We can’t save Hollywood without saving the broke waitresses

How LA’s housing crisis is making our filming crisis worse

Oct 19 • Oren Hadar

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September 2026

How to break the HLA stalemate

We voted to link bike lanes to repaving. We got neither. Now what?

Sep 24 • Oren Hadar

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How to build 145 new LA parks

SB 79 is here, and lots of new housing is coming. Is anything else?

Sep 11 • Oren Hadar

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July 2026

The crosswalk designed to appease angry drivers

Our codependent relationship with people in cars is preventing us from getting to Vision Zero

Jul 30 • Oren Hadar

June 2026

The train slower than a cyclist

A grassroots group of volunteers - including me - is working to speed up LA's transit.

Jun 20 • Oren Hadar

May 2026

Let's start a policy think tank for LA

A research and advocacy nonprofit could lay the groundwork for LA to fulfill its world-capital destiny.

May 20 • Oren Hadar

April 2026

Sometimes planning means letting go

LA's new SB 79 plan is trying too hard to control how our neighborhoods look.

Apr 29 • Oren Hadar

Everybody is wrong about ED 1

Ignore the haters. Mayor Bass' signature housing policy is a big success.

Apr 15 • Oren Hadar

March 2026

Maybe not totally fake upzoning

LA has taken the first baby step toward ending single-family zoning in the city. Is it real?

Mar 21 • Oren Hadar

February 2026

Slowly CHIPping away

The city's big housing plan turned a year old last week. It's not exactly going gangbusters.

Feb 19 • Oren Hadar

January 2026

Dissolve the Metro board

Sacramento should reform this dysfunctional body. It's holding LA back.

Jan 22 • Oren Hadar

December 2025

LA has stopped repaving our streets

The reason why is probably illegal

Dec 8, 2025 • Oren Hadar