Need a summary of last week's election results and why they matter to you, an LA voter, in 49 minutes or less? Join me, @mikebonin.bsky.social and @rachelreyes.bsky.social for this week's episode of LA Podcast. @laforward.bsky.social Listen here: www.thinkforward.la/50-ways-to-l...

Zohran Mamdani won't become mayor of New York City until January 1 -- but Trump and FOX etc will almost immediately start claiming he has already turned the city into a shit hole.

“Hear me, President Trump: To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”

Three reform DAs won re-election tonight, two of them running uncontested. All in major population centers. Krasner Bragg Gonzalez This is get one-billionth the coverage of the Boudin recall, bc it doesn't fit the entrenched Tough on Crime Narrative, but it's still noteworthy.

Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump

Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.

@mikebonin.bsky.social on LA Pod: “There’s … such a power to the old idea that it’s all about making life easier for the single passenger automobile, that absent constant absolute vigilant pressure for something different, the system will find ways to go the old way.” www.thinkforward.la/la-podcast/

Zohran Mamdani had more than 100,000 people volunteer on his campaign. His agenda of big ideas resonated with voters, in NYC and around the country. Will the Democratic Party finally listen? Or will it continue to try to smash anyone who can effectively counter Trump and grow a progressive movement?

Andrew Cuomo concedes the NYC mayoral race to Zohran Mamdani in a characteristically bitter, divisive and vitriolic speech that shows why voters rejected him and are turning against the empty, establishment status quo that he stands for.

On What's Next, Los Angeles, we present a one-on-one interview with LA Mayor Karen Bass. We discussed her style of leadership, progressive politics, a new challenger in the mayor's race, housing policy, homelessness, the upcoming Olympics and more. whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com

Mayor Karen Bass is asking LA's city council to pass an ordinance that would exempt Pacific Palisades transactions from ULA, the city's transfer tax. Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"

Moving LA’s elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years was a game-changer, giving city elections an electorate that was much more representative of the city.

Arguing against a financial plan to modernize the LA Convention Center, Katy Yaroslavsky delivered one of the most cogent, powerful, intelligent and persuasive speeches I’ve ever heard in Council chambers. It was a tour de force. (A short while later, the council voted 11-2 to approve the plan.)

Here’s how the LA congressional reps voted on the resolution honoring Charlie Kirk: No -Gomez, Kamlager-Dove, Waters Present- Friedman, Sherman, Sanchez, Brownley, Whitesides, Rivas, ,Cisneros Not Voting-Barragan, Garcia, Torres Yes -Lieu, Chu, Takano Source: clerk.house.gov/Votes/202528...

Antifa isn’t a group. It’s an umbrella term - like MAGA. By declaring Antifa a “terrorist organization” they’re creating a legal framework to charge organizers, protesters, elected officials, commentators and anyone they want with domestic terrorism. This is how freedom dies and fascism thrives.

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Chris Christie observed recently that Trump has torn down the traditional barrier between the president’s personal ambitions and the DOJ's power to investigate & prosecute criminal wrongdoing. As if to prove Christie’s point, Trump publicly threatened to prosecute Christie just a few hours later.

We are not starting our slide into authoritarianism. We are already there. What comes next is the nightmare — the immense cruelty and harm they create with the power that our once coequal branches of government, our legacy media, and our elite institutions have so feebly surrendered to them.

This is nothing short a shredding of the U.S. Constitution and an endorsement of racial profiling. Essentially, armed, masked agents of the government can stop and detain anyone who is brown-skinned, or a Spanish speaker, or a low wage worker. And this is just the beginning.

The hotel and airline bankrolled challenge to the Olympic wage *did not qualify* for the ballot according to the LA County Registrar. This means the city’s Olympic wage ordinance , $25/hour beginning this year and $30/hour by 2028, goes into effect for tourism workers immediately

How did LA go from being a notorious anti-worker city to a stronghold of labor power? Listen to this re-air of my interview with Kent Wong of UCLA Labor Ctr on What’s Next, Los Angeles. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social . whatsnextlosangeles.buzzsprout.com

Wallis Annenberg was a titan. But the obituaries failed to mention that she was a lesbian. It was a noteworthy example of queer erasure. I talk with her former partner, journalist @karenocamb.bsky.social on What's Next, Los Angeles -- wherever you get your podcasts. @laforward.bsky.social

Is there really anybody in LA who seriously thinks this will end well? I can't imagine what benefits LA could receive that would justify what is coming.

INFRASTRUCTURE WEAK: On this week's LA Podcast, Alissa, Mike, and Godfrey discuss the next era for LA’s homeless services, a terrifying Trump executive order, LA Charter reform and the CA governor's race. Listen at thinkforward.la, on Apple Podcasts, via Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If homicides were on the rise, there undoubtedly would be a flood of stories linking that to the reduced size of the LAPD. But when crime is down, no outlet will use the headline “LAPD Shrinks, Crime Plummets.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

new LA PODCAST ep - recaping another week of relentless ICE raids, Trump admin sues LA over its sanctuary city status, and a coalition of immigrants rights groups sue the federal government right back. A ruling in the Alliance lawsuit raises questions about LA City’s homelessness count numbers

And the biggest-ever rollback of California’s often-abused environmental quality law, CEQA. Featuring @awalkerinla.bsky.social @hayesdavenport.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social and Carla Hall Check it out wherever you get your podcasts or at thinkforward.la/la-podcast-c...

This is naked, ugly authoritarianism. The Trump Gestapo terrorizing our kids.

The real story here is that Congress just approved giving Trump his own massive army of secret police and stormtroopers, unaccountable to no one but him. I am afraid history is going to show this vote was the bullet that killed America.

Can we fix a broken Los Angeles? I talk with @urbanistcole.bsky.social on the latest episode of WNLA. Rick has a unique insights and strong opinions to share. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts. Brought to you in partnership with @laforward.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

If this were a repeated line from congressional Democrats, there would be countless think pieces about why such rhetoric is alienating young men from the party.

Pay close to attention to which Democratic Party leaders try to emulate the way Mamdani built a coalition of and for the working class, and which leaders try to destroy the candidate who forged it.

NEW LA PODCAST - @awalkerinla.bsky.social @mikebonin.bsky.social & @godfreyplata.bsky.social discuss a third week of ICE raids that are more violent, more brazen, and raising more questions about how LAPD is assisting with these kidnappings... www.thinkforward.la/la-podcast-f...

On this week's LA Podcast, we track a third week of ICE raids that are more violent, more brazen, and raising more questions about LAPD's role in these kidnappings. Plus, the fight over the Olympic Wage -- and the impact of Mamdani's win. www.thinkforward.la

The Trump administration is suing Los Angeles for refusing to use its resources to terrorize neighborhoods, tear apart families, and shred the U.S. Constitution.

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For weeks, armed, masked men in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles have been forcibly snatching people off the streets. The predictable next step is bounty hunters, vigilantes, human traffickers, and other impersonators No one in L.A. County is safe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUzu...

This is getting more obscene and egregious by the day. Setting on an explosion at a home with children in it? WTF?!?

If you’re not following @lataco.bsky.social coverage right now, you’re not really informed about the extent and depravity of the immigration raids in LA.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

It’s really hard to see this as anything other than LAPD cooperating with ICE. It appears LAPD responded to a call about a kidnapping, prevented angry people from stopping the kidnapping, and then cleared a path for the kidnappers (ICE) to escape. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Will the Democratic Party finally start to realize that the days of the tired establishment are over? prospect.org/politics/202...

Did you catch my conversation with @fieldsmeyer.com about being a dissident in Trump's America? Here is Ami's reflection from his exceptional Substack column, and a link to the podcast interview on What's Next, Los Angeles? @laforward.bsky.social

A deep dive into the week that was in Los Angeles -- ICE raids, federal troops, massive protests, and more. On the latest LA Podcast -- with me, @awalkerinla.bsky.social @rachelreyes.bsky.social and Scott Frazier. Brought to you by @laforward.bsky.social www.thinkforward.la

We have been working on a story about the run of ICE impersonators robbing and terrorizing mostly Latino businesses. Now this has jumped to impersonating cops for politically motivated assassinations.

“What if we wrote about events in Trump’s America in the way that Western media describe African and Middle Eastern countries?” Brilliant work by @zeteo.com.web.brid.gy @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-amer...

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

I tried to summarize Trump’s reckless approach to immigration in 90 seconds. This is not law. This is not order. It is chaos.

The administration's actions are turning mild-mannered Senators like Chris Van Hollen and Alex Padilla into Heroes of the Resistance. Nobody in Washington has any excuse but to get in the fight.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in LA and about to hold a press conference to "address the ongoing violence in Los Angeles and how DHS continues to arrest criminal illegal aliens despite the rioting"