IS CALIFORNIA SAVABLE? IS IT WORTH SAVING?

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LET THE CITY KNOW:

You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

From Dana Williamson, who was outgoing Governor Newsom’s former Chief of Staff, to California’s own Attorney General Rob Bonta, to Oakland’s Ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, to Orange County’s Andrew Do, the last couple of weeks since the passage of Prop 50 have seen a number of corruption cases brought forward against state officials in California.

Plus, back in the Southland, a new report shows that from Pacific Palisades to Altadena, myriad officials in L.A. County absolutely failed their duty to the residents of L.A. County as wildfire tore through these communities. This was also the case even after the 2018 Woolsey fire was supposed to serve as an inflection point for L.A. County to better prepare for “natural disasters.”

You can read the McChrystal Group’s full report for yourself here.

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If you’re looking to support L.A. Wildfire Victims with other needs, please see this flyer!

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From the Pasadena Community Job Center and the Day Laborer Network this past Wednesday, January 15th:

Most of all, one volunteer notes that sheets, blankets, pillows, and other items used to cover and protect a mattress are at the top of the list for the Center at this time:

“Bedding is our absolute most needed item. We just can’t seem to have enough!”

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EPISODE 98 – TELL THEM EVERYTHING NOW, WITH NAHSHON DION

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For our 98th installment (originally recorded May 29th, 2022), Nahshon and I discuss yours truly’s roots in Los Angeles, the L.A. mayor’s race, the L.A. County Sheriff’s office, and even Acapulco restaurant. Nahshon Dion is a multi-talented, award-winning creative nonfiction writer, teaching artist, creative director, executive producer, and arts patron from Pasadena, California. She hosts TRANSBRATIONS, a YouTube show, whose next guest, on June 21st, features Writer and Professor Elmaz Abinader, co-founder of Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA).

*It was Toni Morrison–not Angela Davis–in a conversation with Angela Davis, who noted the abundance of libraries in the United States per capita compared to the rest of ‘the West’s’ states and nations.*

*Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was authored by Mike Davis and Jon Weiner–not Weinstein–in 2020.

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