Los Angeles Might Force Broke Businesses To Keep Paying Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak
The mandates would be retroactive, potentially punishing businesses for violating rules they did not even know existed.
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.
Gil Cedillo, city councilmember, has introduced a motion asking the city to study its options for seizing the 124-unit Hillside Villa.
High permit fees and unprepared bureaucrats get in the way of delicious street tacos and bacon dogs.
In the midst of a housing crisis, L.A. politicians have decided to limit their own incentives to allow more housing construction.
Los Angeles County saw disease outbreaks and 1,000 homeless deaths last year.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's data-sharing requirements for dockless mobility companies have been criticized for invading users' privacy and violating state law.
Los Angeles is spending $600,000 per unit on building affordable and supportive housing for homeless residents.
The Golden State now allows homeowners to build up to two accessory dwelling units on their property by right.
Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City all have some easily identifiable management problems.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is suing to prevent Amoeba Music's Hollywood location from becoming a 200-unit apartment building.
Owners painted the house bright pink and added two funny emojis after neighbors complained about illegal Airbnb rentals.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti doesn't like President Donald Trump's insults, but does want more money from his administration.
Why do elected officials keep pushing the same damn lies about the economic impact of publicly funded sports events?
High taxes and slow bureaucracy keeps the black market alive.
The government suggestsnew taxes on ridesharing and electric scooters to pay for them.
There's no reason for taxpayers to finance athletic colosseums, and the Rams are providing a model for the next era of new stadiums.
The district's budget is broken, and the latest deal with the unions will make it worse.
That's on top of massive long-term debts for retiree health care benefits.
They demanded higher salaries. The real problem: A disconnect between what teachers see in their paychecks and what employers are actually paying them.
How a heavily subsidized Culver City development became the nation's most expensive affordable housing project.
The LAUSD has seen a 16 percent jump in administrative staffers since 2004-and per pupil spending has been marching steadily upwards.
The punishment would certainly not fit the crime.
A heavily abused program breaks the limits of what the IRS allows, leaving taxpayers even further on the hook.
Creating more food waste to help the environment
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Alex Villanueva openly wants to get rid of constitutional policing advisors and to conceal names of bad deputies from prosecutors.
After years of conflict and erratic enforcement, Los Angeles finally passes a formal plan to allow street vending.
Neighborhood groups had sued to stop Musk's Boring Company from digging a tunnel underneath wealthy neighborhoods in West Los Angeles.
Restrictions on the supply of new housing are making California's cities increasingly unaffordable.
What could possibly go wrong?
The class action suit demands Bird and Lime cease operations in the state of California.
Opponents of reducing California's gasoline tax are talking out of both sides of their mouths.
The new scanners will prove just as effective as TSA airport security.
Cash-in on a controversial, costly program from city's new top cop.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Thanks to California's union-backed secrecy laws, prosecutors and defenders alike don't know about police misconduct.
The mayor of Los Angeles accidentally makes illegal fireworks look cool.
Rising benefits costs and a bloated administration is putting Los Angeles' schools deep in the red.
The school district points fingers at charter schools instead of trying to slim down and compete, a new report says.
The paper found city officials have spent $330 million and don't have much to show for it.
Donn Thompson was paid for more than 9,200 hours of work last year. But there are only 8,760 hours in a year.
After years of treating the city's richest cultural resource like contraband, L.A. flirts with sensible street food policy.
An unreleased analysis of the school district's post-employment benefits shows liabilities climbed from $13.5 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion in 2017.
There are no angels in this long-running turf war.
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