| Los Angeles Staff | |
| Type: | Weekly underground newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Foundation: | in Los Angeles |
| Ceased Publication: | June 1973 |
| Founders: | Brian Kirby and Phil Wilson |
| Publisher: | Phil Wilson |
| Chiefeditor: | Brian Kirby |
| Circulation: | 11,000 |
| Political: | Radical |
| Headquarters: | Los Angeles, California |
The Staff was an underground newspaper published in Los Angeles in the 1970s, printing many anti-war articles, and also covering the music scene and popular culture.
The Staff came into existence as a result of the temporary demise of the Los Angeles Free Press, which had been founded and published by Art Kunkin; much of the staff of the Free Press, led by managing editor Brian Kirby and art director Phil Wilson, left to form their own newspaper, calling it The Staff.[1]
They first moved into quarters on Santa Monica Boulevard near Cahuenga Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. They later relocated to Hollywood Boulevard, just west of Western Avenue, in offices above a movie theater that was at that time showing softcore pornography.