California
Los Angeles County has mortgaged most of its major assets and has few real estate options left for dealing with its worst financial crisis in memory, an examination by The Times has found.
July 16, 1995
Legislature: Latino bloc inserts provision in state spending plan to withhold $6 million unless a larger County-USC is built.
June 15, 1999
He has more authority to award contracts than Gov. Pete Wilson.
Feb. 2, 1992
Politics: Three key supervisors are thrust into the unusual role of backing the transit agency.
Sept. 20, 2000
Politics
Politics: Governor vetoes funding bill, saying size of new County-USC Medical Center is a local decision.
Aug. 22, 1998
There’s local government that’s completely reactive and government that leads as well as reacts, and then there’s government by this-is-how-we’ve-always-done-it.
April 24, 1992
Wounded after a bruising budget battle with the Legislature, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors said Tuesday that it will eliminate cooperative programs with the state and will refuse to forward a disputed share of property taxes to Sacramento.
June 23, 1993
With the failure of propositions B and C--establishing a county executive and expanding the Board of Supervisors--are the hopes for a more diverse and representative Board of Supervisors ended?
Dec. 1, 1992
Cuts of more than $29 million for public hospitals and clinics have been proposed to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as a result of the governor’s June veto of more than $50 million in funds for county health programs statewide.
Aug. 19, 1986
Finance: County board is largely reluctant to challenge the popular Block. He says laws give him fiscal autonomy.
Nov. 4, 1996