By Jose E. Navarro, MBA October 18, 2026 LOS ANGELES. On Friday, City Controller Kenneth Mejia used a power Los Angeles controllers rarely use. He subpoenaed LA28, the committee organizing […]
Measure E: The Charter Fix Nobody Planned For
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | October 18, 2026 LOS ANGELES. Los Angeles County voters approved a $288.3 million annual set-aside in 2020, then approved a […]
Approved but Unpaid: A $10 Million Gap Threatens Eaton Fire Case Management on October 31
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | October 15, 2026 ALTADENA, Calif. Sixteen days from now, the program that helps Eaton Fire survivors fight insurance denials and […]
Los Angeles County Is Taking On Three Insurers. Who Is Keeping Score?
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | October 12, 2026 SAN DIEGO. On October 8, Los Angeles County put a third insurer on notice. County Counsel told […]
ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRES, THE REBUILD IS A MATH PROBLEM
Nearly 13,000 homes were lost in the Palisades and Eaton fires. The permits, the payouts, and the lawsuits now tell a clearer story than the headlines do. By Jose Navarro, […]
ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER THE FIRES, THE REBUILD IS A MATH PROBLEM
Nearly 13,000 homes were lost in the Palisades and Eaton fires. The permits, the payouts, and the lawsuits now tell a clearer story than the headlines do. By Jose Navarro, […]
One Vote, Six Changes: What Los Angeles Voters Are Being Asked to Approve in Measure LA
By Jose Navarro, MBA Mail ballots go out to Los Angeles voters this week, and Measure LA asks for one yes-or-no vote on six separate charter changes. Some are overdue. […]
From Soap Opera Screen to Shelter: Reimagining LA’s Historic General Hospital
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA Navarro Report For decades, millions of television viewers across America knew the imposing 19-story Art Deco complex overlooking East Los Angeles as the fictional sanctuary […]
A Health Care Tax With No Lockbox: What LA County’s Measure ER Really Promises
By Jose Navarro, MBA | Financial Controller & Public Policy Analyst | San Diego, CA September 30, 2026 On October 1, Los Angeles County’s sales tax rises from 9.75 percent […]
THE BILL THAT KEEPS COMING — TWENTY MONTHS AFTER THE FIRES, LOS ANGELES’S BUDGET STILL HASN’T RECOVERED
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report When the Palisades and Eaton fires tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, the immediate story was human: lives lost, entire neighborhoods […]