Jon Regardie
Reporter at Los Angeles Magazine
I like politics, the city of L.A., punk rock and the NBA. Not necessarily in that order. Or maybe in that order.
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1 week ago |
westsidecurrent.com | Jon Regardie
A $1 Billion Deficit Will Bring Serious Pain. The Past Holds Lessons About What’s to Come On April 21, Mayor Karen Bass will present her budget for the coming fiscal year. If you want a sense of what the financial situation in Los Angeles is going to be like, then consider a nine-second clip from Rocky III, in which a reporter interviews Clubber Lang (played by Mr. T) ahead of his bout with the Italian Stallion. Reporter: What’s your prediction for the fight then? Clubber: Prediction?
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2 weeks ago |
westsidecurrent.com | Jon Regardie
Westside Neighborhoods Suffer as Reports Increase CitywideVENICE - If you think you saw more construction detritus, mounds of garbage and other material tossed on vacant lots and alleys in Venice or Palms recently, you’re probably not imagining it. In 2024, there were 1,047 reports of the nefarious practice in Venice, up 8% from the prior year, according to MyLA311 data analyzed by Crosstown. The 778 complaints in Palms represented a 27% jump over the count in 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
theeastsiderla.com | Jon Regardie
If you’re visiting Griffith Park on a weekend, pay close attention to parking signs. That’s because on Saturday and Sunday, you are much more likely to get a ticket here than anywhere else in L.A.Nearly half (48%) of the 3,676 parking citations in Griffith Park last year were handed out on a Saturday or Sunday, according to an analysis of L.A. Department of Transportation data by the nonprofit newsroom Crosstown.
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1 month ago |
xtown.la | Jon Regardie
If you are looking for a positive move by the city of Los Angeles in the wake of the wildfires, then consider the unexpected sector of parking enforcement: In the Pacific Palisades, just five citations were handed out in the months after the Jan. 7 blaze started. In total, vehicles in the community were ticketed 118 times from Jan. 1–Feb. 28, according to publicly available Los Angeles Department of Transportation data. Last year, 1,722 citations were dispensed in that period.
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1 month ago |
theeastsiderla.com | Brenda Rees |Jon Regardie |Jennifer Rodriguez
It was five years ago today that the COVID lockdown was announced, turning lives and livelihoods upside down. Read on for how one couple managed their business through the pandemic and the challenges that followed. — Jesús Sanchez• Got a story idea or photo to share? Submit it here📷 Eastside SceneEcho Park: Looks like trout are in season at Echo Park Lake. Find out how fish are "planted" at the lake. Thanks to Vincent Foeillet for the photo.
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Illegal dumping is up this year in Westside neighborhoods including Venice, Palms and Westchester. Details in my @WestsideCurrent story. https://t.co/3mzXjNViue
In the wake of the #wildfires, parking tickets were pretty much halted in Pacific Palisades, with just 5 citations in nearly 2 months. But other parts of the city of LA were not as lucky. Data and details in my @CrosstownLA story. https://t.co/CuNB30bKXD
RT @WestsideCurrent: @JonRegardie broke the story on the Westside Current—L.A. officials are taking steps to rein in the caustic, hate-fi…