LA Podcast - All's Smell That Ends Smell
Alissa, Oscar, and guest co-host Rudy Espinoza discuss accelerating immigration enforcement activity in LA as ICE murders three people
Alissa and Mike are joined by guest co-host Laura Raymond for a whole episode on homelessness and housing.
Mike, Alissa, and Rachel discuss how LA’s budget crisis could lead to an LAPD with fewer officers and more
Scott, Hayes, and Alissa dive into the budget fallout: how positions were eliminated, which departments are getting funded, and why
Alissa and Mike are joined by guest co-host Oscar Zarate, director of external affairs at CHIRLA, to discuss how
Alissa, Mike, Godfrey, and Rachel watch LA Mayor Karen Bass’s State of the City address and discuss why a
Alissa, Mike, and Rachel talk about how the Trump administration is attempting to stoke fear and uncertainty at the port,
Hayes, Alissa, and Mike are joined by guest co-host Carla Hall, former Los Angeles Times editorial board member, to
Alissa, Mike, and Rachel discuss proposed changes to LA city’s slur-strewn public comment process. Karen Bass found her deleted text messages sent during the fires, but what conversations are we still missing? And Metro advances an incomplete street for Vermont Avenue.
Alissa, Godfrey, and Rachel gather on the first day of spring to try and figure out what the hell Gavin Newsom is doing with his new podcast. Plus, new DA Nathan Hochman won’t resentence the Menendez brothers. And some real estate influencers want LA to suspend the Measure ULA
Scott, Hayes, and Alissa look back on how the pandemic has changed LA, 5 years later. Then, a scathing audit of homelessness services at the city and LAHSA, a famous content creator’s burglary raises questions about LAPD response rates, the brazenness of Huntington Park’s corruption scandal
Alissa, Rachel, and Mike recap former LAFD chief Kristin Crowley’s failed attempt to appeal her firing and discuss the political repercussions from the fire union, UFLAC. LA Mayor Karen Bass faces a recall campaign. And revenue shortfalls are forecast
Hayes, Rachel, Mike, and LA Pod producer Sophie Bridges discuss the ongoing political soap opera over the firing of LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley and lament that deeper questions are getting lost amid the drama. Plus, a big victory for LA County tenants, and more evidence of racism in the LAPD.