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Dakota Smith

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Dakota Smith covers Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Hall for the city-county bureau. She joined the Los Angeles Times in 2016 and previously covered City Hall for the Los Angeles Daily News. She is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College and lives in Los Angeles.

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Big spending from outside groups bolsters L.A. City Hall incumbents and favorites

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Big spending from outside groups bolsters L.A. City Hall incumbents and favorites

Independent expenditure committees have shelled out more than $1 million in Los Angeles City Council races.
Housing & Homelessness

In race for L.A. County supervisor, homelessness crisis leads to finger-pointing

Housing & Homelessness

In race for L.A. County supervisor, homelessness crisis leads to finger-pointing

The candidates running for L.A. County supervisor have pledged to ease homelessness, but many were in elected office as it became a crisis.
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Garcetti calls himself an ‘older, straighter’ Pete Buttigieg

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Garcetti calls himself an ‘older, straighter’ Pete Buttigieg

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is no longer a possible 2020 presidential candidate, but he’s still comparing himself to the field.
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In this L.A. City Council election, Kevin de León is the underdog turned big dog

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In this L.A. City Council election, Kevin de León is the underdog turned big dog

After losing a longshot bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Kevin de León is is far from an underdog in his race for an L.A. City Council seat.
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Kevin de León moves campaign event following complaints from homeless activists

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Kevin de León moves campaign event following complaints from homeless activists

Kevin de León announced he will move an upcoming campaign event after homeless activists complained that it was scheduled at the home of an arson suspect
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Mayor Garcetti safe from recall effort after campaign fails to get enough signatures

California

Mayor Garcetti safe from recall effort after campaign fails to get enough signatures

The effort to recall Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was targeted over the homelessness crisis, got just a fraction of the required signatures in an acceptable format.
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L.A. is planning a big memorial for Kobe Bryant. But fans aren’t waiting to pay their respects

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L.A. is planning a big memorial for Kobe Bryant. But fans aren’t waiting to pay their respects

People have come together across the Southland to honor Kobe Bryant, the eight others killed in Sunday’s crash as L.A. and other cities plan tributes.
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Barrington Plaza fire spurs lawsuit and calls at City Hall for reform

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Barrington Plaza fire spurs lawsuit and calls at City Hall for reform

Mayor Eric Garcetti said he would support a law requiring safety improvements at high-rise apartment buildings in Los Angeles
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‘This city is broken’: L.A. planning memorial event for Kobe Bryant, Garcetti says

California

‘This city is broken’: L.A. planning memorial event for Kobe Bryant, Garcetti says

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Los Angeles is planning a memorial for Kobe Byrant and others killed in the Sunday helicopter crash. No date has yet been set.

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Complete coverage: Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna among 9 dead in helicopter crash
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Fire again hits Westside high-rise, prompting new call to close sprinkler loophole

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Fire again hits Westside high-rise, prompting new call to close sprinkler loophole

13 are injured in fire at Barrington Plaza on Wilshire Boulevard, where another blaze broke out in 2013. It’s one of 55 residential high-rises exempt from L.A. sprinkler requirements.

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