Jason McGahan

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Hot on the Trail of the Wet Prince of Bel-Air

Jason McGahan
Bel Air is home to the biggest known residential water customer in California. In a report published last year, the Center for Investigative Reporting coined the nickname "wet princes" to refer to homeowners who use enormous quantities of water during droughts. The "Wet Prince of Bel Air," as the most excessive of the water......
Housing is quickly becoming a major issue for many in Los Angeles; Credit: Jared Cowan

L.A. Moves to Curb "Cash-for-Keys" Rent-Control Landlord Scams

Jason McGahan
The Los Angeles City Council is expected to approve a new measure Wednesday to more closely monitor the cash buyouts that landlords offer tenants to vacate leases in rent-stabilized residences. Such "cash-for-keys" buyouts provide landlords with a legal loophole around the city's Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), which generally limits rent increases to......
Actor Jason George (Grey's Anatomy)

On Eve of Emmys, Hollywood Dishes on Its Diversity Problem

Jason McGahan
These days, "diversity in Hollywood" is less a charitable catchphrase and more an economic imperative, according to insiders and experts on a panel sponsored by The Atlantic magazine on Thursday.  "As the demographics change, people are aware that this is no longer some kind of good deed," said Len Amato, president of......
The 2019 Women's March Los Angeles in DTLA on Jan. 19; Credit: Star Foreman

Obama's Visit to Laos a Watershed Moment for L.A.'s Lao Community

Jason McGahan
Last week, Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the nation of Laos in Southeast Asia, when he attended an economic summit in the capital city of Vientiane. But perhaps more importantly to the tens of thousands of Lao-Americans who live in Southern California and across the nation,......
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Students' Confederate Flags Rile Lake Arrowhead Mountain Community

Jason McGahan
Lake Arrowhead, a cluster of six unincorporated communities in the San Bernardino Mountains, is a long way from Dixie. Which is why the display of Confederate battle flags in a school parking lot, there, confused parents like Jennifer Celise-Reyes. It was the morning of August 16, the first day of school, and Celise-Reyes was dropping off her teenage daughter......
Students from the summer 2016 California-Mexico Dreamers study abroad program traveled to cultural landmarks in Mexico

For Undocumented College Students, Visiting Mexico Is Worth the Risk

Jason McGahan
No matter how many times Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos succeeds in taking college students with him to study abroad in Mexico, he must always caution that there is no guarantee they will return to the United States. That is because the students he takes with him have no Social Security Number. They......