By David Zahniser for LA Times Union leader Cliff Smith had big plans for 2020. He was going to launch a bid for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, then wage a campaign focused on such issues as police misconduct and the need for public housing. The campaign never got off the ground….
By David Zahniser, Dakota Smith, James QueallyLA Times Oct. 12, 2023 6:45 AM PT Three years ago, political newcomer Nithya Raman drew national attention for her come-from-behind election victory, ousting a Los Angeles City Council member and becoming the first member of the Democratic Socialists of America to hold that office. Raman is now running…
The first phase of the Harridge’s Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza redevelopment Two years after completing its acquisition of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, Harridge Development Group is taking its first steps toward redeveloping portions of the landmark shopping mall. Yesterday, Harridge submitted an application to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning seeking entitlements for…
Protest is not a strategy! To solve the problems in our community, we must develop a program to win power. The police can not police themselves and the existing LAPD police commission does not have subpoena power nor disciplinary authority. After the 2005 LAPD killing of 13 year old Devin Brown, Cliff Smith founded the…