Torched Talks with LA Commons' Karen Mack

What's planned for arts and culture in 2028? Join us at Friday, May 23 at noon on Zoom

Alissa Walker May 6, 2025

Dying to host the Olympics

During this week's budget hearings, councilmembers repeatedly asked if improvements around Olympics venues were taking precedence over obligations to their constituents to deliver safer streets

Alissa Walker May 2, 2025

Torched turns 1

Heading into year two

LA got burned. By the fires, yes. But also by a self-induced fiscal catastrophe

Alissa Walker Apr 29, 2025

CEQA

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Where are LA's World Cup plans?

I'm forever ranting about how little we know about LA’s Olympics plans. But we know literally nothing about LA’s World Cup plans. It's next year!

Alissa Walker Mar 6, 2025

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Some-build Olympics

The no-build (until-we-need-to-build-something-fast) games

LA could leverage this ordinance to make it easier to create new public spaces, public bathrooms, and even public housing leading up to 2028

Alissa Walker Dec 20, 2024