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Discovery of $43 million prompts city oversight of 'special funds'
This post has been updated and corrected. See below for details.Following the discovery of nearly $43 million that accumulated unnoticed for 17 years in a Transportation Department account, Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian called Tuesday for more transparency for other so-called special funds that he said...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Wendy Greuel
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$42.6 million hidden in city fund through accounting error
During years of cuts to basic services, Los Angeles city officials say, nearly $43 million piled up unnoticed in a Department of Transportation fund because of an accounting error. The discovery of $42.6 million will be a welcome one-time infusion...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Accounting and Auditing, Budgets and Budgeting
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L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...
Tags: Lima (Peru), Politics, Elections, Eric Garcetti, Fires
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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: Laws, Interior Policy, Periodicals, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Cindy Montañez in City Council District 6
Just once, it would be nice to encounter a well-prepared grass-roots candidate for the Los Angeles City Council. There is no good reason that a neighborhood activist or business owner can't do some homework and come to a council race with a well-crafted,...
Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Elections, Paul Koretz, Activism
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L.A. council race leads to confrontation in Little Armenia
When two groups supporting rival Los Angeles City Council candidates met on a street in Little Armenia last week, an afternoon of vote canvassing turned into an altercation. Two 17-year-old campaign workers for candidate John Choi claim they were...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Massacres, Genocide, Politics, Local Elections
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$50,000 reward considered in hit-and-run that killed bicyclist
The city of Los Angeles will consider offering a $50,000 reward to help find the driver who hit and killed an 18-year-old bicyclist. David Granados was killed March 24 after he was hit by a car as he rode his bicycle on Bellaire Avenue at Oxnard...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department
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L. A. City Council to consider tighter ammunition laws
Saying the public is beyond frustrated, members of the Los Angeles City Council's public safety committee agreed Friday to make it illegal to possess the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines that were used to kill 20 schoolchildren and six adults in...
Tags: Laws, Safety of Citizens, Interior Policy, Periodicals, Politics
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Change of coasts for 'Tonight' could mean a big shift
For more than 40 years, a studio at the corner of Olive and Alameda avenues in Burbank has been churning out a show that keeps viewers up late. But with NBC's "Tonight Show" poised to migrate back to New York, Southern California is in danger of losing...
Tags: Ed Sullivan, Entertainment, Jay Leno, Steve Allen, David Letterman
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Departure of Jay Leno, 'Tonight Show' a blow to L.A., Burbank
The announcement that Jay Leno will be replaced by Jimmy Fallon and that "The Tonight Show" would move from Burbank to New York next year was met with disappointment by L.A. officials. “Obviously, it is a great disappointment that 'The Tonight...
Tags: Sean John Combs, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show (tv program)
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Coldwater Canyon Avenue to close for a month beginning Saturday
Drivers who traverse the hills between the Westside and the San Fernando Valley are bracing for long detours as Coldwater Canyon Avenue closes for a month beginning Saturday at 8:30 a.m. In the evenings and on Sundays, one lane in each direction will be...
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Wendy Greuel faces questions on pensions, labor support
Labor support and pensions for city workers continue to be a key issue in the Los Angeles mayoral contest, as Wendy Greuel faces fresh questions about her backing from public-employee unions and her stance on a City Council vote last year to trim...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Carmen Trutanich
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