Blueprint Magazine

Blueprint is journalism with purpose. It’s a magazine about ideas for improving LA & California - and about the people and institutions charged with doing that.

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Introducing Blueprint Issue 22: The Political Climate

This issue examines how politics shapes our response to a warming planet –– and how science, reason and policy can converge to meet an undeniable truth: the earth does not respond to politics.

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Climate action is central to Senator @AlexPadilla4CA's life.

Editor-in-chief @newton_jim sits down with him at the U.S. Capitol to discuss climate change, federal rollbacks and what it takes to lead — and keep faith — amid political turmoil.

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In Issue 22's Special Report, Robert Greene explores California's climate fight entering a new era. As President Trump withdraws from the Paris Accord again, UCLA scholars face a government at odds with science. And the planet keeps warming.

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With its perfect weather, Los Angeles should be a cyclist’s dream. Instead, it’s a cautionary tale.

Molly Selvin explores UCLA’s "Beyond Copenhagen" study — and what it will take to turn car-clogged streets into safe, human-scaled ones.

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After wildfires swept Los Angeles, Supervisor @LindseyPHorvath convened a Blue Ribbon Commission — backed by UCLA researchers — to design a smarter recovery. @jeanmerl traces how ambition met politics and how science still shapes the rebuild.

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In a warming world, shade is survival.

@JonRegardie examines UCLA professor V. Kelly Turner and the team behind the Shade Map — which reveals where heat falls hardest, and how data can help cities cool — and care — more fairly.

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Really excited to share my newest for @UCLABlueprint.

Had the chance to chat with @greenlawchina about how China's clean-energy push — from EVs to renewables —is leaving the U.S. playing catch-up.

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China’s sprint toward renewables has left the U.S. lagging. @IraGorawara follows UCLA's Alex Wang from Beijing’s electric taxis to policy gridlock in Washington –– and his warning that America's brakes could cost it its clean-energy future.

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China’s sprint toward renewables has left the U.S. lagging. @IraGorawara follows UCLA's Alex Wang from Beijing’s electric taxis to policy gridlock in Washington –– and his warning that America's brakes could cost it its clean-energy future.

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UCLA engineer Gaurav Sant is reimagining climate action –– from carbon-capturing concrete to ocean-based solutions. Our @lfung profiles Sant's global mission to turn bold ideas into scalable changes before time runs out.

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How did Los Angeles help elect New York’s new mayor?

@JonRegardie traces LA's progressive upsets –– from Nithya Raman to Kenneth Mejia –– to Zohran Mamdani’s win, showing how one city’s political playbook inspired another's revolution.

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Blueprint’s senior editor Rick Meyer returns with a satirical twist – this time from the perspective of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s infamous brain worm. In Issue 21’s “A Lighter Look,” the worm sets the record straight (sort of).

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Everyone makes mistakes. But journalists must own them. @JonRegardie reflects on a decades-old misstep, the lessons it taught, and why transparency and apology matter more than ego when the facts go wrong.

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Robert Greene had just moved to Altadena when the January fires struck. In a reflective personal essay, he recounts loss, guilt, and the quiet devastation of a community reduced to ash before he could fully call it home.

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In Issue 21’s Special Report, Robert Greene profiles Charity Chandler-Cole – once in foster care, and now the first Black person to lead @CASAofLA. She confronts race, bureaucracy, and the urgent needs of a strained child welfare system.

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Photographer @schneidereye captures images of Southern California as it builds back from the January fires. Her images in “The Burn. The Long Way Back” documents the destruction and the resilience of communities rebuilding from the ashes.

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LA County Supervisor @LindseyPHorvath stepped into office with bold ambitions.

Editor-in-chief @newton_jim sat down with her – discussing fire recovery, foster care reform, and the balancing act of principled leadership amid crises.

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Proposition 28 vowed $1 billion for arts education. Is it delivering?

@JonRegardie investigates how California schools are spending the funds, and why strong leadership, space, and staffing shape whether students see the benefits.

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For children, cultivating purpose fosters connection, well-being – and even better sleep. @lfung explores how researchers are coming to appreciate the benefits to children who learn to care for others.

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What happens when fire compounds foster care trauma?

@JonRegardie reports on a new UCLA study probing how January’s wildfires disrupted education and stability for vulnerable youth – and what recovery should look like.

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