Category: Los Angeles

Here’s How LA’s CD 11 Candidates Plan to Tackle Homelessness: Election

Municipal law attorney Traci Park says she has a plan to alleviate homelessness and cut back on what she calls arbitrary outreach programs in her bid to represent Los Angeles City Council District 11, which encompasses the westside communities of Brentwood, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa del Rey, Playa…


Judge to Block Los Angeles County’s ‘Unconstitutionally Vague’ Rent Moratorium

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Los Angeles County’s pandemic-era eviction moratorium. The Oct. 19 ruling by District Court Judge Dean Pregerson requires the county to end by Dec. 1 its policy of allowing residents to forego paying rent. The Apartment Owners Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Apartment…


Judge Blocks Los Angeles County’s ‘Unconstitutionally Vague’ Rent Moratorium

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Los Angeles County’s pandemic-era eviction moratorium. The Oct. 19 ruling by District Court Judge Dean Pregerson requires the county to end by Dec. 1 its policy of allowing residents to forego paying rent. The Apartment Owners Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Apartment…


Judge Blocks Los Angeles County’s ‘Unconstitutionally Vague’ Eviction Moratorium

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Los Angeles County’s pandemic-era eviction moratorium. The Oct. 19 ruling by District Court Judge Dean Pregerson requires the county to end by Dec. 1 its policy of allowing residents to forego paying rent. The Apartment Owners Association of Greater Los Angeles and the Apartment…


LA City Council Meetings Next Week Scheduled To Be In-Person

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council is set to resume in-person meetings next week in the council chamber, according to the city clerk’s office Oct. 21. The agenda for next Tuesday and Wednesday’s meeting, posted Friday afternoon, notes the meeting location as the council chamber at City Hall. A representative from the city clerk’s office…


Special Election to Fill Nury Martinez’s Former Seat Could Cost Over $7 Million

LOS ANGELES—A special election to fill the Sixth District seat vacated by Nury Martinez’s resignation for her involvement in the city hall racism scandal could cost Los Angeles up to an estimated $7.65 million, the city clerk’s office said Oct. 21. The election would take place on April 4, 2023, at the earliest, with a…


Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León Refuses to Resign After Racist Remarks Leaked | The Larry Elder Show | Ep. 73

Embattled Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León said he has no intention of resigning despite calls to step down by protesters, his fellow councilmembers, and even President Joe Biden. De León is embroiled in a City Hall scandal in which he and two other councilmembers were recorded in a conversation making racist remarks and…


Woman Gets 18 Years in Prison for a Deadly 1993 Arson Fire

LOS ANGELES—A woman who was initially charged along with two others with murder in the deaths of 10 people, including two pregnant women, in a 1993 arson fire at an apartment building in the Westlake area of Los Angeles was sentenced Oct. 20 to 18 years in state prison. Johanna Lopez—who pleaded guilty Thursday to…


Woman Gets 18 Years in Prison for Deadly 1993 Arson Fire

LOS ANGELES—A woman who was initially charged along with two others with murder in the deaths of 10 people, including two pregnant women, in a 1993 arson fire at an apartment building in the Westlake area of Los Angeles was sentenced Oct. 20 to 18 years in state prison. Johanna Lopez—who pleaded guilty Thursday to…


Police Issue Warning Ahead of Halloween After Fentanyl Pills Found in Candy Bags at LAX

Authorities in California have issued a warning to parents ahead of Halloween celebrations after approximately 12,000 fentanyl pills packaged in several popular candy boxes were seized at Los Angeles International Airport. “With Halloween approaching, parents need to make sure they are checking their kids’ candy and not allowing them to eat anything until it has…