Hot links Hot Links for this week Early access for paid subscribers. Which you should really be, right? Alissa Walker Sep 9, 2026
Hot links Hot labor summer games This mayoral endorsement is setting up an even bigger fight about who will stand with workers as they turn the heat up on LA28 Alissa Walker Sep 7, 2026
Hot links Bus money The point of the hearing was clearly to elevate the lawmakers' pleas for $2 billion in federal transportation funding requests Alissa Walker Aug 29, 2026
Playgrounds The state of play Last year, I wrote about how LA's ParkScore had dropped from 80th to 88th out of 100 U.S. cities. This year, I'm sorry to say that we sank even lower — LA is now 90th out of 100. Alissa Walker May 28, 2025
