I’m an Angeleno and this is surprising to read. Myself and acquaintances have been talking how it feels like L.A. is going through a sort of renaissance right now. Cleaner air, crime dropping, gangs being eradicated, more likely to see a kid in the hood on a skateboard than with gang tattoos. We even have our new “Silicon Beach” in Venice with a huge Google office. Also Herb Wesson is the crookedest of the crooked in L.A. city politics, not too much faith in anything headed up by him.