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Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover
About five years ago, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky denounced USC's proposal to take control of the taxpayer-owned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and its revenue. "Some people on the board of trustees of the University of Southern California...
Tags: Science, Soccer, Museums, Oakland Raiders, Services and Shopping
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Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency
The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Abusive Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, Zev Yaroslavsky, Justice System
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Malpractice, Abusive Behavior, Satellite Technology, Accounting and Auditing, Juvenile Delinquency
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L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers
As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...
Tags: Immigration, Healthcare Policies, Dianne Feinstein, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Zev Yaroslavsky
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Health Insurance, Healthcare Policies, Dianne Feinstein, Government, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Coliseum hid reports of financial woes, records show
The overseers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concealed from the public independent reports of lax financial controls and widespread spending abuses at the taxpayer-owned stadium that included sloppy accounting of hot dog sales and excessive perks...
Tags: California Public Records Act, Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice System, Hot Dogs, Laws
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Grand Park filming fees temporarily lowered
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to temporarily lower filming fees at their newly opened Grand Park downtown. Movie and television crews previously had to pay $20,000 a day per block of park space they used. Many entertainment executives...
Tags: Cinema Industry, Michael Antonovich , About Last Night (movie)
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L.A. County rejects school districts' bid to avoid voting rights suits
Los Angeles County officials rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections and avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit with. The...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Voting, Politics, Justice System, Laws
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L.A. County rejects Santa Clarita districts' elections proposal
Los Angeles County supervisors rejected a bid Tuesday from several Santa Clarita Valley school districts and a water district hoping to consolidate elections in a bid to avoid the kind of voting rights lawsuits that other local governments have been hit...Tags: Local Elections, Voting, Politics, Natural Resource Industry, Justice System
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Michael Antonovich , Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Knabe says LAX has not done enough for airport regionalization
A county report released Monday added fuel to the debate over whether the operator of Los Angeles International Airport is adequately trying to spread the growth of commercial flights to other airports in the area. Requested by the Los Angeles County...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Air Transportation Industry, AEG, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport
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Minority of L.A. County voters quashed transit tax extension
A minority of voters living in a daisy chain of small, suburban and relatively upscale enclaves around the county's outer rim were largely responsible for last fall's razor thin defeat of a $90-billion transit tax that received lopsided ballot box...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Voting, Politics, Zev Yaroslavsky
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