LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles City Council has appointed Greig Smith to temporarily fill his former District 12 seat, which was vacated at the beginning of the year […]
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UTLA Delays Strike Following Legal Maneuvers by LAUSD
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — United Teachers Los Angeles is delaying the start of a possible teachers strike until Jan. 14, union leaders announced. Jan. 10 was the original strike date […]
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LA City Council Passes Sidewalk Vending Ordinance
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Ending years of debate over a practice that has become an indelible part of Los Angeles culture, the City Council finalized an ordinance that legalizes and […]
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Los Angeles Celebrates First Indigenous Peoples Day — Columbus Statue is Covered With a Black Box
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The first official Indigenous Peoples Day was celebrated in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 7, with a daylong lineup of activities and events in the Civic […]
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Celebrating the North Hollywood Red Line
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The 25-year anniversary of the Metro Red Line was marked this week at Union Station, with the downtown-to-North Hollywood route hailed as a major milestone in […]
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L.A. City Council Committee Told Public Bank for Pot Industry Could Cause Legal Headaches
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A City Council committee exploring a proposal to make Los Angeles the first city in the nation with its own bank was told by legal experts […]
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LA City Council Looks to Create Centralized Process for Sex Harassment Complaints
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Looking to develop a more centralized process to handle sexual harassment complaints by municipal employees, the Los Angeles City Council voted to explore the creation of […]
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LA Council Cracks Down on Food Trucks in Residential Areas
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles City Council has amended a municipal ordinance to crack down on food truck operators who regularly park illegally in residential areas and “eat” […]
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Measure S Roundly Rejected by Voters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles voters solidly defeated Measure S, an hotly debated initiative aimed at limiting development by blocking General Plan amendments for two years. The initiative was […]
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Garcetti Touts “Bill of Rights” for LADWP Customers
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a proposed Department of Water and Power “customer bill of rights” on Tuesday, Jan. 3, that he says will guarantee […]