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LA County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in the devastating earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria, causing many of the 50,000 deaths tallied so far.

Los Angeles Times

Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress

WASHINGTON — Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

The city will host the Games in 2028 and the costs – as they always do – are already mounting. The city’s mayor needs to grab back some control

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Detectives are treating Los Angeles-area bishop’s death as a homicide

Bishop David O’Connell, 69, was found shot to death near a church in a Los Angeles suburb. O’Connell, a native of Ireland, worked for many years in gang intervention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seeking reappointment, LAPD Chief Moore says he may stay only two or three more years

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Monday that, if appointed for a second term as the city's top cop, he would serve for two or three years before turning the department over to a new chief ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games.

Los Angeles Times

Republican Mitch McConnell breaks US Senate leadership record

McConnell has become the longest serving Senate leader in the chamber’s history as the 118th US Congress convenes.

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Biden to renominate Garcetti, others as new Senate begins

President Joe Biden will start the new Senate session on Tuesday by resubmitting 85 nominations that fell short last year

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Garcetti's last order as mayor: Light up the Hollywood sign. Bass rescinded it

LOS ANGELES — It may have been the shortest-lived executive directive in Los Angeles City Hall history.

Los Angeles Times

Democrat Bass takes charge as LA mayor amid homeless crisis

Karen Ruth Bass took a ceremonial oath of office as mayor of Los Angeles and will become the first woman and second Black person to hold the job

The Independent UK

Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office

LOS ANGELES — After 241 years, the nation’s second-largest city has its first female mayor.

Los Angeles Times

Should LA's train and bus rides be free? Karen Bass may soon decide

LOS ANGELES — Should it be free to use the public rail and bus systems in Los Angeles County? That's a question incoming Mayor Karen Bass may soon have to answer.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass to be sworn in as LA mayor by Vice President Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will swear in Karen Bass as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass' inauguration ceremony to be held Dec. 11 outside City Hall

LOS ANGELES — Mayor-elect Karen Bass will hold a public inauguration on Dec. 11 outside Los Angeles City Hall, one day before she officially takes office as the first woman elected to serve in the city's top job, her campaign said Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Should L.A. mayor get ambassador post?

Biden has nominated Garcetti as next U.S. ambassador to India. His record in L.A. suggests he's unfit to serve

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Faced with tight transition, Mayor-elect Bass invites Garcetti staff to stay on through April

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass has invited all staffers in Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office to remain in their jobs through April, according to a letter sent last week — an atypical move intended to steady the ship amid an unusually short transition period.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in LA history

LOS ANGELES — A record number of Los Angeles voters cast ballots for mayor in this month's election, the result of changes in the electoral calendar, the state's easing of voter registration rules and the provocative contest between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso, according to analysts and…

Los Angeles Times

LA voters approved more money to fight homelessness. Now they want to see results

LOS ANGELES — A generous but demanding electorate put Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor's office with the tools they believe she needs to reduce homelessness. Now they want results.

Los Angeles Times

His term expiring, Garcetti pushes hard for job as ambassador to India

LOS ANGELES — With less than a month to go before he leaves office, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is pressing his effort to get the U.S. Senate to confirm his appointment as ambassador to India, a fraught campaign complicated by a Republican senator whose office is trying to renew…

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It’s still all sinking in for LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass was still getting used to the title “mayor-elect” Thursday as she stood in the sun-drenched courtyard of the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and invoked the women’s club that first constructed the building in 1894.

The Independent UK

In ailing LA, Mayor-elect Karen Bass promises unity, change

Los Angeles' new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation's second-largest city

The Independent UK

Los Angeles elects Karen Bass first ever female mayor

Bass takes office against a backdrop of multiple scandals that have shaken trust in government

The Independent UK

Congresswoman ahead of developer in seesaw LA mayor's race

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has pulled ahead of developer Rick Caruso in their back-and-forth contest to become mayor of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass moves ahead of Rick Caruso in LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass overtook businessman Rick Caruso in the seesaw battle to be mayor of Los Angeles, with Friday’s vote tally showing the veteran lawmaker 4,384 votes ahead of the real estate developer in a contest that will not be settled until next week at the…

The Independent UK

LA in crisis: Troubled city has stark choice for next mayor

Los Angeles voters have a stark choice for mayor: A billionaire developer who is promising a shift to the political right, or a progressive congresswoman who could become the first Black woman to hold the job

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles is running out of water, and time. Are leaders willing to act?

LOS ANGELES — On a clear afternoon recently, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti looked down at the Hollywood Reservoir from 1,200 feet in the air.

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