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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: Services and Shopping, Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Bankruptcy, Oakland Raiders
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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: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky, Gloria Molina, Judges, Business Enterprises
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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: Satellite Technology, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky, Accounting and Auditing, Credit and Debt
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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: Healthcare Policies, Jeff Sessions, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Immigration, Local Government
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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: Justice and Rights, Immigration, Fines, Zev Yaroslavsky, Government
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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: Plastic Surgeons, California Public Records Act, Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice System, 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: Michael Antonovich , Cinema Industry, 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: Natural Resource Industry, Michael Jackson, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Politics, Justice System
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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: Natural Resource Industry, Demographics, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Local Elections, Politics
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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: Michael Antonovich , Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky
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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: AEG, Sarah Palin, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Trials
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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: Zev Yaroslavsky, Antonio Villaraigosa, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Politics, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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