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L.A.'s Community Care Facilities Ordinance is overkill
Los Angeles has made slow but significant progress toward ending homelessness, but the City Council is about to vote on a proposed law that could stop that momentum in its tracks. The Community Care Facilities Ordinance would threaten the well-being of...
Tags: Lawyers, Rental Service, Social Issues, Homelessness, Justice System
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Council District 15: Buscaino and the council cop bloc
Opinion L.A.If he's elected to the Los Angeles City Council on Jan. 17, Joe Buscaino would expand the current cop bloc to four members. On a council of 15, that's a surprising number of reserve and retired LAPD officers, especially in...... -
Greg Smith raising money for 2013 city attorney’s race
L.A. NOWA West L.A. lawyer with a track record of winning financial judgments for Los Angeles police officers and firefighters said he is running for city attorney in 2013.... -
L.A. wants right to ignore illegal immigration enforcement plan
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles City Council today voted overwhelmingly to support legislation allowing communities to opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program. The resolution, proposed by Council members Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry, sought to ensure... -
California has failed to identify thousands of buildings vulnerable to quakes
California has failed to identify and retrofit thousands of brittle concrete buildings despite years of warnings from scientists that the structures are highly vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake.
Officials have known as far back as the 1971...Tags: Science and Technology, New Zealand, Employees, Building Material, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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The Dry Garden: More drought ahead?
L.A. at HomeWe’ve been getting mixed messages about whether or not we need to conserve water. On one hand, we had a decent local rain year. Last week, the state Legislature pulled a water bond from the November ballot that would have driven statewide conservation..... -
Villaraigosa names panel to review security at LAX
L.A. NOWMayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday announced the creation of a 26-member panel to thoroughly review security measures at Los Angeles International Airport, which has been identified as a top potential target for terrorists. The panel will look into... -
L.A. Council elections: Incumbents and Englander hold leads in early returns
L.A. NOWSix members of the Los Angeles City Council were pulling ahead of their challengers in early returns Tuesday, despite a year in which members struggled to get a handle on a budget crisis. With absentee ballot results tabulated, each of...... -
The LAPD's 'millionaire cops': L.A. paid $18 milion to settle officers' cases. Too much?
L.A. NOWAn investigative report by The Times' Joel Rubin raises new questions about the LAPD's so-called millionaire cops. ln the last decade, at least 17 officers have won million-dollar-plus jury verdicts or settlements from the city in lawsuits in which they..... -
L.A. City Council fails to override Villaraigosa veto of DWP ballot measure
L.A. NOWThe City Council failed on Wednesday to override Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s veto of a measure that would have given council members the power to fire the leaders of the Department of Water and Power.... -
26 candidates seeking 7 seats on L.A. City Council
L.A. NOWA total of 26 candidates have been certified to run for seven seats on the Los Angeles City Council in the March 8 election, the city clerk’s office said Friday.... -
Decoding the March 8 ballot: Think measure L for Libraries, M for Marijuana and N for No-good-reason
Opinion L.A.The March 8 Los Angeles city ballot will include 10 measures. Or maybe 11, if the City Council changes its mind and reinstates the troublesome K. And by the way, is that Measure K, Proposition K or Charter Amendment K?......
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