Ep #52 CivitasLA "Best of" presents – Favorite Places to take a Visitor
A recent study by U.S. News rated "The 30 Most Fun Places to Live in the U.S." According to their study, Los Angeles ranks as the No. 7 Most Fun Place to Live, placing the City of Angels ahead of othe...
27 Dec 20214min
Ep #51: CivitasLA "Best of" presents – Favorite Restaurants
At the beginning of 2020 (pre-pandemic), Restaurant Critic Bill Addison wrote in the Los Angeles Times "It has been a radical decade in dining for Los Angeles — a time when once-quiet neighborhoods be...
22 Dec 20214min
Ep #50: Balancing Community Interests | LA City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell
Appearing in Public Administration Review, Prof. Evan Berman wrote a piece entitled "Dealing With Cynical Citizens" stating "widespread concern exists about public cynicism toward government." And tha...
8 Dec 202139min
Ep #49: Finding Community | A Conversation with Timothy Halligan, Rob Michaelson & Veronica Perez
In this Thanksgiving episode, we pause to give thanks for our families (some we may not have seen since pre-pandemic) and consider the meaning of "family" and "community" – those we are born into and ...
24 Nov 202143min
Ep #48: Community Spotlight: Glendale with Councilmember Ardy Kassakhian and Community Leader Elen Asatryan, The Stark Group
Beginning as a Spanish Rancho in 1798, the City of Glendale incorporated in 1906 and has grown to become the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County with a population just under 200,000. Over time, ...
10 Nov 202148min
Ep #47: Covering Community | Jim Newton, former Editorial Page Editor & Columnist, Los Angeles Times
In recent years, thousands of local newspapers have gone out of business, a trend exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of late 2019, over 65 million Americans lived in a county with either only on...
27 Okt 202131min
Ep #46: Community Spotlight: Southeast Los Angeles with Andy Carrasco, VP, Southern California Gas Co. & Emma Hernandez, CEO, Southeast Community Development Corp.
Consisting of 8 cities (Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, South Gate and Vernon), and roughly 440,000 residents (90% identifying as Latinx), stretching along the 710 free...
13 Okt 202155min
Ep #45: Stewarding Community Through Art | Betty Avila, Executive Director, Self-Help Graphics & Art
Latino art and artists have played an important role in the history and life of the Los Angeles region, dating back to the 1920's. For nearly 50 years, Self-Help Graphics & Art (SHG) has served as a p...
29 Sep 202144min
