About this episode

The episode discusses LA's new budget, the State of the City address, and fundraising updates for upcoming elections.

Alissa joins Mike and Godfrey to decipher LA’s new budget, Karen Bass’s second (or third?) State of the City, and which departments are getting more money this year. Then, how a plan to help Airbnb snuck into the budget, and fundraising updates for candidates as ballots for the June 2 election arrive later this week.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Godfrey

Guest: Alissa

Topics covered

• LA budget
• State of the City
• Airbnb
• fundraising
• elections

Keywords

• LA budget
• Karen Bass
• Airbnb
• fundraising
• June 2 election

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Karen Bass

Places: LA

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