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Obviously, that’s not a snap of the fingers where everything is going to change overnight. But if people are transparent, if they’re setting aggressive goals and they’re doing what they need to do to achieve them, then I think at least for now, then we have done our job. I do think that some organizations over the past year, and as you know, after the murder of George Floyd, are working a lot faster to achieve these things.
Let me ask you how your meeting went with the L.A. Times in the fall. What was your impression of the leadership?Let me see. Yeah, I’ll go on the record. I thought that it was a professional, productive meeting. I think the Los Angeles Times still has a long way to go to truly reflect the face of Los Angeles and the people it serves. It’s at a crucial moment now, in terms of leadership change.
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