What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin

Mike Bonin
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Los Angeles is at a turning point. We are living in a defining moment. What happens next is up to us. Over the past few years, problems and challenges have shaken this city -- and tremendous opportunities for change have presented themselves. How do we rise to this moment and emerge a better place to live? What will it take to create a more just and a more equitable community? Working together, how are we going to create a stronger, forward-thinking Los Angeles? Mike Bonin, writer, teacher, progressive activist and former City Councilmember, looks at the issues and problems facing Los Angeles,  examines ideas, and talks with the people who will lead us to a brighter future. Produced in partnership with LA Forward.

  1. 10月22日

    MAYOR KAREN BASS: On the Record

    In a special episode of What's Next, Los Angeles, we present a 45 minute one-on-one interview with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, recorded last week. In May, Mike became the executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for public affairs at Cal State Los Angeles. The Institute is dedicated to strengthening, promoting, and defending democracy.  A key focus is studying, understanding, and cultivating public leadership. Last week, Mike launched a new series of fireside discussions, where he will talk  with public officials, candidates, and tought leaders about how their leadership is tested, how they think about how they lead, and what issues they choose to focus on. Mike's first guest was Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. They sat down October 16 in front of live audience the top of the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles.   They her style of leadership, and the tests and crises that have forged her leadership. They discuss progressive politics, her new challenger in the mayor's race, and they get into the subjects of housing policy, homelessness and the upcoming Olympic Games. What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    51 分鐘

  2. 10月15日

    Labor Strife at LMU

    A respected local University shocked its faculty and its students recently by abruptly ending labor negotiations and invoking a religious exemption to shut down a campus union. In this episode, we hear from professors fighting for fair pay, job security, and respect in a high-stakes labor battle at Loyola Marymount University. Brian Wisch and Linh Hwa, both non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at LMU and members of the union, explain the vital importance of NTT teachers at colleges and universities, discuss their working conditions and wages at LMU, and recount how ongoing labor negotiations were scuttled last month when the Jesuit university claimed national labor law did not apply to the school. Some recent coverage: Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union, claiming religious exemption:  Loyola Marymount said it will no longer recognize its faculty union What's at stake as USC and LMU push back against untenured faculty unions? Loyola Marymount Announces It Will No Longer Recognize Faculty Labor Union, Followed by Heated Town Hall MeetingLoyolan “Voices of the Newsroom” Podcast:  Other Links and Resources Safeguarding LMU's Future: A Message from LMU Board Chair Paul VivianoLMU: The Path Forward LMU Student Labor and Employment Law Society Urges Admin, Board to Return to Bargaining with NTT Faculty Faculty in LMU’s Theological Studies Department Call on Admin, Board to Revoke Claims of “Religious Exemption” to Unions LMU alumni, families, staff, faculty colleagues, and community supporters template to send a message to the admin and board: https://secure.everyaction.com/zLZIqaL4ZkivQMzvMF3gjw2 The LMU NTT faculty union Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lmu_nttfaculty/ What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    47 分鐘

  3. 10月8日

    Is California Moving Forward or Backward on the Environment?

    Has California – once a leader in fighting climate change – begun to retrench, moving backward after years of progress? That’s what we discuss on this episode of What's Next, Los Angeles, with special guest Mike Young, executive director of California Environmental Voters. The 2025 California legislative session brought headline-grabbing action on environmental and climate issues—but it’s a record that’s as contested as it is celebrated. Governor Newsom and lawmakers have been touting a package of legislation as historic, while environmental leaders are bemoaning what they describe as the one of the worst CA legislative sessions for the environment in recent memory. Newsom and the legislature point to their actions to extend California’s signature cap-and-trade climate policy—now rebranded as the cap-and-invest program—which they say will provide regulatory certainty and continued revenue for critical clean energy and climate investments. That program is meant to steer billions to projects like zero-emission vehicles, clean transportation, and pollution reduction in frontline communities. Those elected officials  also draw attention to legislation on wildfire resilience, and their work on California Wildfire Fund that will channel billions toward supporting wildfire survivors, modernizing the state’s utility grid, and protecting ratepayers from the costs of catastrophic wildfire liability. But for all the progress claimed, the session’s record is under fire from environmental advocates. The legislature rolled back major protections under the California Environmental Quality Act—stripping environmental review for large projects in order to expedite crucially needed housing production. Critics argue these moves put disadvantaged communities at greater risk and weaken oversight of polluting industries. Controversially, the legislature also facilitated expanded oil drilling in Kern County, raising alarm about California compromising its climate leadership to address immediate energy and affordability concerns. Environmental advocates also say the legislature and governor and failed to seize the moment and move forward on several key environmental initiatives – such as holding fossil fuels companies financially responsible for skyrocketing wildfire insurance, and forcing polluters to pay for environmental devastation. This year, the question is sharper than ever: Is California still leading the way on climate, or is its environmental ambition being undermined by political hand-wringing and powerful industry interests? Joining us for a frank conversation on what this all means—for communities, for climate, and for the work ahead—is Mike Young from California Environmental Voters.  Newsom signs climate overhaul, extending cap and trade while boosting oil drilling Newsom signs California climate package aimed at lowering gas and utility costs Newsom’s climate warrior image is backsliding, environmental groups say California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law Gavin Newsom on Trump, Climate and California California Environmental Voters Legislative Scorecard What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    52 分鐘

  4. 9月25日

    What's the fuss about ULA?

    What is the fuss about ULA, the measure Los Angeles city voters approved in 2022? The debate over its impact may be more hotly contested today than it was when it was on the ballot. Measure ULA, dubbed “the mansion tax" by supporters, imposes a transfer tax on property sales above approximately $5 million. Funds go toward affordable housing production and homelessness prevention programs in the city. It's supporters say it is boosting production of affordable housing and keeping tenants housed, reducing homelessness. Detractors say it has had minimal impact on affordable housing, and is chilling production of affordable and market-rate housing, and putting a drag on the economy. A conversation about Measure ULA is a conversation about housing, about affordability, about homelessness prevention, about finance and taxation, about real estate market forces, and about the finer details of government regulation. And that is what Mike discusses this week with Joe Donlin of United House LA, a champion of ULA, and Mott Smith, co-author a study critiquing ULA. UCLA Lewis Center Study: Unintended Consequences of Measure ULA Rebuttal: Major Research Flaws Undermine Authors' Bold Claims: Unpacking the Debate on Measure ULA What has Measure ULA Done So Far? (Shelterforce) How LA's transfer tax cost schools and local government $25 million (CA YIMBY) Lawmakers seek to overhaul LA mansion tax (LA Times) Mayor Bass withdraws her bill to overhaul LA mansion tax (LA Times) United to House LA website: https://unitedtohousela.com/ Council of Infill Builders: https://www.councilofinfillbuilders.org/ What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    57 分鐘

  5. 8月31日

    Union Town: LA's Labor History

    Los Angeles may be home to a powerful labor movement today, but it was not always that way. Los Angeles was once known as one of the most anti-union cities in the country. On this Labor Day weekend, we re-air Mike's 2024 interview with Kent Wong of the UCLA Labor Center. Kent walks us through the ups and downs of the history of organized labor in Los Angeles -- and reveals how victories and losses here shaped the labor movement nationally. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: UCLA Labor Center Memory Work Los Angeles Cal Federation of Labor - Labor History LA Stories: Labor Movements in Los Angeles Miguel Contreras: Legacy of a Labor Leader Mike Garcia and the Justice for Janitors Movement From Coors to California: David Sickler and the New Working Class Voices from the Front Lines: Organizing Immigrant Workers in Los Angeles From Mission to Microchip: A History of California Labor by Fred Glass (book) What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    55 分鐘
  6. The Queer Erasure of Wallis Annenberg (with Karen Ocamb)

    8月6日

    The Queer Erasure of Wallis Annenberg (with Karen Ocamb)

    Wallis Annenberg was a titan in the world of philanthropy. An heir to the Anneneberg family fortune, she served as chairman and president of the Annenberg Foundation since 2009, giving away more than $3 billion in charitable grants to a variety of causes, including the arts, wildlife, seniors, and inner-city youth. But the obituaries celebrating her life and lauding her achievements failed to mention that she was well-known in LA’s LGBTQ+ community as a lesbian, and she had given significant and critical support for LGBTQ+ causes. It was a noteworthy example of queer erasure – the tendency to remove LGBTQ groups or identity from the historical record.   The queer erasure so bothered her former partner Karen Ocamb – a noted chronicler of the LGBT civil rights movement and the HIV/AIDS crisis that she took to Substack to write about – in a column titled “When Lesbian Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg Helped Save The Gays.” The article drew immediate praise from members of LA’s queer community, who were shocked that news outlets failed to mention Annenberg was a lesbian. I interviewed Karen Ocamb about the Wallis she and so many others knew, and about the work Wallis Annenberg did for the LGTBQ+ community. When Lesbian Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg Helped Save The Gays by Karen Ocamb LA Times Obituary: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-07-28/wallis-annenberg-dead-philanthropist-obituary New York Times Obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/wallis-annenberg-dead.html LA Times follow-up story: "Inside Wallis Annenberg’s final days: Opioid stupor, abuse claims and a bitter family feud" The Suppression of Lesbian ^ Gay History by Rictor Norton: https://rictornorton.co.uk/suppress.htm Hollywood Turns Out for AIDS Benefit (New York Times, 1985): https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/20/us/hollywood-turns-out-for-aids-benefit.html Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing: https://www.gleh.org/ Project Angel Food: https://www.angelfood.org/ LGBT History: The Briggs Initiative - a Scary Proposition: https://www.glbthistory.org/briggs LGBT History: Lesbian Solidarity During the AIDS Epidemic: https://www.youthco.org/lesbian_solidarity_during_the_aids_epidemic LGBT History: The Blood Sisters - the Unsung Heroes of the AIDS Crisis: https://diva-magazine.com/2024/02/08/the-blood-sisters/ LGBT History: Meet Pioneer of Gay Rights Harry Hay: https://progressive.org/magazine/meet-pioneer-gay-rights-harry-hay/ LGBT History: The Lavender Effect: Ivy Bottini: https://thelavendereffect.org/projects/ohp/ivy-bottini/ What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    40 分鐘

  7. 7月1日

    Can We Fix a Broken Los Angeles (with Rick Cole)

    Is Los Angeles broken? And what will it take to fix it? We discuss that with Rick Cole on this episode of WNLA. Cole knows local government. He was elected to the Pasadena City Council in 1983, and served for 12 years, including two as Mayor. He served as City Manager of Azusa, Ventura and Santa Monica. He has served several times for the City of Los Angeles, as senior deputy to Councilmember Richard Alatorre, as deputy mayor for Budget & Innovation under Mayor Eric Garcetti, and as as deputy for City Controller Kenneth Mejia.  He left his position with Mejia last week, to focus on his role on the Pasadena City Council, a post he returned to in December after 30 years. In his farewell ceremony at City Council last week, he spoke about what ills the city and what it will take to fix it. We follow up, in an in-depth discussion. What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    48 分鐘

  8. 6月18日

    Being a Dissident in the United States

    In this new age of repression, are you a dissident? What does that mean? What does it require? And how dangerous is it? In this episode, we talk with Ami Fields-Meyer, co-author of “So You Want to Be A Dissident?” in the New Yorker. Ami also recently hosted a conversation titled “Concentration Camps and the Machinery of Repression: Lessons for Saving Democracy” with Julia Pitzer and Erica Chenoweth. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ESiZOQBZUYA?si=W5n9iC0HXAgCkSO9 What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.

    50 分鐘
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Los Angeles is at a turning point. We are living in a defining moment. What happens next is up to us. Over the past few years, problems and challenges have shaken this city -- and tremendous opportunities for change have presented themselves. How do we rise to this moment and emerge a better place to live? What will it take to create a more just and a more equitable community? Working together, how are we going to create a stronger, forward-thinking Los Angeles? Mike Bonin, writer, teacher, progressive activist and former City Councilmember, looks at the issues and problems facing Los Angeles,  examines ideas, and talks with the people who will lead us to a brighter future. Produced in partnership with LA Forward.

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