The Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of two of the most troubling problems facing Southern California — homelessness and racial division.
California’s legalization of recreational cannabis in 2016 ushered in a multibillion-dollar industry. But many of the promises of legalization have proved elusive.
Martinez focused particular animus on then-Councilman Mike Bonin, who is white, and Bonin’s young son, who is Black. At one point, Martinez called Bonin a “little bitch” and referred to his son as a “changuito,” or “like a monkey.” She also said Bonin’s son had misbehaved on a parade float and needed a “beatdown.”
As the journalists, led by Assistant Managing Editor Steve Clow, came to understand the story, The Times and its attorney had to stave off the threat of legal action by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, the powerful union organization whose lawyers claimed that the the recording was “illegal” and said the newspaper would subject itself to “potential liability.”
The trio found 22-year-old Mckenzie Trahan, pregnant and living in a tent, above the roar of the freeway. They came to deeply know not only Trahan but the two women – her mother and case manager – whose lives were also blighted by homelessness.
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