Local Engagement Column
2013
State legislation explodes codification of nuclear family
Author: Manna Selassie California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 274 on Sept. 27, allowing courts to recognize more than two legal parents for a child....
2013
York’s hipness thinly guises problematic gentrification
Author: Manna Selassie York Boulevard is the kind of cool that puts a bad taste in any conscientious person's mouth. Occidental students may be excited to...
2013
L.A. River restoration deserves full investment
Author: Lena Smith Where there should be natural banks, the Los Angeles River is encased in unsightly concrete walls. There is little – aside from spotty...
2013
L.A.’s appetite for street food may finally be matched by policy
Author: Keegan McChesney Los Angeles is home to an assortment of eclectic street vendors, but sadly, these vendors are technically criminals under current city law. Last...
2013
State immigration reforms set the standard
Author: Christian Morales According to a 2010 report by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there are one million undocumented immigrants under the age of...
