LA Podcast - Raman Up That Hill
Alissa, Mike, Rachel, and Olga unpack Nithya Raman’s surprise mayoral run. How the LA city councilmember’s last-minute decision
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Mike, Hayes, and Carla discuss the growing desire among LA Councilmembers to rein in mayoral oversight of homelessness as they’
Alissa, Mike, and Godfrey give a full update on how LA City’s budget went from disastrous to just “very bad”...
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 workers
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 discuss
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