LOS ANGELES—Ted Allen, who has worked in the city’s engineering department for nearly three decades, was appointed Los Angeles’ new city engineer and executive director of the Bureau of Engineering July 20 by Mayor Eric Garcetti. If confirmed by the city council, Allen will replace Gary Lee Moore, the second-longest serving city engineer in Los…
Garcetti Budgets for Homelessness, Climate Change in Final State of the City Address
LOS ANGELES—In his final State of the City address at the Sixth Street Bridge, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti highlighted some of the programs and investments for the upcoming fiscal year—with a special focus on public safety, climate change, and housing shortage, plus a $1 billion investment into addressing homelessness. “My goal is to hand…
LA Mayor: Dozens of Unvaccinated Employees on Unpaid Leave, Hundreds to Follow
Almost 80 Los Angeles city employees have been put on leave without pay after refusing to adhere to the city’s mandate to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by December, according to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti. As of Nov. 17, 77 city employees have been put on leave after declining to sign notices that instruct employees to…
Los Angeles Officially Restores Ban on Homeless Encampments
The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-2 to approve an ordinance restricting homeless encampments from public areas Aug. 3 after Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the code on July 29. Councilmembers Mike Bonin and Nithya Raman were the two dissenting votes. The ordinance bans the homeless from “sitting, lying, or sleeping or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property” in the public right-of-way; this includes spaces within 500…
Garcetti’s Likely Departure to India Will Leave Behind Many Unresolved Issues
President Joe Biden is nominating Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the new ambassador to India. In a statement regarding his nomination, the mayor acknowledged neither that his moving to India will put him into political obscurity, nor the possible benefits some direct international experience may have later in his career. Of the four…
LA-Funded Homeless Housing is Still Slow and Expensive
Commentary Between Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent pre-budget media blitz, President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure plan,” and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s recent State of the City speech, politicians have been making a lot of big claims recently. In an original economic analysis conducted for the Epoch Times, I analyzed Garcetti’s claims that housing funded by the…
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