L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn has had doubts about the homeless services agency -- and now expects results. “What LAHSA has done and frankly, what our county and our city has done so far to address this crisis, I believe, hasn’t worked” latimes.com/homeless-housi
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This marks the second week of waning protests against Kevin DeLeon inside the #LosAngeles council chamber. Today 5 people were removed as the meeting got underway. At present there are no more known protestors seated in the audience.
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Breaking - death toll rises - 11th victim has died in the Monterey Park mass shooting, County USC hospital officials just announced.
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Police find van linked to gunman in Lunar New Year mass shooting; shots fired in Torrance
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Former LA Councilmember Jose Huizar pleaded guilty in his federal corruption case this morning. On his way out of the courtroom he handed reporters this:
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Crooked ex L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar admitted that sweeping corruption allegations that he has denied for years were actually true, saying Thursday he was “pleading guilty because I am guilty of the charges.”
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Weeks before he was scheduled to go on trial, former L.A. City Councilmember Jose Huizar has agreed to plead guilty in the federal government's sprawling City Hall corruption case latimes.com/california/sto w/
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Former top official in Orange County’s Democratic Party agrees to plead guilty to attempted wire fraud and admits to separate bribery scheme
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“We have demands,” Black Lives Matter-L.A. leader Melina Abdullah told the council. “We say remove police from traffic. Remove police from mental health. Remove police from schools. Remove police from every place they clearly don’t belong” latimes.com/california/sto
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Mayor Karen Bass waded into the long running L.A. Alliance case on Tuesday, telling a judge she would join with county officials to rework a legal settlement spelling out services for the county's unhoused
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Three years ago, Dixon Slingerland was fired as the top executive at the nonprofit Youth Policy Institute. The group shut down weeks later. Now, he has agreed to plead guilty to two felonies, admitting he embezzled funds, reports
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L.A.'s streets remain deadly for pedestrians. Last year, 159 people died in collisions involving vehicles and pedestrians, a 19% increase compared with 2021, reports
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Mayor Karen Bass to keep the L.A. Grand Hotel, a cornerstone of the city’s response to homelessness, open as a temporary housing facility for another year
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Looks like the City Clerk finalized the list of candidates seeking to replace former Councilmember Nury Martinez. Seven names will appear on the ballot. The other four failed to collect enough signatures, per this evening's bulletin
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A teenage boy who was stabbed and shot near the 7th and Flower Metro station downtown L.A. died on Thursday, according to the LAPD. Police told that two juveniles have been detained in connection with the attack
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The race to replace former L.A. Councilmember Nury Martinez is now up to seven candidates, per the latest City Clerk posting. So far, everyone who has turned in a petition has qualified
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The LAPD officers' union panned the idea of removing guns from officers assigned to council meetings, pointing to shootings elsewhere in the U.S. “We need serious people with credible solutions, not this type of dangerous nonsense,” the union said
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L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez called this week for the city’s policy analysts to determine whether the council has the power to require that every police officer assigned to council meetings be unarmed
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“They want the tents to go,” said of Los Angeles residents. “I could build half a million units of housing and if there are still tents, people will not believe that you did anything except to steal their money.”
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Our story looked at Mayor Karen Bass' new homelessness initiative. But it also examined the process of deciding when, and whether, to part with one's physical possessions -- a high-stakes question for people living outdoors, in the rain latimes.com/california/sto w/
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One lawsuit, filed by oil company Warren Resources, says the city failed to do a proper environmental study of the effects of halting oil extraction, per
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Amid heavy rain, Mayor Karen Bass takes on a huge, long-standing homeless encampment in Venice latimes.com/california/sto w/
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Former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti championed the proposed gondola to Dodger Stadium while serving on the board. But Mayor Karen Bass, who recently replaced him, has yet to take a position, reports
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Today was the deadline for candidates to turn in their petitions to run for the San Fernando Valley seat vacated by former L.A. Councilmember Nury Martinez. By 5 p.m., 11 people had submitted petitions -- eight of them on the final day
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Got a bit distracted yesterday, but another new LA council member who did well with committee assignments was Tim McOsker. He's on budget, public safety, trade and energy/environment -- plus he'll chair personnel, which means he'll be on the EERC, which bargains with city unions
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Moore told the foundation he is seeking another five-year term and still has “much work” to do. “I’ve discussed this with Mayor Bass and enjoy her full support,” he wrote. A Bass aide later told The Times she has not made a decision on Moore latimes.com/california/sto w/
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L.A. Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, who also took office last month, will chair the energy and environment committee (no surprise). She also got seats on budget and finance, PLUM (planning), transportation and the 2028 Olympics.
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Among the new crop of L.A. council members, Hugo Soto-Martinez got a pretty decent haul, landing on committees that deal with public safety; economic development; trade, travel and tourism; city personnel (labor contracts); and civil rights/equity
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L.A. Councilmember Paul Krekorian has released the committee assignments for the new legislative session. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, now in his third term, gets the coveted spot running the budget committee
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And a few more here
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Councilmember Kevin de Leon still has a seat on just one council committee, one that rarely meets: the Board of Referred Powers. Here are more of the assignments:
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L.A. Councilmember Paul Krekorian has released the committee assignments for the new legislative session. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, now in his third term, gets the coveted spot running the budget committee
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Tomorrow's the deadline for candidates seeking to replace L.A. Councilmember Nury Martinez to turn in their nominating petitions. For now, only two have qualified for the ballot, per the City Clerk
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L.A. animal shelter volunteers form a nonprofit, hire a lawyer to fight dismissals with
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Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff, one of Bass’ political allies, favors Moore's reappointment, saying “there’s no better chief" in the nation. “He understands community policing and police reform better than any chief in America,” he said latimes.com/california/sto w/
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" has tapped the brakes a bit on Police Chief Michel Moore’s bid for another term, securing a delay in a vote by the Board of Police Commissioners on his request for reappointment," + write.
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Here's a meaty 2018 profile from on Brian Ballard, president of Ballard Partners, and his extensive ties to former President Trump
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A man has been found dead inside a burned RV near Exposition Park in South L.A., reports. Police said one witness reported seeing another man throw an object into the RV before it caught fire
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INBOX: Former City Councilmember Joe Buscaino, who represented Watts and L.A.'s port neighborhoods, has gone to work for Ballard Partners, a lobbying and government affairs firm
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In this week's L.A. On The Record: the City Council's automatic "yes" votes, their cat-and-mouse game with Kevin De León, and a moral quandary that could soon confront two of the council's newest members latimes.com/california/new w/
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