MacArthur Park
City park in Los Angeles, CaliforniaWikipedia
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Nov 2, 2026
Tavis SmileyHOST
And some months ago, I thought you had that on lock, given the way you push back forthrightly and forcefully against ICE.
Tavis SmileyHOST
That video went viral when you went to MacArthur Park.
Tavis SmileyHOST
So all of us were applauding you for pushing back on ICE some months ago.
Tavis SmileyHOST
And then, of course, for those who live in L.A., we had the fire in Boyle Heights.
José Francisco MorenoGUEST
And so the summer when I started teaching through Teach for America is a training.
José Francisco MorenoGUEST
And my very first classroom was in close to downtown Los Angeles in a place that is next to a park called MacArthur Park.
José Francisco MorenoGUEST
And my first classroom was a group of third graders.
José Francisco MorenoGUEST
And it was a cohort of students who we taught for that summer.
Michael MonksHOST
And there is a group of businesses that are backing candidates who are willing to reopen entirely or at least substantially modify that car-free plan.
Chris MerrillHOST
Wait, isn't this what L.A. wants to do between MacArthur Park and...
Chris MerrillHOST
Yes.
Chris MerrillHOST
What's the
Michael MonksHOST
other one? Yes.
Michael MonksHOST
MacArthur Park would be closed in between a couple of...
Michael MonksHOST
Wilshire Boulevard runs through MacArthur Park.
Michael MonksHOST
They want to just close Wilshire right there.
speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
the ring wasn't yours, then? Yeah, if I'd known it was worth that much, I wouldn't have tried to sell it so cheap.
speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
Well, where'd you get it? I found it where? MacArthur Park.
Frank SmithVOICE_ACTOR
When?
speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
Last night.
Martin RizoHOST
So Steve Hilton, I've seen a video of him going.
Martin RizoHOST
Dude, he went to fucking right there at the Yoshinoya across the street from fucking McArthur Park at 2 in the morning.
Martin RizoHOST
There's fucking a security guard macing a homeless guy.
Martin RizoHOST
And he's like, look how it is.
Larry MantleHOST
My family goes back many years here.
Larry MantleHOST
I was born in downtown Los Angeles, not far from MacArthur Park.
Larry MantleHOST
grew up visiting that area.
Larry MantleHOST
I worked in the MacArthur Park area in 1978, a summer job when I was in college.
Larry MantleHOST
It was a dicey neighborhood even then.
Larry MantleHOST
But of course, the park has gone through, in recent years, even more tumultuous times.
Larry MantleHOST
You've heard Norm Langer of The restaurant, which is a destination for so many Angelenos, talk about the decline of the neighborhood and what it's meant for operating his business.
Larry MantleHOST
We know, of course, the coverage of drug use and drug sales in the park and the challenge for neighboring families to be able to safely use the park.
Ray ComfortGUEST
I had no credibility.
Ray ComfortGUEST
But then, and I filled in that time by going to MacArthur Park.
Ray ComfortGUEST
You're familiar with MacArthur Park? Yeah, of course.
Ray ComfortGUEST
I'd heard about it in New Zealand because of the song.
Ray ComfortGUEST
Yeah.
Bill BoyarskyHOST
That has to be Bass's finest moment.
Bill BoyarskyHOST
When she broke off the motorcade, whenever she was doing, went to MacArthur Park and took on ICE
Mike BoninGUEST
over the phone.
Mike BoninGUEST
Oh, without a doubt.
Mike BoninGUEST
The Bass campaign, if people are going to have a visual image of the mayor, the Bass campaign wants it to be her standing up to ICE at MacArthur Park.
Mike BoninGUEST
The Rahman campaign wants it to be that 60 seconds of stony silence when she got off the plane from Africa being questioned about what do you say to people of Los Angeles about the fires? Those are the two competing visions of Mayor Bass that the campaigns want voters to have.
Sherry Bebitch JeffeHOST
What do you think the Caruso campaign conversation that's been talked about saying he's not endorsing the mayor, but he's going to vote for the mayor.
Bill BoyarskyHOST
That has to be Bass's finest moment.
Bill BoyarskyHOST
When she broke off the motorcade, whenever she was doing, went to MacArthur Park and took
Mike BoninGUEST
on ICE over the phone.
Mike BoninGUEST
Oh, without a doubt.
Mike BoninGUEST
The Bass campaign, if people are going to have a visual image of the mayor, the Bass campaign wants it to be her standing up to ICE at MacArthur Park.
Mike BoninGUEST
The Rahman campaign wants it to be that 60 seconds of stony silence when she got off the plane from Africa being questioned about what do you say to people of Los Angeles about the fires? Those are the two competing visions of Mayor Bass that the campaigns want voters to have.
Sherry Bebitch JeffeHOST
What do you think the Caruso campaign conversation that's been talked about saying he's not endorsing the mayor, but he's going to vote for the mayor.
Nereida MorenoHOST
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Nereida MorenoHOST
Today on the LA Report, we'll check in on the state of LA's notorious MacArthur Park and what city officials are doing to make it safer.
Nereida MorenoHOST
A union representing 29,000 Cal State faculty members is preparing to strike.
Melissa HidalgoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We should be able to teach the classes that we need to teach the students actually demand without government or political interference.
Nereida MorenoHOST
It's Wednesday, October 28th.
Nereida MorenoHOST
I'm Nereida Moreno, and you're listening to the LA Reports Afternoon Edition from LAS News.
Nereida MorenoHOST
MacArthur Park has become an epicenter for Los Angeles' overdose crisis.
Nereida MorenoHOST
Last year, 74 people died of accidental overdoses in and near the park.
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