The Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission this week adopted new transparency rules requiring commissioners to publicly disclose private communications with elected officials and their staff—a move supporters say…
Read more LA Charter Reform Commission votes to disclose private talksAs Los Angeles’ Charter Reform Commission moves toward recommendations that could reshape City Hall for decades — from City Council expansion to changes in financial oversight — a…
Read more Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission pushed to disclose private talksLos Angeles City Council moved to dramatically expand the city’s adaptive reuse policy citywide, clearing the way for empty office and commercial buildings across the city to be…
Read more LA City Council expands adaptive reuse policy, allowing empty offices to be turned into housingThe Los Angeles City Council has voted to make major changes to rent control, hoping to make housing more affordable in the city. In a historic 12-2 vote…
Read more Los Angeles Passes Major Rent Control OverhaulThe Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to formally codify an existing rule requiring landlords to file eviction notices with the city, a procedural step that aims to…
Read more L.A. to landlords: Use official forms when filing evictionsThe Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Tuesday to a major increase in trash collection fees, the first rate adjustment in 17 years, with the hike expected…
Read more Los Angeles’ trash collection fee could increase after city council gives final approvalThe Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote Friday on City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto’s request to hire a “monitor” who would track the city’s progress and use…
Read more LA council delays vote on outside ‘monitor’ in federal homeless lawsuitLos Angeles Mayor Karen announced on Tuesday that her administration has reached a deal with labor unions that averts all remaining layoffs in the city’s fiscal budget, resolving…
Read more Mayor Bass and unions reach deal to avert all city worker layoffsTroy Masters was a cheerleader. When my name was called as the Los Angeles Press Club’s Print Journalist of the Year for 2020, Troy leapt out of his seat…
Read more Ysabel Jurado claims victory: A new era for Los Angeles City Council District 14Ysabel Jurado, 34, a lifelong community member of Highland Park, and openly out candidate, is running against current Councilmember Kevin De Leon for Council District 14, the most…
Read more Bisexual boss movesVoters in seven Los Angeles City Council districts went to the polls Tuesday to decide who will win outright and who will go on to a second round…
Read more 31 candidates compete for 7 seats on the Los Angeles City CouncilWhen the L.A. Al Fresco dining program was established in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christy Vega said it saved her 67-year-old family-owned restaurant. The…
Read more After more than a year of discussion, L.A. is ready to make outdoor dining permanentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles City Council member embroiled in a scandal over racist remarks and an activist fought at a Friday night holiday event. The…
Read more Los Angeles Council Member Involved In Fight With ActivistTopline Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez announced her resignation from the city government Wednesday following immense criticism over leaked audio in which she used racist language to…
Read more Los Angeles Councilwoman Resigns After Racist Audio Clip Leaked
