A., You Still Don't Have to Pay Them
The debacle that refused to die.Looks like all those goody two shoes who paid their red-light camera tickets last month -- against the hard advice of select City Councilmembers, traffic lawyers and, well, this very blogger -- just screwed things up for the rest of us. Though the L.A. City Co ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
Buy Spray Paint in L.A., Give Your Address And ID For a Possible Police File Under Councilman Dennis Zine's Anti-Graffiti Proposal
KrylonUpdated at the bottom with reaction from the ACLU, which says this might not survive a constitutional challenge (what with freedom of speech and all). First posted at 2:35 p.m. Dennis Zine is the L.A. City Councilman who successfully got Aaron Brothers to back off its graffiti-themed b ... More >>
News
October 8, 2009
Los Angeles Corporate Welfare: Ritz-Carlton and AEG
Rich entities siphon taxpayer money while real communities struggle
Blogs
May 18, 2009
Greig Smith Hits Back Over LAPD Hiring Freeze
Now it's getting interesting. Last Friday night, 12th District City Councilman Greig Smith released his own salvo over a proposal to freeze the hiring of LAPD officers during Los Angeles's budget crisis, claiming Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was engaging in "scare tactics and fear mongering." Office o ... More >>
News
November 23, 2006
Dog Food Caper
Journalists and City Council cave to iffy lawsuit
News
March 22, 2001
Willie Williams Rerun?
This police chief also looks like a one-termer