This is an urgent request for all taxpayers in Los Angeles County to call the Capitol TODAY and urge a “NO” vote on Assembly Bill 1679. AB 1679 is a gut-and-amend bill, a trick used by politicians to strip all the language out of a harmless bill and turn it into something completely different. In…

Hello, my name is Jeffi Girgenti and I am a candidate for Los Angeles County Supervisor District 3. I was born in the City of San Fernando and, as the daughter of a police officer, I stand as an advocate for public safety. I know the challenges and sacrifices the families of law enforcement officers…

  This is not a surprise: there are many ways people profit from real estate. We’ve been illustrating some of them through glimpses into the lives of the people involved. We’ve seen how Hetty Green (article #105) invested not only in stocks and bonds, but also was a real estate lender of last resort, securing…