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Who decides. Elected officials, city staff, appointees, political machines.
Council Votes to Refer Byers to State Ethics Agency. What’s Next?
Something rare happened in West Hollywood on Monday night: the City Council referred one of its own members…
EQCA Calls Erickson’s Travel Attacks Anti-LGBTQ. Its Board President Works for Lindsey Horvath.
Equality California has endorsed John Erickson and is now intervening in his State Senate race by accusing his…
The Victim Machine: Erickson Can’t Answer an Ad, So Equality California Cried Bigotry for Him
It’s the same move every time. When John Erickson can’t win on the facts, he finds an institution…
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…
West Hollywood’s New Wisconsin Majority
Here’s something nobody’s mentioned yet. John Erickson, the West Hollywood City Councilmember currently running for State Senate, was…
Your City Council Has Been Lobbying Against You
One of them led the effort. The rest knew — or should have. None of them told you.…
Abbe Land: The Godmother of West Hollywood
Abbe Land is no stranger to West Hollywood’s corridors of power. First elected in 1986, she spent a…
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 majority pivots to unfalsifiable dogma dressed as…
The Commissioner Who Says Rent Control “Doesn’t Work”
It started with an op‑ed on WEHOonline about National Night Out and some eyebrow‑raising references to “reprimands.” Referencing…
Ambition Without Audience: Erickson’s Senate Bid Gets the Cold Shoulder
When West Hollywood City Councilmember and Immediate Past Mayor John Erickson launched his California State Senate campaign just…