LA Civics 101

Are you discovering the power of local government for the first time? Confused by what you're learning? Want to get educated so you can be effective in making sure our budgets and policies reflect our values? Listen to a recording of our 2020 teach-in on LA Civics 101 to get an overview of the nuts and bolts of local government. What's the difference between LA City and LA County? What about the 87 other cities in LA County? What kind of power does the LA City Council have compared to the Mayor compared to the County Board of Supervisors? What's the role of the City Attorney (Mike Feuer), the District Attorney (Jackie Lacey), and the County Sheriff (Alex Villanueva)? We can't promise we'll answer all your questions but we'll sure as hell will try!

You can listen to LA Civics 101 online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

LA Civics 101 is an episode from LA Forwards & Backwards by David Levitus, LA Forward.

This episode is 58:01 long.

This episode was published on Jun 21, 2020.

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