Episode 7: Erika D. Smith

Erika D. Smith is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

I do think there’s a lot of geography tied to people’s values and interests. I’ve enjoyed exploring different parts of the state and getting to know people who very much identify with where they’re from and care a lot about it for various different reasons. [They] oftentimes feel like other people in other parts of the state don’t understand where they live and what they do and what their life is like—which is probably true. But I think it’s interesting to hear that same statement repeated again and again from so many people from different parts of the state.

Notes and references from this episode: 

Erika D. Smith - Los Angeles Times column archive

Erika D. Smith - Sacramento Bee column archive   

Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine's racial equity problem, by Erika D. Smith

California forgot transgender people in vaccine equity push, by Erika D. Smith

How one California county managed to stay coronavirus-free, by Erika D. Smith

Holly Mitchell: 'Queen' of Black politics in LA, California, by Erika D. Smith

Sister Libby Fernandez Q&A, by Stu VanAirsdale, Sactown Magazine

L.A. should take a lesson from Sacramento on how to clear a homeless encampment, by Erika D. Smith

A week later, here’s what happened to some of the homeless people booted from Echo Park, by Erika D. Smith

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