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Jack Ross

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As seen in: USA Today, Salon, Yahoo Sports Canada, Daily Kos, KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA), The New Republic, The Indianapolis Star, NewsBreak, Truthdig, Visalia Times-Delta and
Covers:  City politics, housing, street vending, homelessness, tenant organizing
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Journalist in Los Angeles, primarily for Capital & Main.

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Diverted From Discipline: L.A. Schools Replace Cops with Restorative Justice

Diverted From Discipline: L.A. Schools Replace Cops with Restorative Justice

At 8 a.m. outside Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles, students li…

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San Francisco-Based Veritas Investments Accused of Harassing Renters

San Francisco-Based Veritas Investments Accused of Harassing Renters

As actress and opera singer Janice Lynde returned to her West Hollywood apartment after back-to-back lung sur…

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Will LAUSD's New Funding Plan Help the 'School Choice' Movement?

Will LAUSD's New Funding Plan Help the 'School Choice' Movement?

Even though it is flush with cash from several federal relief packages, the Los Angeles Unified School Distri…

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L.A.'s first legal street food vending tamal cart will cost around $7500

L.A.'s first legal street food vending tamal cart will cost around $7500

On January 4, 1892, Los Angeles politicians were in the city papers griping about tamal wagons. Again. “The …

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Santa Monica's elite are using an airport to block affordable housing

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By Jack Ross Verified
| Los Angeles Public Press Verified
This article was produced by the nonprofit journalism publications Capital & Main and KCRW. It is co-published here with permission. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on Dec. 31, 2028.
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Could Santa Monica Airport Closure Spur Push for Housing?

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By Jack Ross Verified, Rob Maurer
| LA Progressive Verified
A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on December 31, 2028.
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Santa Monica Airport Closure Spurs Push for Housing

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By Jack Ross Verified
| Capital & Main Verified
This article was produced in partnership with KCRW. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on Dec. 31, 2028. Santa Monica residents voted in 2014 to build a park on the site of the airport.
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