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Alissa, Mike, and Marco say a requiem for the Graffiti Towers. Nithya Raman receives endorsements from some big players, including Kenneth Mejia’s corgis. In the wake of the Lineage environmental disaster, which still reeks, LA’s City Council votes for more environmental disasters. And who will be LA County’s first elected CEO?

The Graffiti Towers have been sold and cleaning efforts have begun

Aren’t the Graffiti Towers the Watts Towers of their generation? (Both are being refurbished for the 2028 Olympics)

Keep Honking! I’m admiring the Oceanwide Plaza Graffiti Towers! See them up close with Alissa and the Rent Brigade on a tour next week

Nearby, a new park under the Sixth Street Bridge, also resplendent with graffiti, continues gentrification conversations

LA Material’s Degen Pener reports on families of coyotes living in residential towers in West Hollywood

The Western States Carpenters union endorsed Nithya Raman, reversing their 2022 support for Bass

Raman was also recently endorsed by Kenneth Mejia, who is encouraging the public to add a Nithya sticker to their yard signs

City Council will vote on splitting Housing and Homelessness and Health into two separate committees this week

The Lineage fire still smells and it’s still bad news so Karen Bass wrote an open letter to the Lineage shareholders and supports an order of abatement from AQMD

Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced a seven-motion package for Boyle Heights fire recovery. Hilda Solis is in charge of small business recovery

The EPA has asked Lineage for documents to assess Clean Air Act compliance: aka, was there an ammonia leak? Lineage warehouses

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