Hydee Feldstein Soto claimed victory as Los Angeles’s first female city attorney on Nov. 16 to replace termed-out incumbent Mike Feuer. Feldstein Soto, a finance attorney, has 56.55 percent of the vote, ahead of her opponent Faisal Gill’s 43.45 percent, according to the latest County Clerk results on Nov. 16. The vote count gives Feldstein…

Commentary Now the First Amendment is under attack as collateral from America’s abortion wars. Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer wants to ban the pro-life clinics that try to talk pregnant women out of having abortions. He is proposing an ordinance (pdf) that would add to the Municipal Code “the prohibition of misleading advertising by…

ENCINO, Calif.—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer dropped out of the race for mayor on Tuesday, May 17, and announced his support for his former opponent, Rep. Karen Bass. Feuer joined Bass at a news conference in Encino to formally endorse her campaign. “I want to thank the city attorney for his endorsement today,” Bass…

LOS ANGELES—Hundreds of thousands of California taxpayers will receive a total of $11.4 million through a $141 million nationwide settlement with Intuit, which was accused in a lawsuit of deceptively advertising its “free” online TurboTax products, it was announced on May 4 by the plaintiffs. The lawsuit was filed by a coalition of 51 attorneys…

LOS ANGELES—Environmental issues are on the forefront of some Los Angeles voters’ minds, according to a coalition of climate activists in the city. A few mayoral candidates discussed issues brought forth by the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters April 21. While a few frontrunners were missing from the debate—specifically Rick Caruso—Karen Bass (D-Calif.), LA…

LOS ANGELES—Environmental issues are on the forefront of some Los Angeles voters’ minds, according to a coalition of climate activists in the city. A few mayoral candidates discussed issues brought forth by the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters April 21. While a few frontrunners were missing from the debate—specifically Rick Caruso—Karen Bass (D-Calif.), LA…

Los Angeles reached a $22.5 million settlement with Sameday Health—a COVID-19 testing company the city alleged forged hundreds of coronavirus test results and conducted insurance fraud, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced on April 21. The complaint filed by Feuer and District Attorney George Gascón accused Sameday and its CEO Felix Huettenbach of promising…

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…