LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced charges on Jan. 6 against a woman who allegedly posed as a labor investigator and issued citations to business owners. According to the City Attorney’s Office, Nyesha Monique Elam conducted inspections at businesses across the Los Angeles area and demanded payment for labor violations and labor informational posters though she did not…
Over 20 Street Lights Stolen From Historic Bridge in Los Angeles
January 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Following a series of thefts of nearly century-old bronze street lights from the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting decided on Jan. 5 it will remove and try to preserve the remaining lights. Officials first learned of the street lights being targeted on Sept. 13, 2021, when three lights were stolen over a span of…
Critics Respond to Proposed Property Sales Tax to Fund Homeless Housing in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES—A group of labor unions and affordable housing advocates have proposed an initiative to appear on the November ballot that would tax property sales above $5 million in Los Angeles to fund permanent supportive housing units for the homeless in the city. The local initiative—United to House L.A.—would implement a 4 percent tax on…
Critics Respond to Proposed Property Sales Tax to Fund Homeless Housing
LOS ANGELES—A group of labor unions and affordable housing advocates have proposed an initiative to appear on the November ballot that would tax property sales above $5 million in Los Angeles to fund permanent supportive housing units for the homeless in the city. The local initiative—United to House L.A.—would implement a 4 percent tax on…
LA Controller Ron Galperin Announces Run For State Controller
January 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin launched his campaign Jan. 6 for state controller with an endorsement from current State Controller Betty Yee, who is leaving the position due to term limits. “I am pleased to endorse Ron Galperin for state controller,” Yee said. “As Los Angeles controller, Galperin has demanded the kind of accountability,…
Despite Drought Improvements, California Implements More Water Regulations
January 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Water regulations are getting stricter in California despite a recent series of storms that took much of Southern California out of the “extreme” drought category to the less severe “serious” and “moderate” drought conditions. According to the latest drought map released by U.S. Drought Monitor, several counties in Southern California reported improvements in drought…
Despite More Rain, California Imposes More Water Restrictions
January 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Water regulations are getting stricter in California despite a recent series of storms that took much of Southern California out of the “extreme” drought category to the less severe “serious” and “moderate” drought conditions. According to the latest drought map released by U.S. Drought Monitor, several counties in Southern California reported improvements in drought…
Movie Exec Recounts Real-Life Horrors of Crime in Los Angeles
Award-winning special effects guru Greg Strause recently showed off his in-home bunker, or “safe room,” where he and his wife keep survival gear next to a bullet-proof escape window. “There’s a ladder on the ceiling, so if the house were set on fire or it’s too dangerous to go back into the house, we can…
Hundreds Protest Vaccine Mandates for K-12 in Huntington Beach
January 5, 2022
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A few hundred concerned parents, children, and friends against vaccine mandates rallied in Huntington Beach, California, on Jan. 3. The event, named the “Capitol to Coast Stand Up and Sit Out,” was put on by Unity Project—a state-wide organization founded to fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates for K–12 students—and Moms for Liberty, which shares…
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Resigns to Lead California Labor Federation
January 4, 2022
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Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) announced that she will resign Jan. 5 from the 80th District seat and lead the nation’s largest labor federation of unions. During an Assembly meeting Monday, Gonzalez said she will become the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, with 2 million workers in industries including manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector,…
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