Emily Alpert Reyes

Staff Writer

Emily Alpert Reyes covers City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on the census and demographics, tracking how our lives are changing in Los Angeles, California and the country. Before joining The Times, she worked for the pioneering nonprofit news website voiceofsandiego.org, winning national awards for her reporting on education. She has also traveled to Bolivia as a fellow with the International Reporting Project and survived the University of Chicago.

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Tenant group sues over rights of renters displaced by Hollywood project

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Tenant group sues over rights of renters displaced by Hollywood project

A tenants’ rights group is suing the real estate developer behind a vast new project slated to rise in Hollywood, arguing that it tried to skirt city requirements meant to protect tenants being displaced by the new development.

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L.A. City Council backs Hollywood project with new apartment towers
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A judge ordered the Hadid mansion in Bel-Air torn down. But now there’s a legal logjam

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A judge ordered the Hadid mansion in Bel-Air torn down. But now there’s a legal logjam

A hulking, unfinished mansion perched on a Bel-Air hillside must be torn down to the slab, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge said in a recent ruling, declaring it a “danger to the public.” Then a bankruptcy filing put that order on pause.
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Judge rejects challenge to Venice homeless shelter

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Judge rejects challenge to Venice homeless shelter

L.A. can push forward with its plans to open a homeless shelter in Venice after a Superior Court judge rejected a legal challenge to the project.
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Former L.A. City Hall aide fined $37,500 for failing to report lobbying

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Former L.A. City Hall aide fined $37,500 for failing to report lobbying

Gary Benjamin, a former city of Los Angeles planning deputy, told investigators he didn’t realize the work he was doing was considered lobbying.
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Tigers injure woman at her Moorpark animal sanctuary

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Tigers injure woman at her Moorpark animal sanctuary

Sanctuary founder Patty Perry reportedly fell after a tiger wrapped its paws around her legs and another jumped onto her and “began to pull on her.”
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Rain continues in Los Angeles County; thunderstorms possible

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Rain continues in Los Angeles County; thunderstorms possible

As of Sunday morning, the heaviest rain in Los Angeles County was in the mountains and foothills.
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Taxpayers should foot the bill for ‘clean money’ campaigns, L.A. council members say

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Taxpayers should foot the bill for ‘clean money’ campaigns, L.A. council members say

Three City Council members called for full taxpayer financing of election campaigns in L.A., reviving an idea that was proposed before and went nowhere.
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L.A. wins legal battle over laws meant to ease the way for homeless housing

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L.A. wins legal battle over laws meant to ease the way for homeless housing

L.A. city officials won a key battle Thursday over a pair of local laws meant to ease the way for more housing for homeless people, defeating a challenge from a Venice group that sought to overturn the ordinances.
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L.A. to pay $4 million to end lawsuit by woman whose car plunged into sinkhole

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L.A. to pay $4 million to end lawsuit by woman whose car plunged into sinkhole

The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to pay up to $4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman whose car plunged into a sinkhole in Studio City.
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L.A. limits campaign donations from real estate developers. Critics say it falls short

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L.A. limits campaign donations from real estate developers. Critics say it falls short

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to approve a new law that will crack down on campaign contributions from real estate developers seeking city approval for their projects.