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Journalist in LA, cofounder of @lamaterial.bsky.social Mainly poetry, politics and local news on here
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@lamaterial.comReposted by @sherlyholmes.bsky.socialCan Congress save Hollywood? Rep. Laura Friedman is pushing a bipartisan tax credit to bring film and TV jobs back to the U.S.
This week, she joined us on L.A. World to discuss whether the bill could actually bring production back to L.A. Listen now: buff.ly/jS723D0
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialDo you make a voter guide for your friends ? Or use a voter guide made by a friend? I would like to hear about it if so!
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialDeadline is Friday
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@lamaterial.comReposted by @sherlyholmes.bsky.socialHow do you prepare for a special election that may not actually come to pass?
If Nithya Raman wins the mayoral election, she’d leave an open council seat, and the behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill it has already begun.
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@lamaterial.comReposted by @sherlyholmes.bsky.socialWhat happens to her council district if Nithya Raman becomes mayor? Potential successors are already making moves for a special election that may never happen.
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@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialThere is hardly an ambitious politician living within a five-mile radius of the district’s jagged boundaries whose name hasn’t been bandied about as a potential contender…
@lamaterial.comReposted by @sherlyholmes.bsky.socialAfter Prop. 50 rewrote the political maps, just three California House races are rated as competitive — but they could still help decide which party controls Congress.
Here’s what you need to know about all three. buff.ly/VIxhO56
@sherlyholmes.bsky.social“People are working 7 days a week in some cases, and several are now abusing substances or on the verge of emotional collapse.”
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@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialPoem of the day: "The Birthday of the World" by Marge Piercy.
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialNew from me:
The UCLA leader in charge of the school's reputation is waging a legal battle against her employer to stop them from releasing a report she says would cause her “irreparable reputational harm.”
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialNEW: As Boyle Heights warehouse fire burned, then-Bass advisor Yusef Robb remained in the mayor's press office's internal WhatsApp groups even after he started doing crisis PR for Lineage.
lamaterial.comBass Advisor Remained in Private Mayor's Office Chats While Doing P.R. for LineageYusef Robb remained in the mayor’s internal communications channels for a week after beginning crisis PR work for the company that manages the Boyle Heights warehouse.
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialBallot-filled helicopters will also be jetting from Lancaster, Pomona, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Torrance & Lakewood to get counted in Industry. The Sheriff’s Department actually removes seats from their helicopters “to make sure we can get as many ballots on those birds as possible.”
@sherlyholmes.bsky.socialI love thinking about how much goes into voting across our massive county.
People are voting right now at a sun-bleached church on Catalina Island
A Sheriff’s boat will take those ballots to Long Beach, where they’ll then be driven to City of Industry for counting.
lamaterial.comHow to parse the early election resultsPlus, a Maxine Waters fight, Jeffrey Epstein’s sperm and a Neutra dream.