Rick Cole, Deputy Mayor of Budget and Innovation and the former Mayor of Pasadena and former Ventura City Manager, calls for a honest and sustainable city government upon receiving the Clarence A Dykstra Award for Excellence in Government by the American Society for Public Administration in June.
Art Leahy, CEO of Metro, testifies before the US Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on the importance of the TIFIA loan program to transportation projects and investments.
Yuval Bar-Zemer, co-founder and managing partner of Linear City, the developer of the 7+Bridge Lofts in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles, discusses the lawsuit against the Arts District Business Improvement District, which was recently decided in favor of the plaintiffs.
Leonard Aube, Executive Director of the Annenberg Foundation, and Cindy Miscikowski, President of the Board of Harbor Commissioners, discuss the development of the AltaSea marine research center at the Port of Los Angeles.
Doug Failing, Executive Director of LA Metro's Highway Programs, proudly shares the agency's $700 million test of the value of public-private partnerships to finance and accelerate planned transportation upgrades.
TPR's fifth exclusive interview of a new arrival to Los Angeles, an especially well-informed political and humanistic observer of local government, TJ Plunkitt, a direct descendant of the infamous George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall.