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LA City Council Sends Ballot Measure For Encampment Ban to Committee

November 23, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council opted to send its Homelessness and Poverty Committee a motion from Councilman Joe Buscaino to begin the process for a ballot measure that would ban encampments across the city while prioritizing the production of emergency temporary shelter on Nov. 23. The motion was before the full city council for…

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LA Police Department To Fire 6 Employees Who Violated COVID Vaccination Mandate

November 23, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Nov. 23 that disciplinary proceedings have begun against five sworn department employees and one civilian employee for violating the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, which requires full vaccination by Dec. 18 and mandates testing at the employees’ expense until then. Moore said the employees were recommended for removal…

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LA City Council’s Hybrid Redistricting Map to Undergo Second Public Hearing

November 22, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A map creating boundaries for Los Angeles’s 15 council districts—developed by a subcommittee of the city council after its president tossed out a version developed by a citizen-led panel—will again go before the public for comment and the council for discussion Nov. 23. According to LA City Council President Nury Martinez, reworking the original…

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New System Sees Cargo Ship Numbers Drop at LA Ports

November 22, 2021
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A new queuing system designed for the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports has reduced the number of cargo ships idling near the California coast, marine officials reported Nov. 22. The program is designed to reduce the number of ships “loitering,” or using their own diesel engines to idle unanchored, off the coast or anchored…

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Citing Backlog Progress, Ports Again Delay Fines for Idling Containers

November 22, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Nov. 22 that their new “Container Excess Dwell Fee” on companies whose containers linger at marine terminals will be delayed again until Nov. 29. The fee, which was announced on Oct. 25, has been delayed due to progress reducing the number of port containers at…

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Average LA County Gas Price One-Tenth of a Cent From Record High

November 22, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County moved within one-tenth of a cent of its record high Nov. 22, increasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.704. The record price is $4.705, set Oct. 9, 2012. The average price has increased 13 consecutive days and 15 of the…

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SpaceX Set to Launch NASA Asteroid Defense Mission

November 22, 2021
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HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Southland residents could get an impressive pre-holiday aerial light show the night of Nov. 23 when Hawthorne-based SpaceX attempts to launch a NASA planetary-defense mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc along the California central coast. Depending on visibility, night-time rocket launches from Vandenberg can often create dazzling light spectacles that can be…

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Edison’s New Rate Plans Increases Costs for Solar Panel Customers

November 19, 2021
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As Southern California Edison (SCE) begins to roll out its new “time-of-use” plans to its residential customers, many solar panel owners are up in arms as their energy bills will not be as low as they used to be. For years, SCE operated on a tiered energy billing system, where customers—spanning across Orange, Los Angeles,…

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LA Police Identify Gangs in ‘Follow Home’ Robberies

November 19, 2021
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Los Angeles Police continued to look for suspects Nov. 19 in a series of home invasion crimes hitting the city and surrounding areas and have identified six gangs involved in the crimes. Residents are cautioned to be aware of their surroundings as detectives pursued leads in the “follow home robberies.” Police have not yet arrested…

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Anti-Homeless Encampment Proposal Could Be on LA’s 2022 Ballot

November 19, 2021
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Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino is pushing to get his anti-homeless encampment proposal onto the ballot in 2022, and touting a recent poll indicating his measure might succeed. The city council will vote Nov. 23 to add the measure to the 2022 ballot that would ban sidewalk encampments in public areas of the city…

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