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One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

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Don’t Get Caught Up: The L.A. TACO Guide to 2022’s New Laws And How They May Affect You

Capital & Main

Will L.A.’s 2028 Olympic Agreement Address Homelessness and Jobs?

Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

Gadsden Flag In Grand Park Permanently Taken Down Following L.A. TACO Inquiry

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Ransomware Attack on Planned Parenthood L.A. Robs Personal Data of 400,000 Patients Amid Grim Times for Reproductive Rights Supporters

Street Vending

L.A. City Council Stands Up for Taqueros and Fruteros, Urges California to Remove Obstacles for Street Food Vendors

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

How Riverside’s Progressive Stance On Licensing At-Home Restaurants Helped This Immigrant Family Stave Off Homelessness

Carla Green is an award-winning audio and print journalist based in Los Angeles. She co-reported and produced The Sellout, a podcast about gentrification and corruption from L.A. Taco and Neon Hum Media.

Carla Green

To Understand Which L.A. Neighborhoods Have the Most ‘Power,’ You Have to Understand Redistricting. Here’s a Primer

An El Sereno Man’s Mission to Get City Sanitation to Pick Up 10 Gallons of Human Urine Dumped In His Neighborhood, It’s Been 20 Days and No Response

The Mexico-U.S. Border Reopened Today. Here’s Why This Is Important to Tijuana’s Food Scene and Mexican Nationals

Mariah Castañeda is a feisty multimedia journalist and social media editor.

Mariah Castañeda

Introducing Our New Co-Produced Podcast On the City Council Member Who Sold Out the Community That Raised Him