Measure HHH is a vital step to jump-start housing projects for homeless individuals in Los Angeles. As it stands, there are too few options to help the estimated 28,000 homeless people counted in the city earlier this year. In fact, there was an 11 percent increase in homelessness from 2015, demonstrating an all-too-apparent need for […]
Category Archives: Editorials
2016 Election: Yes on Measure M
It’s time for Los Angeles to get out of its gridlock. While Measure M will not be a panacea, it would be an important step toward reducing congestion and Angelenos’ reliance on cars. If approved, Measure M would raise the sales tax in LA County by 0.5 percent, which is estimated to create an annual […]
Editorial: UCOP should reform ballot guidelines for bundled referenda
Fee referenda have become a recurring aspect of our undergraduate student government elections, with Undergraduate Students Association Council offices and student organizations looking to raise student fees to fund a variety of programs. Most recently, our last USAC election featured four fee referenda, all of which passed. While fee referenda can fund necessary student programs, […]
Editorial: Westwood Parks Advisory Board must better publicize meetings
The Westwood Recreation Center needs better community outreach before it goes to the dogs – literally. The Westwood Parks Advisory Board introduced preliminary plans at its Oct. 7 meeting to build a dog park on one of the center’s playgrounds, but many Westwood residents did not learn about the proposal until a neighborhood meeting a […]
Editorial: Task force report is commendable, better prepares UCLA for emergencies
UCLA was unprepared when a murder-suicide in June led people to believe there was an active shooter on campus. Instructors and students couldn’t lock doors, weren’t sure what to do and some ended up spreading false information. In response to the incident, Chancellor Gene Block formed the UCLA Campus Safety Task Force – made up […]
Editorial: Mobile app shouldn’t be pursued as the only solution without more data
Mobile apps can’t solve everything. And an undergraduate student government commission’s proposal to connect a late-night van service to students’ phones shows that technology can make problem-solving more complicated than it has to be, especially when there’s uncertainty about what the problem actually is. Two weeks ago, Sandra Rhee, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities […]
Editorial: Students should not propagate viewpoints with false statements
Students are entitled to their free speech, but it’s unbefitting of them to use that freedom to propagate false facts. Last week, the Bruin Republicans student group held an event titled, “Sabine Durden: An Illegal Immigrant Killed My Child,” featuring a mother whose son was killed in a drunken driving car accident by an undocumented […]