This is just sickening and heart-breaking. I’m a second generation Angeleno whose grandparents on both sides moved here early on in search of better lives.

I went to the same high school that my parents met at, even had some of the same teachers! I was educated in the UC system, as were all of my siblings, and I’ve returned after years away, joining that same system again as a professor.

I don’t recognize the state I grew up in and it’s not just the traffic jams. A few years ago, I thought it would all work out, but now I’m not so sure anymore.

The system is broken and I don’t think anyone has the motivation to fix it.