Episode Details

She oversaw the burning of L.A.’s Westside last year. In April, Mayor Karen Bass turned to the city’s schools, backing the teacher union’s demand for the budget-busting pay hike that led to the announcement this week that the district is nearing bankruptcy. Bonus! We remember the 1973 premiere of American Graffiti, George Lucas’s love letter to California’s Central Valley. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• Housing Affordability and Housing Demand
• PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
• Governor Newsom announces $20 million in grant funding matched by Google to support local journalism across the state
• State workers have returned to offices. What’s next in the fight for telework?
• LAUSD deadline looms to make painful cuts after county says board actions ‘erode confidence’
• RFC 441: Strike or not, Los Angeles Unified is on an unsustainable trajectory
• RFC 441: The price of LAUSD union peace will be $1.2 billion a year. Next up is paying for it
• RFC 441: LAUSD deal reached: Mayor Bass steps in to avoid LAUSD strike 
• Alameda County supervisors unanimously approve policy-driven reparations plan for Black residents
• Alameda County Identifies $55M in Budget Reductions, but Major Gap Remains
• As World Cup fans pour into LAX, long-awaited people mover train struggles with delays
• People Mover lawsuit

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