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Airbnb Says More Short-Term Rentals Will Boost L.A.’s Budget. Opponents Say It Won’t Work.

Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.

Capital & Main

Did Some Airbnb Hosts Raise Rents Too High After L.A. Fires?

Housing activists accuse rental giant of excessive payment hikes.

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Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is rolling out driverless cars to passengers in L.A. San Francisco and Phoenix already have them.

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Walk of infamy: the Trump star causing a stir in Los Angeles

City leaders largely agree the memorial should go, but there is little consensus on how to remove it

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Gustavo Arellano: Three's not a crowd. Meet the co-presidents of the union behind the hotel workers' strike

LOS ANGELES — In a red-shirted sea of hundreds of striking hotel workers marching through downtown Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, Ada Briceño, Susan Minato and Kurt Petersen were just faces in the crowd.

Los Angeles Times

LA hotel workers back on the job but say more strikes to come

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of service workers at 19 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties returned to work Wednesday after three days of strikes over the busy Fourth of July weekend.

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The LAPD has lost nearly 1,000 officers. Now, Mayor Karen Bass wants to rebuild the force

LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, the Los Angeles Police Department celebrated a historic hiring milestone, announcing the city had reached a target sought by at least two mayors and multiple police chiefs: 10,000 officers.

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LA mayor faces pushback as unhoused people are abruptly moved from one hotel to the next

LOS ANGELES — Four weeks ago, Mayor Karen Bass' homelessness team found a warm place indoors for Princeton Parker, a 38-year-old living in a tent on L.A.'s Westside.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: LAPD’s broken discipline system doesn’t hold officers accountable

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Karen Bass want to make it easier to fire or otherwise punish officers who have committed serious misconduct, and they have the right idea. Police must earn the trust of the communities they serve, yet trusting them is hard if officers can’t…

Los Angeles Times

LA City Council members want to give police chief more power to fire officers for misconduct

LOS ANGELES — Two members of the Los Angeles City Council called Friday for an overhaul of the Police Department's disciplinary process, one that would enhance the police chief's power to fire officers and scale back the involvement of civilians in disciplinary hearings.

Los Angeles Times

Councilmember Supports Legalizing Street Vending on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hugo Soto-Martinez says he is seeking a way to undo the “no-vending zone” in his district.

Capital & Main

LA Mayor Bass’ emergency homelessness declaration is approved during heated City Council meeting

LOS ANGELES — After several hours of turmoil, the Los Angeles City Council approved Mayor Karen Bass’ declaration of a homelessness emergency, allowing the new mayor’s first major policy proposal to move forward.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin de León returns to LA City Council, meeting is abruptly halted

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León showed up for Tuesday’s council meeting nearly two hours into the proceedings, prompting council President Paul Krekorian to immediately call a recess.

Los Angeles Times

LA city voters sent conflicting messages, giving wins to both the left and the center

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmember-elect Hugo Soto-Martinez is heading to City Hall with what he says is a clear mandate to enact bold, progressive policies on housing, homelessness, transportation and other issues.

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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.

Los Angeles Times

Bass widens her lead against Caruso in LA mayor race

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass expanded her lead on Saturday against businessman Rick Caruso in the race to be the next mayor of Los Angeles, with an updated tally putting her 9,463 votes ahead of the developer in a contest that will not be settled until next week…

Los Angeles Times

Hire officers? Abolish the police? LA's election reveals deep divisions over the LAPD

LOS ANGELES — When community activist Eunisses Hernandez ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council this year, she made clear she thinks L.A. needs fewer police.

Los Angeles Times

Why LA's ban on homeless encampments near schools, day care has become heated election issue

LOS ANGELES — Echo Park resident Stan Gale was seriously thinking of moving out of L.A.

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The mystery behind LA's racist tape scandal: Who leaked it — and why?

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles City Council members went to a squat office building near MacArthur Park last October to seek advice from an influential labor leader about solidifying their grip on power.

Los Angeles Times

LA police and firefighters gave up raises during COVID. Now they're getting paid back

LOS ANGELES — It was the depths of the first COVID-19 winter surge. Tax revenues had tumbled in Los Angeles, and the city's budget was in deep trouble.

Los Angeles Times

With all ballots counted, L.A.’s left makes big gains; Bass is mayoral front-runner

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially finalized the list of candidates who will go head to head in the Nov. 8 runoff election, setting the stage for nearly a dozen bruising contests, including the mayoral showdown between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and real estate developer Rick Caruso.

Los Angeles Times

LA voter turnout numbers rise as Karen Bass widens lead over Rick Caruso

LOS ANGELES — Turnout in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, which will see Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso move to a November runoff, appears to have come in higher than years past.

Los Angeles Times

Karen Bass widens lead over Rick Caruso in LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass has widened her lead to more than 6 percentage points over developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor's race, according to results released Friday by the county Registrar-Recorder's office.

Los Angeles Times

Two years after George Floyd, LA's police union goes big in the city election

LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, some of Los Angeles' political leaders took a public stand against the clout wielded by the city's police union, announcing they would reject any campaign donations that were offered by the group.

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