As the city continues on its destructive path, there is no need for us to be on the defensive; we can wage a battle of our own for mass public housing.

Tenant rights groups have been sounding the alarm about an impending post-pandemic eviction crisis. In Los Angeles, that day has come — putting hundreds of thousands of tenants at risk of losing their housing and compelling some to fight back.

Longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey has some advice for what workers should demand of employers and union leaders: Don’t sign gag orders and commit to transparency.

We demand that the City of Los Angeles open up ALL public buildings, hotels, libraries, public transportation hubs, parking structures, recreation centers, public school gyms and facilities, universities, council field offices, and Los Angeles City Hall to shelter unhoused people through the duration of the Category 4 Hurricane that is set to make landfall this weekend.

A coalition of unhoused residents and activists organized early Tuesday morning to block the city’s sweep of the Aetna Street encampment. The group was successful in getting the planned enforcement action downgraded to a spot-cleaning, and residents remain in their tents.

The L.A. City librarian oversees more than books. His world encompasses the complexities, joys, possibilities and sadness of Los Angeles

Workers, managers and elected officials braced for one of the biggest labor actions to hit Los Angeles city government in a generation — a one-day walkout by the union that represents traffic officers, gardeners, mechanics, custodians, lifeguards, engineers and scores of other government jobs.

The real estate standoff on a windswept spit of land in industrial North Richmond, Calif., had the makings of one of those bitter and protracted battles in which community well-being was once again at risk of being squashed by the rapacious might of big business.

Born of the Civil Rights Movement, community land trusts are working to preserve neighborhoods and create new homeowners, from New York to California.

Los Angeles is taking another step toward opening a city-owned public bank that would support projects driven by public interest.