LOS ANGELES—State housing regulators rejected Los Angeles’ blueprint for increased development over the next eight years, telling the city it must re-zone by mid-October to accommodate 255,000 new homes, instead of over the next three years, or risk losing access to affordable housing grants, it was reported Feb. 24. The Los Angeles City Council unanimously…
State Rejects LA Housing Plan Update, Seek More Ambitious Rezoning Effort
February 24, 2022
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Los Angeles Seeks State Funding to Local Organic Waste Diversion Programs
February 24, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Two Los Angeles City Councilmen introduced a resolution on Feb. 23 to support state legislation that would provide funding to organic waste diversion programs in Los Angeles and other California jurisdictions. The resolution, which was introduced by Councilmen Mitch O’Farrell and Paul Krekorian, contends that Senate Bill 45 would help Los Angeles and other…
Dodgers Fan Says He Was Partially Blinded by LAPD Projectile at World Series Celebration Images
Kevin Rector Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Dodgers fan alleged in a lawsuit this week that he suffered permanent eye damage when an LAPD officer fired a projectile at him during an unruly World Series celebration. Isaac Castellanos, who at the time was a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, said…
Dodgers Fan Says He Was Partially Blinded by LAPD Projectile at World Series Celebration
Kevin Rector Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Dodgers fan alleged in a lawsuit this week that he suffered permanent eye damage when an LAPD officer fired a projectile at him during an unruly World Series celebration. Isaac Castellanos, who at the time was a 22-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, said…
LA Prosecutors’ Union Endorses Recall of District Attorney Gascón
February 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—An overwhelming majority of Los Angeles County district attorneys in the Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) voted to endorse the recall of their boss, District Attorney George Gascón on Feb. 22. The association, made up of 800 district attorneys in LA County, previously invited Gascón—who is facing a recall effort—to a virtual…
Los Angeles to Fund Unarmed Policing Pilot Program
February 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles will allocate $2.3 million to “alternative” policing programs that deploy unarmed responders to areas with high gun violence in order to lower the number of violent crimes in those areas. The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion Feb. 23 to fund a policing pilot program that would send “alternative” unarmed…
Caruso a No-Show in First Mayoral Debate, but Protesters Show Up
February 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles’ top mayoral candidates shared the stage on Feb. 22 in the first debate of the 2022 election at Loyola Marymount University with U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, LA City Attorney Mike Feuer, former Metro Transportation Authority board member Mel Wilson, and LA City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Joe Buscaino going head-to-head on…
LA Union Begins Circulation of Petition to Increase Property Taxes to Fund Affordable Housing
February 23, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles City Clerk approved the circulation of a union-backed petition that aims to fund affordable housing and tenant assistance programs through a special tax on property sales above $5 million in the City of Los Angeles. The group behind the effort—Alliance for Community Transit-Los Angeles (ACT-LA)—began collecting signatures for the effort…
Los Angeles to Reduce Speed Limits for Over 177 Miles of City Streets
February 22, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles will reduce its speed limits by 5 miles per hour in many areas of the city to improve pedestrian safety amid increasing fatal cases of speeding-related car accidents. On Feb. 22, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to lower the speed limits for more than 177 miles of city streets, after…
MacArthur Park Section to Open After Months of Closure
February 22, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A section of MacArthur Park is reopening to the public on Feb. 22 after being closed for more than four months as crews conducted a $1.5 million improvement project with landscape and general park upgrades. The park’s lakeside portion, which was closed on Oct. 15, 2021, will open at about noon, Councilman Gil Cedillo…
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