David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2007 and previously wrote on local government for the Claremont Courier, Pasadena Star-News, the Daily Breeze, the L.A. Weekly and the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is a graduate of Pomona College and lives in Los Angeles.
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Mayor Karen Bass is running as a champion of change. So is City Councilmember Nithya Raman. They’re facing three newcomers, who say they’re the ones who will tackle the status quo.
Even as Mayor Karen Bass’ signature homelessness initiative brings more people indoors, a growing number are winding up back on the street.
City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto and challenger Marissa Roy are at odds over work-from-home rules.
The LAPD union wants a probe into whether Marqueece Harris-Dawson interfered with the traffic stop. Harris-Dawson said the stop was “not about traffic safety.”
No one signed up this week to run against Rodriguez, whose City Council district is based in the northeast San Fernando Valley.
The head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is stepping down to become chief executive of an electric company in her native Puerto Rico.
Last month, Bass quietly took steps to drop Raman from the powerful South Coast Air Quality Management District board. Garcetti appointed her four years ago.
An attorney for a group of homeless advocates said city leaders have a pattern of making decisions that are “patently illegal.”
The single-vehicle collision took place on Lakewood Boulevard, right next to Long Beach Airport.
Raman’s last-minute run for mayor has shocked the city’s political elite and infuriated Bass’ supporters. Some observers called it a betrayal of Shakespearean proportions.