Can L.A. actually pull off a car-free (or even a car-lite) Olympics in 2028? And what changes in the works will stick? I spoke with ACT-LA director Laura Raymond, Alissa Walker and Metro Los Angeles' chief innovation officer for perspective. 👇 latimes.com/california/new…

Today was telling my lunch table at SRCCON about Alissa Walker’s newsletter on the LA28 Olympics and how it seems niche and local but is of international relevance I hope more journalists feel empowered to leave their newsrooms and start something rad 🌴🔥Torched.la

Los Angeles "Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference in Paris where she announced that LA was planning a 'no-car Games.'" Just one thing: "There's actually no official plan outlined anywhere, & LA28's transportation page is comically vague."-Alissa Walker torched.la/we-dont-need-t…

Thanks for the shout out for State of Play in this week’s Torched ⁦Alissa Walker⁩. torched.la

Here's the document from the Los Angeles City Council that spells out how hoisting an Olympic flag at City Hall will cost taxpayers some $500,000. (Shout out to Alissa Walker who first reported on this back in July & to LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia for watchdogging this issue—it's important!)

Some LA elected officials went on a 'fact-finding mission' to Paris to learn how to implement the Olympics in LA. But as Alissa Walker raises in her newsletter, Torched, what is the value of sending LA elected officials to Paris when it's a totally different city?

Want to learn about "the lead-up to the LA28 Olympics and the incredible momentum coming out of Paris 24" with the Mayor of Los Angeles & LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman? Well, it'll cost you. $999, to be precise (unless you nab that bargain-basement $799 early bird price)

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Yashar Ali 🐘 Julie Roginsky Naomi Seligman Suzi Emmerling Jeremy Bernard Alissa Walker Libby Denkmann Claudia Peschiutta I have already heard from people at LA City Hall and others with information relevant to our reporting on Garcetti and Jacobs. If you have any information, my contact info is in my bio and I welcome your tips.

LA needs rest stops. Is this the civic space we need to help Us get around the city ? torched.la/lane-change/ Alissa Walker

I'm doing a training on 3 ways to monetize your newsletter for journalists. Always gotta share the beacons of hope! Journalist-run news is thriving and can only go up from here 🚀

Cutting through prevailing narratives with real insight, Alissa Walker unpacks so much in this story. Definitely worth a read. “The coverage has neglected to mention one thing: MacArthur Park is a 35-acre, city-owned public space. And while LA's police department hasn't been

Alissa Walker's Torched newsletter dives into stadium snubbing, public infrastructure promises, LA electeds in Paris, and archival footage of the 1984 Olympics. She also features State of Play: Summer Games in the Torched-approved recommended reads! bit.ly/3YXWU4I

Olympics: boondoggle or catalyst? you, me, and Alissa Walker will get to the bottom of it -- Monday at 3 eastern/noon pacific torched.la/torched-talks-…

Catching up on Alissa Walker’s excellent newsletter and this feels like a real era-defining sentence, not just for politics but for everything. torched.la/making-concret…