Ron Galperin holds the office of Controller of the City of Los Angeles, a post to which he was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. As controller, he is the paymaster, auditor and chief accounting officer for the…
Conversations
Q&A With Derrick Gathers
Derrick Gathers, brother of Hank Gathers, why Hank was admired as much for who he was off the basketball court as he was for what he accomplished on the court.
Tragedy’s Ripple Effects
LMU’s William D. Parham talks about grief’s impact on professional athletes.
A Conversation With Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson ’01, LLS ’05, an expert on the Constitution, analyzes the politics of impeachment.
A Conversation With Elie Miller
Elie Miller discusses her work helping people with the collateral consequences of felony convictions.
Striking Gold — and Black
Adrien Perez ’16, who terrorized WCC opponents as an LMU attacker for men’s soccer, scored his first MLS goal for LAFC in this first start for the team earlier this season. He talks about life as a pro and what he’s learning on one of the best teams in Major League Soccer.
A Conversation With Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor Eric Garcetti says that for Los Angeles homelessness is the “the moral and humanitarian crisis of our time.”
A Conversation with Garland Kirkpatrick
A professor of design talks about design in one of the world’s creative capitals, Los Angeles.
A Conversation With Julia Newman ’11
Solving homelessness will require good design as well as more housing stock. This designer is working on it.
A Conversation With Kyla Danforth ’19
A long-distance runner describes how her competitiveness helped her not care about pain.