r/LosAngeles

I had no idea who I was going to vote for in the LA mayor’s race. Then my building management company, (a billionaire corporation that owns my building) sent out material on every tenant email saying that they will be endorsing Pratt for mayor.

Think about that for a second. These are the same people who keep raising our rent every year. And they’re backing a candidate for mayor. Why would a company like that support someone unless they were confident he wouldn’t do anything to lower rents or protect tenants?

I didn’t know who to vote for before. I do now. If the billionaires who profit from keeping rent high are telling you to vote for someone, that’s a pretty clear sign of whose side he’s on.

Not voting for Pratt.

Well I’m excited for it. First in the US for me and the USMNT is gonna be here.

Circled area is everyone’s favorite atomic playground, the Santa Susana Field Lab

Johnie’s Coffee Shop at Wilshire and Fairfax is open to the public again thanks to Gary Baseman’s newest show, ‘Off The Menu.’

Baseman celebrates the history of Los Angeles’ dining culture with an exhibition of over 40 drawings made on actual menus from local restaurants. The menu works are “action drawings” that Baseman made as he dined at restaurants such as, El Coyote, Musso & Frank’s, Canter’s, Farm House Kitchen, Max & Helen’s, Bub & Grandma’s, and Fanny’s among many others.

Baseman’s drawings are delightful, but the real treat is being able to walk inside of Johnie’s. Unless you came by when it was Bernie's Coffee Shop to promote Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in 2016, or any of the activations by Community Solidarity Project over the past 10 years, the space has largely been closed to the public since 2000 when Johnie’s Coffee Shop went out of business after 34 years. The Googie diner building was built as Romeo’s in 1956 by Armét & Davis, is currently owned by the Gold family of 99¢ Store fame, and they do not have plans for this passively-preserved building on a highly-desirable piece of property, so after this show it could close for another 26 years.

This diner has been in dozens of movies. Miracle Mile, American History X, City of Angeles, Reservoir Dogs, and The Big Lebowski were all filmed here. Now is your chance to sit where The Dude and Walter sat and have a conversation about how easy it is to get a severed toe in Los Angeles.

Off The Menu runs Thursday to Sunday, Noon to 7pm, through June 14th.

They are demolishing a row of trees on Flower. I guess a green canopy is something to be protected from in LA

Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt are both hardcore NIMBYs who oppose upzoning and density, and will only make the current situation in LA worse. Bass will just continue the unacceptable status quo, and Pratt will only worsen it by actively fighting upzoning laws like SB 79 even harder, which will exacerbate the housing crisis.

The only hope of getting more housing built in LA, which in turn will have the downstream effects of improving the economy, reducing the homeless population, reducing crime, and in turn making LA more livable and improving the quality of life? Upzone and build more dense housing. There is only one candidate for LA mayor who will do that, and that is Raman.

If any of you have pets and are looking for a reputable low cost spay/neuter clinic, wanted to recommend this place. I took my kitten there two weeks ago for her spay and it went great. It was $60 cash for her, not sure how much it is for dogs but you can call. The place was clean and the staff were friendly. I dropped her off at 8, picked her up at 1. Her incision looked great and she has since healed perfectly. Just wanted to post this to help anyone out who needs a cheaper alternative, my vet quoted me $650 which is outrageous for a spay.