LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez April 6 outlined how the city is identifying and patching up more than 19,000 potholes after recent historic storms caused damage to streets. “City staff are pulling out all the stops, but not just to prepare every pothole that’s reported, but also to be proactive….

LOS ANGELES—The city council tentatively approved an ordinance March 21 that would prohibit unlawful possession of catalytic converters in an effort to curb the rise in thefts the city has experienced in the past five years. According to the motion, which was presented in April 2022 by Councilmen John Lee and Paul Krekorian and then-Councilman…

LOS ANGELES—The city council unanimously approved $1 million March 15 to fund and create the Office of Unarmed Response and Safety, which council members said is necessary to expand the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis hotline to include an unarmed crisis response. According to a motion by Councilors Bob Blumenfield, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, and Eunisses Hernandez, the…

Los Angeles is considering an ordinance to officially enshrine its previously only symbolic moniker as a “sanctuary city” into its municipal code, after Los Angeles City Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman, and Hugo Soto-Martinez brought forth a proposal for such on March 7. “Los Angeles is a city of immigrants,” Hernandez said in a statement….

As Los Angeles prepares to implement a last set of tenant protection measures, some mom-and-pop landlords say they’ve had enough. With inflation on the rise, the rental moratorium being extended until the end of March, and now with the added burden of having to pay tenant’s relocation fees in some cases, some landlords say they…

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council voted to impose its anti-camping law in the Westside Feb. 15, banning sitting, sleeping, and storing property within 500 feet of several parks, recreation centers, and other facilities. The decision is a shift that came with the election of Traci Park as the new council member for the 11th…

LOS ANGELES—City officials launched a public safety initiative Feb. 13 aiming to provide trauma training and services to community intervention workers who implement an unarmed response alternative to policing. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who chairs the city council’s public safety committee, announced the Project TURN initiative—which stands for Therapeutic Unarmed Response for Neighborhoods—at a briefing Monday…

The Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance Feb. 7 requiring landlords to pay relocation assistance to tenants in Los Angeles who move out following certain rent increases. Under the city ordinance, if a landlord increases rent by more than 10 percent or the Consumer Price Index plus 5 percent, the landlord must pay the…

The Los Angeles City Council has adopted Feb. 3 an ordinance providing tenants who are behind on their rent with a one-month grace period prior to their landlord beginning eviction proceedings, but there were not enough votes for it to take effect immediately. The ordinance is part of a package of renter aid the council…

The Los Angeles City Council tentatively voted Jan. 27 to provide tenants who are behind on their rent with a one-month grace period prior to their landlord beginning eviction proceedings, adding to an ordinance adopted last week implementing universal just-cause rules for evictions. The council also discussed an ordinance that would provide relocation assistance if…