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Bicycles Are Not Popular in West Hollywood – But Bike Lanes Are Sacred
After giveaways, rentals, and free rides all flopped, the Erickson-Hang-Byers council…
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Play Brick Break: Gavel Byers, Hang and Erickson Off the Dais Before the Item Passes
Byers, Hang and Erickson are throwing council motions from the dais. You have three minutes…
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Does Erickson Have a Problem with People of Color?
Does West Hollywood City Councilmember John Erickson have a problem with people of color who don’t know their place? Not publicly, of course. Publicly, Erickson is West Hollywood’s…
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Play Brick Break: Gavel Byers, Hang and Erickson Off the Dais Before the Item Passes
Byers, Hang and Erickson are throwing council motions from the dais. You have three minutes…
Political Escape Velocity: How Lindsey Horvath Monetized a Part-Time Council Seat into a Full-Time Supervisor
For seven years a billboard executive sat on the West Hollywood City Council and voted…
UPDATED Tick-Tock: Is Langer Pushing the Byers FPPC Question Past the Election?
On June 29 the City Council stopped a housing vote, said the question of whether…
Erickson Leverages Council Business for Illegal Campaign Cash in Senate Race
State law bars a councilmember from accepting more than $500 from anyone with business…
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In late June, a straightforward question landed on the West Hollywood City Council: can a…