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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # NEIGHBORHOOD --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/07/041a-076f5f1a.jpg) ### Neatly Groomed, But Illegal Venice Encampment Continues Along Lincoln Boulevard Written by Nick Antonicello on May 20 2024. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics/28914-neatly-groomed-but-illegal-venice-encampment-continues-along-lincoln-boulevard) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/55/036c-5583e8b3.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics/28830-hard-times-at-franklin-high-school)Written by Tony Butka on May 02 2024. Posted in [NEIGHBORHOOD](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics). ## [Hard Times at Franklin High School](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics/28830-hard-times-at-franklin-high-school) THE EASTSIDER - Until recently, Benjamin Franklin High School (FHS) in Highland Park was considered according to LAUSD, a safe and high performing sc… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c1/035m-c1c07e13.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics/28821-funding-fiasco-the-elusive-finances-behind-sun-valleys-rory-shaw-project)### [Funding Fiasco: The Elusive Finances Behind Sun Valley's Rory Shaw Project](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/neighborhood-politics/28821-funding-fiasco-the-elusive-finances-behind-sun-valleys-rory-shaw-project) Written by Mihran Kaladjian | Mariam Moore on April 29 2024. 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