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 by Mitchell Englander, who stepped down to take a job in the private sector. Smith represented the San Fernando Valley district from 2003 to 2011 […]
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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 publicly set by the union weeks ago, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has challenged that date in court, contending it was not given […]
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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 regulates sidewalk vending. Although the practice is widespread, with an estimated 20,000 vendors operating in the city, sidewalk vending has been illegal in Los Angeles, […]
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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 Center, including a grand finale concert featuring the Black Eyed Peas and Native musicians including the rock band, Redbone. The holiday was recognized for the […]
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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 the history of transit in Los Angeles. The line had five stops extending from downtown into Westlake when it originally opened, but grew in phases […]
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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 that accepting deposits from cannabis businesses could cause serious problems. Council President Herb Wesson proposed the creation of a public Bank of Los Angeles during […]
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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 a complaint hotline and website while also reexamining current policies. “The issue of sexual harassment in the workplace is not something new. (For) too long, […]
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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” the cost of the parking ticket as part their overhead. Food trucks are allowed to park in residential neighborhoods for up to 30 minutes, but […]
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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 the most expensive — and in many ways the most bitter — campaign in the Los Angeles city election. The measure would have halted all General […]
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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 improved service for residents, but some critics questioned whether it would actually have any impact. “Today we are rolling out a customer bill of rights, […]