We need affordable housing in Hollywood, not more luxury hotels. — [Ed. Note: This piece was created by the Just Hollywood Coalition and Unite Here Local 11] In the midst of a pandemic and an economic collapse that threatens a wave of evictions, Los Angeles City Planning has put forward a draft for Hollywood’s Community Plan Update that strengthens the forces…

An exercise in publishing perspectives not typically represented in the Opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times. — Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times handed the entirety of its Letters page over to Trump voters, making the usual claims about the necessity of bridge-building and ideological diversity. Of course, editorial judgment is as much about what you don’t platform as what you do. In that light, we’re running an…

Big wins, narrow misses… check in to see how KNOCK.LA’s recommended, hyperlocal candidates and ballot measures played out this election. — It‘s been a big year for small races. As more voters are paying attention to who represents them in their own backyards, progressive change was on ballots up and down, and KNOCK.LA was watching. Let’s see how it all went… In one of the most exciting small cities developments, Alhambra…

As results come in, a clear picture emerges: establishment politicians in LA should be scared. — Results are still being tabulated, but the overarching message sent by Los Angeles voters is clear: whenever possible, voters opted for progressive change. The Black Lives Matter Los Angeles-targeted District Attorney Jackie Lacey has taken — in a race that was widely described as “contentious” and “tight” — a decisive…

Some activists in California — a safely blue state — are choosing to cast their vote for third-party candidates, while others are voting Democrat. — The views expressed below are solely those of the authors and do not represent Ground Game Los Angeles or KNOCK.LA. Given our country’s current electoral college system, what does it mean to cast a vote for a presidential candidate in California? …

Vote like your everything depends on it! — This election is incredibly important. And while if you live in California, your vote may not matter in the Presidential election, there are many important and confusing state propositions to weigh in on. …

What does reform mean to the candidates? Not much, in Lacey’s case. — If you’ve passed by the Hall of Justice on any Wednesday afternoon for the past two and a half years, the scene is familiar: Black Lives Matter — Los Angeles and their allies holding space for the families of victims of police violence, chants of “Jackie Lacey Must Go,” signs…

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By Anna Lisa Bastian and Clancey Cornell Tens of thousands of tax-paying, working citizens have been barred from California’s electoral process since our state’s inception. Luckily, we do have a chance to fix that for future cycles. Prop 17 will amend the California Constitution to restore the right to vote…