Alissa, Mike, and Godfrey report back from the California Democratic Party state convention where endorsement battles plague the governor’s race. Will Republicans end up nabbing the top two spots on the November ballot? LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is placed on leave after an FBI raid of his home and office. And Metro wants you to ride the D — with crop tops to match — on May 8.
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Alissa, Mike, and Godfrey report back from the California Democratic Party state convention where endorsement battles plague the governor’s race. Will Republicans end up nabbing the top two spots on the November ballot? LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is placed on leave after an FBI raid of his home and office. And Metro wants you to ride the D — with crop tops to match — on May 8.
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Here are the full CADEM endorsement results
CalMatters: “CA Democrats can’t agree on endorsement for governor. Will Republicans benefit?”
Columnists like the Los Angeles Times’ George Skelton are arguing for some Democratic candidates to drop out
Watch Mike’s video which provides the critical analysis that the candidates being urged to drop out are almost all people of color
Meanwhile, the race for insurance commissioner is interesting, but who would want this job?
An early morning FBI raid of LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home and office appears to be tied to an AI chatbot that Carvalho championed
The chatbot, named Ed, was made by the company AllHere which collapsed in 2024 when its CEO was indicted for defrauding investors. Carvalho said he’d set up a task force to investigate the company but never did
After meeting for a total of seven hours, the LAUSD school board placed Carvalho on paid leave and named Chief of School Operations Andres Chait as interim superintendent
SEIU Local 99, which represents educational workers, put out a statement calling for more accountability. SEIU Local 99 and UTLA had previously planned a rally on March 18 to draw attention to proposed layoffs
Harbor Peace Patrols first broke the news of Carvalho’s home being raided. The group which had formed to track immigration raids staging on Terminal Island recently celebrated a win when federal agents packed up their operations
The Graffiti Ghost Towers are being bought by developer Kali P. Chaudhuri — but he doesn’t want to save the graffiti
Artist Sayre Gomez built an astonishing sculpture of the towers
Unfortunately for Alissa’s 2025 predictions, but fortunately for everyone else, the D line extension is finally opening on May 8!
But the even bigger news was that Metro made ‘Ride the D’ shirts and the internet went wild
Alissa wrote about the astonishing demand for ‘Ride the D’ t-shirts
Some LA City charter reform recommendations are moving forward, including expanding the council to 25 members and ranked choice voting starting in 2032
Plus, LA City Council votes to make Unarmed Crisis Response a permanent city program. But $40 million a year is needed to make the program citywide
This episode was produced by Sophie Bridges
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