L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Says His Mask Mandate Violation Was OK Because He Held His Breath
If California politicians think the mask mandate is stupid, they should lead the charge to get rid of it.
If California politicians think the mask mandate is stupid, they should lead the charge to get rid of it.
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
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The state’s “reforms” have saddled merchants with oppressively expensive permitting demands.
Businesses that give customers condiments without them first asking for them could receive fines totaling $300.
The fines for failure fall not on the unvaccinated, but the people serving them.
Both Los Angeles and San Francisco struggle with restrictive land use regulations that raise the costs and completion times of housing projects. That same red tape is now hobbling projects aimed at helping alleviate homelessness.
After San Francisco approved a similar ban, teen smoking rates increased.
Los Angeles temporarily eased parking requirements during the pandemic, offering a glimpse of how much a less restrictive zoning code improves urban life.
"It’s OK that our babies may not have learned all their times tables," says Cecily Myart-Cruz. "They learned resilience."
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Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
Requiring inoculated people to wear masks does not seem like a sensible or effective response, and it could deter vaccination.
Federal Judge David O. Carter says Los Angeles' “inaction" is "so egregious, and the state so nonfunctional" that it's likely "in violation of the Equal Protection Clause."
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Growing criticism of big-city progressive D.A.s George Gascón and Chesa Boudin underscores the importance of distinguishing necessary reform from simply failing to enforce the rule of law.
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Freezing rents at existing affordable housing will eliminate developers' incentive to build more of it.
The plan will shift $25 million away from school police and into support services for black students.
Some progressives are for criminal justice reform only when it's convenient.
Restaurant owners speak out about the "crippling" order, which will last at least three weeks.
By arbitrarily foreclosing relatively safe social and recreational options, politicians encourage defiance, resentment, and riskier substitutes.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Tensions are high over the weekend shooting of two deputies.
Public health authorities are cracking down on a holiday activity where the age group least at risk of COVID-19 walks around outside wearing masks.
Abolishing fares could lead to even more federal aid for L.A. Metro, which has already received a $861.9 million bailout this year.
David Lacey faces three misdemeanor assault charges that hinge on whether he reasonably believed he and his wife were in danger.
Mayor Eric Garcetti's plan to shut off utility service to violators of bans on private gatherings poses grave civil liberties and due process concerns.
Efforts to force sunlight into police conduct have been thwarted by noncompliance.
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Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
Evidence that the virus is much less deadly than people feared weakens the case for maintaining lockdowns.
The tests indicate that the number of infections in the county is around 40 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.
First, they didn't have grocery permits. Now they are not allowed to take any walk-ins.
"You cannot just decide you want to sell groceries," said Barbara Ferrer, the director of L.A. County Public Health.
The mandates would be retroactive, potentially punishing businesses for violating rules they did not even know existed.
District Attorney Jackie Lacey faces re-election today against a tough field calling for more criminal justice reforms.
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