# L.A. Material

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## Posts
- [Are the Dodgers too old?](https://lamaterial.com/p/are-the-dodgers-too-old): Plus, soaring DWP bills and a call to pause the County CEO proposal. 
- [Waiting for Rick Caruso](https://lamaterial.com/p/waiting-for-rick-caruso): Plus, drama at Netflix, rail construction in the San Fernando Valley, and a whole lot of public money for one small science institute.
- [To Endorse, or Not To Endorse?](https://lamaterial.com/p/rick-caruso-endorsement-bass-raman): After playing coy for weeks, developer Rick Caruso stops just shy of revealing a decision.
- [The time Becerra got creamed](https://lamaterial.com/p/becerra-la-mayoral-loss-newsletter): Plus: a twist on a federal bust, another ousted Netflix executive, and John Waters gets asked to show ID.
- [The Race Xavier Becerra Lost](https://lamaterial.com/p/the-race-xavier-becerra-lost-governor): What the gubernatorial candidate's failed 2001 bid for L.A. mayor reveals about the man and how he might govern.
- [The Poster Child of Trump’s L.A. Voter Fraud Bust Is a Registered Republican](https://lamaterial.com/p/voter-fraud-arrests-republicans-california): Feds arrested more registered Republicans than Democrats in Monday’s voter fraud sweep, according to an L.A. Material review of voting records.
- [If you want a friend at City Hall, get a dog. ](https://lamaterial.com/p/nithya-raman-city-hall-newsletter): Plus, a never-ending trash saga, internal DSA conflict and D Line closures.
- [The Lone Wolf On The City Council](https://lamaterial.com/p/raman-la-mayor-council-support): Mayor Karen Bass has attacked challenger Nithya Raman for having no allies on the City Council. Should voters even care?
- [Meet the amateur ballot gurus](https://lamaterial.com/p/amateur-ballot-guru-newsletter): Plus, Dodgers defeat, ‘No Kings’ rallies this weekend, an HOA insurance crisis and revisiting Daryl Gates. 
- [How All Your Friends Became Voting Microinfluencers](https://lamaterial.com/p/california-voting-microinfluencers-ballot-guides): From synagogue WhatsApp groups to sprawling family text chains, a growing number of non-professionals are guiding their friends and family through California’s particular brand of voting hell.
- [New White House Press Secretary is SoCal Traffic Scofflaw](https://lamaterial.com/p/katie-zacharia-press-secretary-traffic-tickets): Katie Zacharia has been cited three times in L.A. and Ventura counties since 2023.
- [The most iconic — and most hated — place in L.A. ](https://lamaterial.com/p/hollywood-boulevard-iconic-hated-newsletter): Plus, Netflix’s biggest layoffs since 2022 and why the Westside faces higher fire risk.
- [The Case of the Dead Treasurer](https://lamaterial.com/p/la-managers-union-dead-treasurer): One of L.A.’s powerful public-sector unions has a dead man signing its political paperwork, and is facing accusations of financial mismanagement.
- [Barbs fly at final mayoral debate](https://lamaterial.com/p/la-final-mayoral-debate-analysis): Plus, a LinkedIn update for the former First Lady of San Francisco, the bigger better Burbank and more. 
- [Let us help with your civic homework](https://lamaterial.com/p/la-voter-guides-newsletter): Plus, D Line station closures, rigged sixth-grade election, and L.A. Material’s post-debate webinar.
- [L.A. Material’s Giant Guide to Voter Guides](https://lamaterial.com/p/la-general-election-voter-guides): Here’s everything you need to make an informed choice about Los Angeles-area candidates, measures and issues ahead of the November 3 general election.
- [A secretive celebrity club and its even more secretive owner](https://lamaterial.com/p/living-room-members-club-newsletter): Plus: The Dodgers face their three-peat destiny, Long Beachers defend their homes, and a look at the week ahead.
- [L.A.’s Hottest Club Is Living Room](https://lamaterial.com/p/living-room-members-club-camp): The quiet ascent of the new celeb outpost — and its mysterious ownership status.
- [A once-forgotten L.A. literary legend is huge in Italy](https://lamaterial.com/p/john-fante-newsletter): Plus, suburban prostitution, Stahl House struggles, a Hollywood bailout and more.
- [A Great L.A. Novelist, Often Overlooked Here, Is Huge In Italy](https://lamaterial.com/p/john-fante-huge-in-italy): A remote mountain town hosts an annual literary festival devoted to John Fante, whose Ask the Dust might have been forgotten if not for Charles Bukowski 
- [Can Congress save Hollywood?](https://lamaterial.com/p/laura-friedman-congress-save-hollywood): Plus, the Kelvin wave is here! A journey into the wild world of verticals, and should Kamala Harris run in 2028?
- [The In-N-Out delivery underground is thriving on Facebook](https://lamaterial.com/p/in-n-out-delivery-facebook-marketplace-door-dash): Plus, a search warrant at the Lineage warehouse, the Emmys go to Amazon Prime, and the Dodgers are one win away from the NLCS.
- [Is It Possible to Get In-N-Out Delivered?](https://lamaterial.com/p/innout-delivery-doordash-grubhub): We explore the thriving black market for double-doubles on Facebook Marketplace.
- [Campaign Countdown](https://lamaterial.com/p/campaign-countdown): Smart analysis, insider tidbits and the latest gossip every day until the election. 
- [Photos the Raman campaign doesn’t want you to see](https://lamaterial.com/p/nithya-raman-deleted-photos-rick-jacobs): Plus, egg sandwiches with Jane Fonda, an exorbitant Erewhon x LACMA hoodie, and a sexually suggestive gubernatorial ad.
- [Do people still make out in cars?](https://lamaterial.com/p/death-car-makeout-where-to): Plus, Nobel Prize week, Becerra snubs local media and an unexpected El Niño perk.  
- [Does Anyone Make Out in Cars Anymore?](https://lamaterial.com/p/car-sex-in-la-where): Ring cameras, flashlights and nosy neighborhood WhatsApp groups encroach on a steamy L.A. tradition.