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In leaked audio, LA City Council members make racist remarks, mock colleagues

LOS ANGELES — Three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official held a conversation last fall that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues and council President Nury Martinez saying a white councilman handled his young Black son as though he were…

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Brickbat: No Vacancy

Los Angeles hotel owners are speaking out against a ballot measure that would force them to house homeless people in vacant rooms. The Los Angeles City Council last week voted to place the measure on the March 2024 ballot. The city would pay the hotels the "fair market rate" for…

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LA City Council meeting erupts in chaos, with 2 audience members arrested

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles City Council meeting erupted into chaos on Tuesday, with a public speaker climbing over a bench and onto the council floor to confront Council President Nury Martinez, prompting police to fill the chamber.

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Los Angeles OKs sweeping ban on homeless camps near schools

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers

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LA cracks down on homeless encampments near schools, over the jeers of protesters

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to prohibit homeless people from setting up tents within 500 feet of schools and day care centers, during a raucous meeting where protesters shouted down council members and, at one point, halted the meeting.

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Brickbat: From Maine to Mexico, But Not California

Last year, the Petaluma, California, city council banned the construction of new gas stations. Four other California cities have followed suit, and Los Angeles City Council member Paul Koretz wants that city to be next. He noted that Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed banning the sale of vehicles with internal…

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Brickbat: This Burns

The Los Angeles City Council has banned natural gas appliances in most new buildings. Council members say the move will help fight global warming. But some restaurant owners say electric stoves can't replace the effects of gas ovens in some cooking techniques and styles of cooking. The impact would be…

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LA is banning most gas appliances in new homes. Get ready for electric stoves

Citing the climate crisis, the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to ban most gas appliances in new construction, a policy that's expected to result in new homes and businesses coming equipped with electric stoves, clothes dryers, water heaters and furnaces.

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LA City Council approves twice-a-week outdoor watering limits in emergency drought plan

LOS ANGELES — Starting in June, millions of Angelenos will be limited to watering outdoors twice a week under new restrictions passed Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council.

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LA City Council backs $3 million settlement for firefighters who alleged retaliation

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday agreed to pay up to $3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of firefighters who alleged that they faced retaliation after reporting misconduct in the Fire Prevention Bureau.

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Jean Guerrero: Stop dividing immigrants into the 'good' vs. the 'bad.' They all deserve due process

One of the country's most ingrained and destructive tropes about immigrants is on display in a Los Angeles City Council debate this month: There are good immigrants and there are bad immigrants.

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Los Angeles names its first female fire department chief

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley to be the first woman to lead the LA Fire Department

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Vicente Fernandez’s name will grace a Boyle Heights street, LA City Council decides

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve the renaming of a Boyle Heights street after legendary Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernandez, who died in December at age 81.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles moves to end oil drilling in the city

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday took steps intended to phase out oil drilling in the city, moving to address the legacy of of environmental and health problems caused by an industry that helped create modern Southern California.

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Los Angeles City Council approves phaseout of oil drilling

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones

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