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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The D.A.'s office found no evidence of a link between Wesson’s vote on a 27-story apartment tower and the rent paid by his son in an apartment connected to the developer.
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Developer Samuel Leung admits reimbursing donors to L.A. politicians while he was seeking approval for an apartment project.
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El desarrollo masivo en los bulevares Jefferson y La Ciénaga recibió un gran impulso del concejal Herb Wesson.
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The massive development at Jefferson and La Cienega boulevards got a big push from Councilman Herb Wesson.
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Estrechar la mano o besar a los bebés: cómo el COVID-19 está remodelando las campañas de Los Ángeles
Estrechar la mano o besar a los bebés: cómo el COVID-19 está remodelando las campañas de Los Ángeles
Semanas antes de las elecciones de noviembre, muchos de los típicos métodos de buscar votos están fuera de juego durante la pandemia de COVID-19, cambiando drásticamente el sistema de postularse para un cargo en Los Ángeles.
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Many of the familiar rituals of stumping for votes are off the table during the COVID-19 pandemic, drastically changing what it looks like to run for office in L.A.
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A federal judge found that L.A. defied an order that prohibits the city from seizing and destroying bulky objects such as mattresses and carts based solely on their size.
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L.A. has agreed to spend up to $23 million plus interest to settle a lawsuit from a man who had both legs amputated after being struck by a city employee driving a truck.
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The Beirut explosion has underscored fears in San Pedro, where residents worry that hefty tanks storing butane could catalyze a deadly disaster.
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Fewer than 300 people used the six centers that were set up at Los Angeles city facilities over the blistering Labor Day holiday weekend.