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November 28, 2016 |
Attacks on Law Enforcement
60 law enforcement officers fatally shot this year, 20 in ambushes, report says
A total of 60 law enforcement officers have died in firearms-related incidents in 2016, marking a 67 percent increase since 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reported. Citing a preliminary report from January 1 through November 23, the organization said that Texas has seen the most fatalities this year with 18. So far, 130 officers have died nationwide.
Fox News
Bay Area Police Officer in Critical Condition After Being Attacked With Skateboard
A South San Francisco police officer was in critical condition after a man struck him in the head with a skateboard during a confrontation on Thanksgiving Day, authorities said. The officer was responding to a disturbance in the early afternoon at a business in the 300 block of Grand Avenue, police said. When the officer arrived at the scene, the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Luis Alberto Ramos-Coreas, refused to follow the officer's commands, authorities said.
KTLA 5
Wounded Hawthorne Police Officer Recovering After Confrontation With Armed Man
A Hawthorne police officer wounded in an officer-involved shooting at a storage facility is in good spirits and making progress in his recovery, authorities said Thursday. Hawthorne police posted a picture on Twitter of a smiling Officer Williams in his hospital bed. "His right femur has been replaced with a metal rod and he's been moving around a little with the use of crutches," according to the statement. "We at HPD have a lot to be thankful for today."
NBC 4
Texas state trooper hit by gunfire from Mexico
A Texas state trooper was wounded on the Texas-Mexico border when a bullet apparently strayed from a gun battle on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
Lt. Johnny Hernandez of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the trooper suffered a leg wound. The state trooper was hit about 1 p.m. Friday while on foot patrol with the Border Patrol agent in Fronton, on the border about 105 miles upstream from Brownsville.
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Union-backed changes to LAPD disciplinary system could go to voters
Los Angeles city leaders took the first step Wednesday toward a major overhaul of the Police Department's disciplinary process — a move long sought by the union that represents rank-and-file officers. City Council President Herb Wesson unveiled plans for a May ballot measure that would allow the LAPD's Board of Rights panels, which review serious misconduct cases, to be made up entirely of civilians. Craig Lally, president of the police union, said Wesson's proposal would represent the biggest change to the LAPD's disciplinary process in 50 years.
Los Angeles Times
LAPD could roll out ‘less-lethal' weapon citywide to curb escalation
Los Angeles police have long used “less-lethal” launchers with sponge rounds for crowd control and by their elite SWAT team on individuals when less than deadly force may have been needed. But in July, the Los Angeles Police Department equipped patrol officers from several stations, including the Mission Community Police Station in Mission Hills, with these “guns” and their 40 mm sponge rounds, which are intended to incapacitate but not kill a subject, to use on their beats for the first time. Jamie McBride, a director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said he's “all for it,” as long as their use on patrol does not cause officers to put themselves in harm's way. “If someone is walking to you with a knife and starts to raise it, that's not the time to use a ‘less lethal' weapon,” he said.
Los Angeles Daily News
Two officers start their run from LA to Sacramento
Two LAPD officers have set out on a 12-day long run from Los Angeles to Sacramento, California to raise awareness about police officers who have given their lives in the line of duty, called Project Endure. Officers Joe Cirrito and Kristina Tudor will run a total of 40 miles a day – each will run 20 – in full Class-A uniforms, including their hats and gun belts. The pair will also be raising money for charity: Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) and the LA Memorial Wall.
Fox 11
Watts Bears, Football Team Coached By LAPD, Honored At Grad Ceremony
The Watts Bears, a unique team coached by members of the Los Angeles Police Department, are the new L.A. County Pop Warner Southern Conference Champions. The football team, which consists of players who live in housing projects in Watts, beat the odds and are thankful for their law enforcement coaches. "We don't really like think of them as police officers. We just think of them as the coaches," Dominic Conner said.
ABC 7
Cops battle cops in court: Wrongdoing by LAPD top staff?
Six members of the Los Angeles Police Internal Affairs Group are suing the city over “whistleblower retaliation,” alleging they were wrongfully reprimanded in a dispute about unlawful activities and nepotism within the department's upper levels. The lawsuit says the six believe they were targeted because a deputy chief thought they would speak in support of another internal affairs cop who was vocal about the supposed wrongdoing.
My News L.A.
Woman found beaten to death inside Harbor City motel room
A woman was found beaten to death inside a motel room in Harbor City Sunday and police have no suspect at this point, Los Angeles police said. The woman's body was found about 11:40 a.m. inside the Colony Motel at 1629 Pacific Coast Highway, according to LAPD Officer Irma Mota. The woman appeared to be in her 40s or 50s, Mota said. Her name was withheld pending notification of next of kin. Blunt force trauma appears to be the cause of death, Mota added. Police have no suspect information so far, she said. The homicide investigation was being handled by LAPD's Harbor Division.
City News Service
LAPD Says Valley Gang Targeted Wrong Victim
Jose Zeron was not a gang member, but the man he was with the morning he was shot and killed is – and police believe the killer killed the wrong person. "He wasn't perfect but he was the perfect son for me," said Carmen Zeron of her 37-year-old son they called "Joe." Carmen said Joe was friends with every person he met and often did charitable things for strangers.
NBC 4
4 People Injured in Shooting at Wilmington Party: LAPD
Two males and two females were injured a shooting at a Wilmington party early Monday, officials said. The incident was reported about 12:40 a.m. in the 1000 block of North McDonald Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Two females and one male were taken to a hospital by ambulance and another male later arrived at the hospital.
KTLA 5
More than $10,000 stolen during armed robbery of Northridge Guitar Center
A helmet-clad robber armed with a handgun got away with more than $10,000 in cash from the Guitar Center in Northridge on Saturday night after tying up the manager with zip ties, police said Sunday. The incident occurred at the store at 19510 Nordhoff Street after closing time sometime between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., said LAPD Sgt. Brian Eldridge of the Devonshire Community Police Station. The robber, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet the entire time and is believed to be male, met the manager outside, took him inside the store, zip-tied him in his office and then took an unknown amount of money that exceeded $10,000, he said.
Los Angeles Daily News
Neighbors Evacuated During Hourslong North Hills Apartment Barricade
Residents were forced to evacuate an apartment complex while a man was barricaded inside for hours on Wednesday in North Hills. The standoff began at around 5 p.m. in the 8500 block of Columbus Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department Mission Division. Officers were called in for a possible domestic violence dispute between a man and a woman.
NBC 4
Tear gas terminates tense squatter SWAT standoff
A homeless man taking shelter in a residence under construction was forced out with a volley of tear gas and arrested Wednesday after a tense, hours-long standoff with a SWAT team. The incident began about 9:30 a.m. near Beverly and Plymouth boulevards, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The unidentified suspect was taken into custody shortly before 2 p.m. KNX Newsradio reported that the man was squatting in a home under construction and had threatened workers, but he was not believed to be armed. He was taken into custody after police used tear gas, the radio station reported. No further details were available.
City News Service
Carjackers' big mistake: Armed victim is fed cop, shoots attacker
Two carjacking suspects picked the wrong victim as their target turned out to be an armed off-duty ICE agent in Wilmington who wounded one of his attackers, police said. The shooting occurred around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday near Figueroa and Anaheim streets, prompting the closure of the Anaheim Street off-ramp from the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway. The agent fired shots at the female driver and her male passenger as they took off in his white Mazda, according to reports from the scene. Both suspects were in police custody, according to a Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Division officer.
City News Service
LAPD, FBI to Address Threatening Letter Sent to California Mosques
The Los Angeles Police Department has scheduled a press conference for Monday with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and leaders of local Muslim community to address a vitriolic letter sent to at least three California mosques. The author addressed the letter “to the children of Satan” and called Muslims “a vile and filthy people.” “There's a new sheriff in town,” the letter said, “President Donald Trump.”
KTLA 5
Family Members Of Pregnant Woman Stabbed To Death In Venice Speak Out
Family members of a 22-year-old pregnant mother who was stabbed to death in Venice spoke with Eyewitness News Thursday. Jasmine Preciado was a mother to a 3-year-old girl and pregnant with her second child when she was killed in a brutal stabbing at Windward and Pacific avenues. "They killed not only her but a baby, an unborn child. It's caused us a lot of hurt and we're all suffering now. Now her daughter's not going to have a mom anymore," her aunt, Jackie Bustamante, said.
ABC 7
Family, Friends Come Together To Mourn 70-Year-Old Killed In Hollywood Hit-And-Run
A few weeks ago, Gabriela Futsi's friends gathered to celebrate her 70th birthday. Her daughter, Isabelle Futsi, told CBS2's Tina Patel that despite some health issues, her mom had good reason to cheer and to look forward. Now the same friends are looking back at Futsi's life, cut short by a hit-and-run driver Saturday.
CBS 2
With hate crimes rising, L.A. law enforcement vows to crack down
As hate crimes surge in California and across the country, Los Angeles law enforcement leaders came together Wednesday to promise they will not let the city fall victim to fear. Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey spoke about the wide-ranging effects that bias crimes can have on the city and county, urging victims of crimes with a racial or religious motive to come forward immediately.
Los Angeles Times
Emaciated Dog Found on Side of Road in San Fernando Valley by Off-Duty LAPD Officers Makes Improbable Recovery
Two police officers and two animal rights advocates serendipitously discovered a dying dog on the side of a secluded road in the San Fernando Valley just in time to save its life. The boxer, now named Bronx, was first found laying in pain by off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rick So on his usual route home. The dog wasn't moving, and So thought he had been hit by a car due to the way his shoulder joints were protruding because he was so emaciated.
KTLA 5
2 Northern California inmates at-large after rappelling from 2nd story window
Four inmates cut their way through the bars of a second-story window and rappelled down the side of a California jail using a makeshift rope of bedding and clothing before making their way clear of the facility, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's office said Thursday. Two of the men were recaptured just outside the jail after the Wednesday night escape, but the other two, Rogelio Chavez and Lanon Campbell, remained on the lam early Thursday, Sgt. Rich Glennon said. Crime scene detectives were working to figure out how the men were able to cut through the window's bars. A deputy patrolling the jail's perimeter spotted the men as they made their escape.
Associated Press
Strangled with a shoelace: Slaying of inmate in Lancaster prison came after 'extremely vicious' fight
When Leron Morris summoned guards to his cell at a state prison in Lancaster, he showed them a gruesome, bloody scene and a lifeless body. Morris and his cellmate, Rashell Clarke Jr., had a furious fight that ended only after Morris bit off part of the other man's ear and wrapped a shoelace around his neck, strangling him, according to investigative reports.
Los Angeles Times
California's legal system beset by scandal, conflict
While other, more pejorative, terms could be used to describe California's massive legal system these days, let's just say it's in disarray, and count the ways. The State Bar, an agency that licenses and oversees hundreds of thousands of California attorneys, has been wracked by financial irregularities and allegations that it has neglected to protect us from unethical or incompetent lawyers.
Sacramento Bee
Active shooter reported at Ohio State University; 8 hospitalized, 1 critical
At least eight people were taken to hospitals after an active shooter was reported on the Ohio State University campus Monday, authorities said. One of those eight patients is in critical condition, Columbus Fire spokeswoman Rebecca Diehm said.
CNN
Colo. trooper fatally struck while investigating crash
An 11-year Colorado State Patrol trooper was investigating a crash on Interstate 25 near Castle Rock Friday afternoon when he was hit and killed by a passing vehicle, officials said. Trooper Cody Donahue was out of his vehicle when he was hit by a commercial truck pulling a trailer, said Deputy Chad Teller, a Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
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Standoff beneath the 110 Freeway: Homeless man builds a compound, officials tear it down, he rebuilds
Ceola Waddell Jr. has what may be the most eye-popping digs of any homeless man in Los Angeles. A video tour of his living room sofa and love seat, porcelain toilet and zebra-skin slipcovers has been viewed 1.4 million times on Facebook. His fans make pilgrimages to the tent-lined strip beneath the 110 Freeway near the Coliseum — he calls it “Paradise Lane” — to chortle and take selfies.
Los Angeles Times
Garcetti talks about the brewing conflict between cities and feds on immigration
Many big city mayors have said that they will not comply with federal immigration orders that could lead to deportation. Steve Inskeep talks to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti about being a sanctuary city.
KPCC 89.3
Trump Supports L.A.'s Olympic Bid, Mayor Garcetti's Office Says
President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid during a phone call with Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday. Garcetti spokeswoman Connie Llanos said Trump spoke on the phone with the mayor in their first exchange since the Nov. 8 election.
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Law Enforcement
Cops battle cops in court: Wrongdoing by LAPD top staff?
Six members of the Los Angeles Police Internal Affairs Group are suing the city over "whistleblower retaliation," alleging they were wrongfully reprimanded in a dispute about unlawful activities and nepotism within the department's upper levels. The lawsuit says the six believe they were targeted because a deputy chief thought they would speak in support of another internal affairs cop who was vocal about the supposed wrongdoing.
City News Service |
Police encourage more hate crime reports
Law enforcement leaders in Los Angeles called on the public Wednesday to report any sort of hate-motivated incidents. "Should they become a victim of a hate crime, they should call the police and report it," said L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey at an event that also included LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer.
KFI AM 640 |
Free after 16 years, innocent man sues LAPD
One year ago, a state judge exonerated Luis Lorenzo Vargas of three sexual assaults for which he'd spent 16 years in prison. On Monday, Vargas sued the Los Angeles Police and Sheriff's departments and the District Attorney's Office, for putting him there. Vargas claims police and prosecutors never disclosed that strikingly similar assaults continued even after he was in custody, all apparently committed by a man known as the Teardrop Rapist.
Courthouse News |
DA mulls case against Saugus High 'hoaxer' - School also takes stock of lockdown procedures
The case of the Saugus High School 11th-grader who allegedly perpetrated a hoax at the school last Friday - spreading the rumor of an armed student, and leading to a brief lockdown - is now in the hands of the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Meanwhile, school principal Bill Bolde told The Signal that while the lockdown went smoothly, he was busy Monday debriefing school staff, with an eye toward taking stock and improving areas that could have gone better still.
The Signal |
'America's Invisible Crime': Cargo theft expected to surge during holidays
Truckers are being warned about the risk of cargo theft during the holiday weekend, especially in Southern California. Since the beginning of the year, nearly $30 million in cargo has been stolen off of highways and from distribution centers throughout California. That is a 40% increase over last year, according to CargoNet, a cargo theft prevention and recovery network.
NBC4 |
eBay and Amazon risky for holiday shoppers
When e-commerce giants eBay and Amazon try to maximize profits, the collateral damage to manufacturers and consumers can be enormous, and devastating. Both eBay and Amazon have channeled their business model into online "Marketplace" retail outlets which allow un-vetted global sellers to peddle hugely profitable counterfeit goods to unsuspecting consumers.
The Counterfeit Report |
Local law enforcement agencies stay hands-off on immigration
Local law enforcement officials said this week they will not actively enforce federal immigration laws, in keeping with their longstanding effort to maintain the public's trust. In an interview with "60 Minutes," President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants with criminal records, but agencies in Ventura County said they will generally continue their hands-off policy on the issue.
Ventura County Star |
Grand Jury latest to launch probe of jailhouse snitch scandal
Orange County's jailhouse snitch scandal has taken a new turn, with revelations that the county grand jury has launched an investigation into alleged illegal conduct by prosecutors and sheriff's deputies and is being assisted in the probe by a former United States attorney. At some point this summer, the grand jury asked state Attorney General Kamala Harris to hire attorneys to "investigate and present evidence" for its informants investigation, according to AG records released by the county Tuesday.
Voice of OC |
LA County Sheriff: Our relationship with ICE won't change for Trump
Immigration has been a hot topic of discussion in Southern California following the election of Donald Trump as president, and many immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are wondering what the future holds for them and their families. Here in Los Angeles County, Sheriff Jim McDonnell says his department's relationship with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will remain status quo.
KPCC |
LA prepares to battle Trump over deportation
The battle lines have been drawn, and the City of Los Angeles is preparing for war with President-elect Donald Trump over potential deportation efforts to decrease the number of undocumented citizens in the United States. Trump campaigned with a vow to remove the estimated 11 million people who entered the country illegally, although since winning the election, he has lowered that number to roughly 2 or 3 million who have criminal records.
Law Newz |
'Sanctuary Cities' vs. national security and public safety
The lunacy of the immigration executive orders and other actions of the Obama administration to block the enforcement of our immigration laws and immigration anarchy will be brought to a screeching halt on the day that Donald Trump replaces Mr. Obama in the Oval Office. However the "Immigration All-Clear" will not be sounded across the United States in cities and states that have been declared "Sanctuaries" by the mayors and governors who have created a false and very dangerous narrative that equates immigration law enforcement with racism and bigotry.
FrontPageMag |
How a dispute over dog droppings put a celebrated homicide detective and a judge under scrutiny
Throughout his more than three-decade career, Det. Mark Lillienfeld built a reputation as one of the finest homicide detectives in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The murder case of racing legend Mickey Thompson languished for years until Lillienfeld took over the investigation and saw it through to a conviction. In 2009, he helped send music producer Phil Spector to prison for the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson.
Los Angeles Times |
Worst mass killer in OC gets DA ousted
Orange County's worst mass killer apparently won't see the local district attorney in court any longer after an appeals panel agreed with a judge that prosecutors would not ensure a fair penalty phase trial due to loyalty to law enforcement. A state appellate panel upheld a Superior Court judge's recusal of the Orange County District Attorney's Office from prosecuting the penalty trial of Scott Evans Dekraai, the worst mass killer in the county's history.
City News Service |
Judge withholds ruling during ex-LA Sheriff Lee Baca's hearing
A federal judge withheld his ruling Tuesday on whether testimony would be allowed from a defense expert who is expected to say former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease while being investigated in a jail corruption scandal. After hearing both sides, U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson said he would take the motion under consideration and submit a written response.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Appellate panel upholds West Hollywood man's 12-year prison sentence for live-in boyfriend's killing
A state appeals court panel last week upheld a man's 12- year prison sentence for fatally stabbing and mutilating his live-in boyfriend at the West Hollywood apartment they briefly shared. The three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense's contention that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham should have sentenced Andre Davids to six years in prison for the March 29, 2014, death of Kurtland Ma.
City News Service |
California marijuana industry is a '$25 billion opportunity'
MedMen likens itself, as many cannabis companies do, to an early tech startup. Its West Hollywood dispensary looks a bit like an Apple store, with samples of product in polished glass cases and information about each on iPads. In a grow facility in Sun Valley, north of Los Angeles, marijuana plants grow in coconut fiber, sustained by drip irrigation and marked by thin plastic labels stuck in soil.
USA Today |
Jerry Brown's pension reforms have done little to rein in costs
A year after his 2010 election, Gov. Jerry Brown made a rare appearance at a legislative committee hearing to confront lawmakers about the steep cost of public employee pensions - and to demand that they pass his 12-point pension overhaul. Brown challenged fellow Democrats to drink political "castor oil" so public retirement costs would not overburden future generations.
CALmatters |
Paying for public retirees has never cost L.A. taxpayers more. And that's after pension reform
Los Angeles officials often boast about how they stemmed the rising cost of employee pensions, an expense that has hobbled cash-strapped cities throughout California. Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said changes he oversaw in 2011 and 2012, which included lower pensions for new employees and higher retirement contributions from city workers, were "the most far-reaching effort in the nation."
Los Angeles Times |
California Democratic Party leaders may be asked to fess up when paid to back ballot measures
The California Democratic Party is considering a new policy that would require party leaders to fully disclose any compensation they receive to advocate for a statewide ballot initiative or candidate for state office. The push for transparency comes after Eric Bauman, chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and a candidate for state party chairman, faced criticism after his political consulting firm was paid by opponents of Proposition 61, which voters rejected on Nov. 8.
Los Angeles Times |
Law enforcement's hands tied by Prop. 57: Laren Leichliter
This election season has shocked many and made history in ways nobody had anticipated. And as the reality of the results are starting to slowly sink in, we are reminded to trust in our democratic process, even when the outcome is not in our favor. It is certainly easier said than done.
San Bernardino Sun |
California secessionists unveil independence measure
It still doesn't have much of a ring - or chance of ever happening - but Calexit isn't going away just yet. As President-elect Donald Trump continued interviewing prospective appointees on Monday, the left-leaning leaders of a movement to make California a sovereign nation filed paperwork to take their case to voters in two years.
Mercury News |
Clearing the smoke for employers on California Proposition 64
On November 8, Californians passed Proposition 64, legalizing recreational use of marijuana for adults 21 years or older in California. Proposition 64 took effect November 9, 2016. California previously legalized the use of medical marijuana with the passage of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
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Jerry Brown's election successes preserve streak, set him up for 2018
Four days before the election, Gov. Jerry Brown briefly ducked into a union hall in San Francisco to denounce an initiative that threatened to imperil his high-speed rail and Delta water tunnel projects. "I just want to cut to the chase here," Brown said of Proposition 53, paid for by wealthy Stockton-area food processor Dean Cortopassi.
Sacramento Bee |
Democrats still rule the roost in Sacramento
While Democrats question their diminishing national footprint, the party remains strong in California, with Democrats earning a second supermajority in four years in the Assembly. Democrats took two seats from Republicans in this month's election to regain a supermajority in the lower house. The Senate is awaiting the results of a race separated by less than two percentage points to find out whether it too will have a two-thirds voting bloc of Democrats.
San Francisco Chronicle |
Democrats close to supermajority in Legislature, Newman takes lead Democrat
Josh Newman now has a lead of nearly 1,400 votes in the Southern California state Senate seat upon which rests Democrats' chance of a supermajority in the Legislature. Newman, a political neophyte, had been running behind Republican Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang since Election Day. But Chang's lead began slipping away in recent days.
CalWatchdog |
Demographics in the California Legislature
Highlights: November 2016 California Legislative Election Results
California State Library |
Criminal-justice experts hunt for clues on Trump
One plank of the platform that won the election for President-elect Donald Trump was a tough-on-crime promise to "Make America Safe Again." "When I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order to our country," Trump proclaimed during his speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland four months ago.
Courthouse News |
In California, a bastion of red waits for Trump to nudge this blue state
Sandra Eudy has considered leaving for Texas. Tina Larson finds it hard to envision retiring here, with the state's high taxes eating into her savings. And Greg Surgener would leave, if not for family obligations. Republicans are something of an endangered species in California, where Democrats control both houses of the Legislature and all statewide elected offices.
New York Times |
Trump's pick for Justice Department could influence immigration
As a senator, Jeff Sessions became Congress' leading advocate not only for a cracking down on illegal immigration, but also for slowing all immigration, increasing mass deportations and scrutinizing more strictly those entering the U.S. As attorney general, he'd be well positioned to turn those ideas into reality. Immigration laws are enforced by other agencies, but the Justice Department plays a crucial role in setting the policies and legal underpinnings that shape the system.
NBC4 |
LA City Council to discuss plan to legalize sidewalk vending next month
A long-stalled plan to legalize sidewalk vending in Los Angeles will be taken up at a public hearing next month, amid concerns that misdemeanor penalties now on the books could put vendors, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, at risk for deportation under Donald Trump's presidency.
City News Service |
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, President-elect Trump talk immigration, Olympics
Amid growing concerns among Los Angeles leaders about what the future may hold when President-elect Donald Trump takes office, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke with Trump on Wednesday by telephone in what was described as a "productive conversation." The two discussed "ways to expand infrastructure investments and opportunities in communities across America," the mayor's spokeswoman Connie Llanos said in a statement.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Supervisors relax regulations on winemakers
The L.A. County health department no longer has the local wine industry over a barrel. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday freed L.A. County winemakers from rules under which they had been regulated like any other food-processing plant - creating what the winemakers said were unnecessary and burdensome costs that strangled the industry in the county while it booms elsewhere in the state.
The Signal |
County selects developer for mixed-use project at site of San Pedro's old courthouse
Los Angeles County officials Tuesday unanimously approved granting exclusive negotiation rights to Holland Partner Group of Vancouver to bring a residential-retail complex to the 1.8-acre property where San Pedro's shuttered courthouse sits. "The supervisor was extremely humbled and thrilled to be part of this downtown San Pedro renaissance," said Andrew Veis, assistant press deputy to outgoing county Supervisor Don Knabe.
Long Beach Press Telegram |
Forget living in your car in LA: Homeless ban OK'd
The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Tuesday to an ordinance barring people from living in cars near homes, parks, schools and daycare facilities. Under the ordinance, which must be signed by the mayor before taking effect, parking for habitation purposes will be prohibited from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. along residential streets with both single- and multi-family homes.
City News Service |
Here are 5 of California's dumbest laws for motorists
In California, a $25 fix-it ticket can snowball into $1,000 worth of fees and fines and a loss of driving privileges if the alleged violator doesn't show up in court. State Sen. Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys has been fighting this injustice, which disproportionately affects the poor, with legislation that allows people to see a judge "before paying fines, restores driver's licenses to those with a payment plan and reduces exorbitant fee debts by taking a person's income into account," according to Hertzberg's office.
LA Weekly |
Marcia Clark leaves her trials behind: The onetime O.J. Simpson prosecutor, now-bestselling novelist has become a role model for career women
Two decades before presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton became the target of nonstop, unsolicited advice on how to win the White House - smile more, change that hairstyle, lose the pantsuit - the media were focused on Marcia Clark and all her missteps toward winning the trial of the century.
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