What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin
Los Angeles is at a turning point. We are living in a defining moment. What happens next is up to us. Over the past few years, problems and challenges have shaken this city -- and tremendous opportunities for change have presented themselves. How do we rise to this moment and emerge a better place to live? What will it take to create a more just and a more equitable community? Working together, how are we going to create a stronger, forward-thinking Los Angeles? Mike Bonin, writer, teacher, progressive activist and former City Councilmember, looks at the issues and problems facing Los Angeles, examines ideas, and talks with the people who will lead us to a brighter future.
Produced in partnership with LA Forward.
What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin
Candidate Spotlight: Serena Oberstein
As part of a series of in-depth, one-on-one interviews with candidates on the March ballot, I talk with Serena Oberstein, who is running to unseat incumbent Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee to represent the 12th District in the northwest San Fernando Valley. It is a fascinating race, pitting Oberstein, former president of the city's Ethics Commission, against an elected official who is under investigation by the commission for his alleged role in a scandal that sent his predecessor to federal prison.
Oberstein, who is currently head of Jewish World Watch, would be the first Democrat to represent the 12th District, and the first person in decades to hold the seat without first serving as chief of staff to a previous councilmember.
Serena Oberstein Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
LA Daily News: Ex-ethics commissioner Serena Oberstein challenges John Lee in LA council race
LA Times: Six years after lavish Vegas trip, Councilmember John Lee faces ethics allegations
LA Public Press: LA City Councilman John Lee sues Ethics Commission