Columnist · July 31, 2025
Earlier this year I wrote about Senate Bill 79 (SB79) and the threats it posed to the historic neighborhoods of Greater Wilshire. This bill, which is designed to promote Transit […]
Suzan Filipek · May 30, 2024
A big push from City Hall to build affordable housing fast has left many communities perplexed and angry. Including ours. Called ED 1, the mayor’s executive directive to speed construction […]
Columnist · October 26, 2023
In October the governor signed 56 new housing bills in an effort to address California’s housing crisis. The majority of these only continue to chip away at the issue through […]
Columnist · March 2, 2023
George Allan Hancock was truly one of the great aristocrats of his day. Scion of the Gilded Age, he was the son of Major Henry Hancock (the owner of the […]
Columnist · January 26, 2023
The historic upset victory over incumbent Councilman Mitch O’Farrell by political newcomer Hugo Soto-Martinez reverberated not only throughout Council District 13, but in City Hall and the historic preservation community […]
Columnist · October 27, 2022
I was having lunch with my friend, James Dastoli, who has newly moved with his family into a historic house located in the Wilton Place National Historic District. We had […]
