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L.A. councilmen want city to weigh in on possible Times sale
Three Los Angeles City Council members -- including a candidate for mayor -- asked their colleagues Tuesday to consider pulling city pension money from the investment firms that own the Los Angeles Times if they sell the publication to buyers who do not...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Newspaper and Magazine, Television Industry
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Town hall meeting scheduled today on LAX runway project
Los Angeles International Airport's neighboring community and labor organizations are hosting a town hall Saturday in response to the L.A. City Council’s approval this week of a $4.76-billion renovation project, which includes a controversial plan...Tags: Richard Riordan, Bill Rosendahl, Los Angeles International Airport
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L.A. fire chief rejects request to delay emergency staff changes
Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings has rejected a request from members of the City Council to postpone Sunday's start of a controversial plan to shift dozens of firefighters to ambulance duty. Council President Herb Wesson asked Friday that the...
Tags: Paul Koretz, Herb Wesson, Bernard Parks, Fires
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L.A. looks to ban possession of high-capacity gun magazines
This post has been corrected. See below for details.The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...Tags: Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Paul Krekorian, Crime, Law and Justice, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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L.A. to draft law banning possession of large-capacity gun magazines
The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...Tags: Periodicals, Politics, Interior Policy, Newspaper and Magazine, Paul Krekorian
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L.A. fire chief pressing ahead with ambulance staffing plan Sunday
Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings rejected a request from members of the City Council to postpone Sunday's start of a controversial plan to shift dozens of firefighters to ambulance duty. Council President Herb Wesson asked Friday that the Fire...Tags: Paul Koretz, Herb Wesson, Bernard Parks, Fires
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Council OKs moving LAX runway as part of $4.76-billion upgrade
The ongoing modernization of Los Angeles International Airport gained momentum Tuesday when the City Council approved $4.76 billion in additional improvements, including a controversial plan to move the northernmost runway closer to homes in Westchester...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Trials, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Garcetti edges ahead of Greuel in mayoral fundraising
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti has edged ahead of opponent Wendy Greuel in fund-raising for the May 21 runoff contest, raising $1.27 million during the 4 1/2 weeks that followed the March 5 primary election. The haul means that Garcetti has...
Tags: John A. Perez, Wendy Greuel, Human Interest, Politics, Eric Garcetti
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L.A. Council approves LAX runway plan as part of modernization
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a $4.7- billion package of improvements for LAX, including a controversial plan to move the northernmost runway closer to neighborhoods in Westchester and Playa del Rey. The vote was a defeat for...
Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Abusive Behavior, Rentals, Los Angeles International Airport
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Ex-mayoral hopeful Kevin James backs Ron Galperin for controller
Former mayoral candidate and radio talk show host Kevin James has endorsed Ron Galperin for Los Angeles city controller in the May 21 runoff. James is the second prominent Republican — former Mayor Richard Riordan was the first — to...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Richard Riordan, Racism, Kevin James
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Ron Galperin for city controller
The March primary winnowed the race for city controller to a longtime City Hall insider and an outsider with an unusual degree of expertise in city finances. The former is City Councilman Dennis Zine, now in his 12th and final year representing District...
Tags: Politics, Los Angeles Police Department, Finance, Elections, Economy, Business and Finance
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Candidates for L.A. city attorney, controller trade jabs at Encino forum
At an otherwise tame candidates' forum, City Atty. Carmen Trutanich again pounded his rival, Mike Feuer, for an unusual campaign contract that Trutanich said amounted to an unlawful manipulation of city election laws. "You have to ask yourself why...
Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Fundraising
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