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March 12, 2013
No More Jails Coalition Says New Women's Jail is Sheriff Lee Baca's Latest 'Boondoggle'
The Los Angeles chapter of No More Jails Coalition is taking it to the streets today, telling L.A. County supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina, Don Knabe, and Mike Antonovich that the plan for embattled Sheriff Lee Baca to build a new women's jail is a crazy way to spend mi ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Los Angeles' Filthy, Fecal-Laden, Sickness-Inducing Beaches: Who Should Pay to Treat the Rain Runoff from Oily, Dog-Poop Streets?
By Matthew Mullins and Jill Stewart Update: The Board of Supervisors rejected the Clean Water, Clean Beaches plan today in a big upset, thanks to what many say was exceedingly poor outreach on the massive tax plan to pay for it. See next page for details. Hundreds of angry people today demanded th ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2012
Measure J: Transit Tax Extension Holds Narrow Margin in Internal Poll, But Needs More Campaign Cash to Win
Update below: Beverly Hills Unified votes to oppose Measure J, board members join No on J effort.A county sales tax measure to accelerate transportation projects has slightly more than the two-thirds level of support required for passage, according to internal polling from the Yes campaign.Measure J ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2012
'Southern California Fan Code of Conduct' Unveiled by L.A. Sports Council: No Cussing, Offensive Clothing
Little-known fact: Los Angeles has its very own Sports Council, a self-described "outgrowth of the success of the 1984 Olympic Games." Although its eight-member executive cabinet and dozens of directors (such as UCLA's athletic director and Tim Leiweke, president of downtown developer AEG) spend mo ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2012
L.A. County Supervisors Spent Thousands on V.I.P. Chauffer Service in D.C.
After years of criticizing the every move of Los Angeles County's five-member governing board, gadfly extraordinaire Eric Preven -- known by county supervisors as the pesky mosquito who's never missed a meeting -- finally gets his crowing and legitimizing moment this week with a juicy expose on the ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
Porn Condom Initiative to Get November Vote in L.A. County
You will indeed get to vote on mandatory condoms for porn stars in L.A. county. We were a bit premature when we reported previously that the measure was headed to the November ballot. The L.A. County board of supervisors had to certify the initiative or enact the rule itself. Today it voted to le ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
L.A. County Mails More Than 1 Million Letters to Itself Annually, Thanks to Big Government
You big government haters out there think you've heard it all (the legend of the $640 Air Force toilet seat, et. al.), but you haven't seen nothin' yet. Turns out that, as a result of federal regulations, L.A. County sends more than 1 million pieces of mail each year ... to itself. You heard that ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
New Health Department Policy Lets Dogs on Patios, Still Not on Chairs
For dog owners who have nice, well-behaved pups, going out to eat with your pack just got a little bit easier: a new Los Angeles County Public Health policy grants restaurants with outside dining areas with the authority to decide whether to give dogs a seat at the foot of the table. As the Dail ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
Humans, Dogs Can Now Eat Together in L.A. County Restaurants
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Monday that, effective immediately, dogs will be permitted to join their owners on restaurant patios and in outdoor cafes. The agency previously prohibited canines from county eateries. Guidelines were established after numerous requests ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Teen Sex Trade Targeted by L.A. County Officials, State Ballot Initiative
This week L.A. County leader Don Knabe noted that a vast majority of the area's child prostitution cases (84 percent) are happening in his Long Beach-South Bay supervisorial district. He thinks the numbers are underreported, and he has asked the county probation department for a report. At the same ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2011
Jeffrey Tidus' Rolling Hills Estates Murder Mystery Sees $100,000 Reward
Tidus.The mysterious case of Jeffrey Tidus, a well-respected attorney gunned down in his Prius outside his Rolling Hills Estates home on Dec. 7, 2009, is surely headed for the fame of a film or even an episode of 48 Hours Mystery. Maybe. You see, more than two years later, authorities stil ... More >>
News
November 3, 2011
War Over Marina Del Rey Remake
A broke county government seeks dramatic growth of seaside district
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Lee Baca's Jail Beating Problem Gets Watchdog With Teeth: Fellow Top Cop Jim McDonnell
Jim McDonnell from his LAPD days.Sheriff Lee Baca has the FBI and the ACLU breathing down his neck over the alleged beatings of inmates (and even visitors) at his L.A. County jails. Now the omnipotent if not low-profile County Supervisors seem to be in a pissing contest to see who can appoin ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Financial Takeover of Coliseum Proposed by L.A. County Supervisors Ridley-Thomas, Knabe
L.A. County wants to take over the finances of the troubled L.A. Coliseum Commission, which has been rocked by scandal stemming from 2010's Electric Daisy Carnival rave and leading to allegations that a venue official also worked for the party promoter. A unanimous vote by the L.A. County Board of ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Los Angeles County Gerrymanding: Did the Board of Supervisors' Redistricting Decision Violate the Federal Voting Rights Act?
By Hillel Aron After a seemingly endless session that included hundreds of public speakers, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a redistricting plan, 4-1, with Gloria Molina the dissenting vote, yesterday. Why does this matter? Isn't gerrymandering -- the redrawing of the lines in ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
The Politics of The L.A. County Redistricting Fight Explained -- With Venn Diagrams!
Zev Yaroslavsky: At the center of the stormThe L.A. County Board of Supervisors is just a week away from its big vote on redistricting.Last week, we used pie charts to illustrate the underlying demographic reality of the issue, which is that white people are over-represented on the Board while La ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
The L.A. County Redistricting Battle Explained -- Without Maps!
Redistricting-- without the maps!The redistricting battle at the L.A. County Board of Supervisors is the ultimate arcane, inside-baseball political fight. From a distance, all you can see is a bunch of people squabbling over some maps.So let's try to simplify it a little bit. And the first thing ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
'Racial Gerrymandering' for L.A. County Supes: New, More Politically Viable Plan Welcomes White Republican Don Knabe Back in
Long Beach PostKey to redistricting: Keep incumbents happy.Leave it to L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina to play peacekeeper in her five-member board's redistricting battle -- standing up for the civil rights of Latino voters while placating Republican Don Knabe by letting him have some of ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Will Latinos Force White Republican Don Knabe off L.A. County Board of Supes, via 'Racial Gerrymandering'?
Long Beach PostSupervisor Don Knabe, looking particularly white in the Martin Luther King Jr. paradeIs Don Knabe is on the verge of getting swallowed by L.A. County's rising Latino tide? The two minority members on the five-person L.A. County Board of Supervisors -- Gloria Molina and Mark Ri ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Matt Fong, Former California Treasurer And Longtime Angeleno, Dies at 57
Matt Fong.Updated at the bottom with reaction from L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich. Matt Fong, a longtime Angeleno and onetime U.S. Senate hopeful, has died, according to the Sacramento Bee. Fong's mother is beloved Democrat March Fong Eu, who was elected California's Secretary of St ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
Supervisor Don Knabe Resists Union Deal For MTA Contracts
Don KnabeSupervisor Don Knabe is resisting union efforts to require a labor agreement for a broad range of construction projects at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.The brewing MTA labor battle has yet to spill into public view. But behind the scenes, Knabe has refused to take action on ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Tsunami Awareness Happens a Day Late in Los Angeles County (Really)
Andrew Davis at Mav's. This is not a tsunami.County leaders want you be aware -- and to prepare -- for a tsunami in L.A. They're getting behind "Tsunami Awareness and Preparedness Week." Which started ...
News
December 30, 2010
Death, Money and Megaraves
Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills
Blogs
December 8, 2010
1,440 Bodies Of Indigent, Poor To Be Buried In Boyle Heights Mass Grave
Ted SoquiA photo from today's mass burial.Updated with photos by Ted Soqui. First posted at 7:05 a.m. Contemporary L.A. County is home to Rodeo Drive, more than its share of billionaires, and some of the priciest real estate in the world. But a Dickensian scene will unfold Wednesday when L. ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2010
L.A. County Urges 18-And-Older Policy For Area Raves
Electric Daisy Carnival.The people who run the county of Los Angeles want raves to be a safer. They want them to have an 18-and-older policy. And they want them to warn about the dangers of ecstasy. All these wants, however, don't mean that the parties will have do abide by the county's wish ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Los Angeles County Bans Plastic Bags At Grocery And Convenience Stores
Bags be damned in L.A. County.Updated after the jump: Fixes date the ban would go into effect. First posted at 12:45 p.m. The California legislature couldn't do it. The city of Los Angeles hasn't done it. But the L.A. County Board of Supervisors got it done: It voted to ban plastic bags in g ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
Ever the Slick Salesman, Antonio Villaraigosa Turned to Twitter to Combat Opponents of Subway to Sea
L.A. Mayor Antonio VillaraigosaAt the Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wasn't taking any chances that his legacy project -- Subway to the Sea, or maybe we should start calling it "Subway to Westwood" -- might somehow be, uh, dera ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
7,000 Los Angeles Jobs Will Vanish Unless Congress and Washington Step In Very Soon
We can't emphasize this enough: The economy sucks, especially in L.A., where the number of folks without jobs overshadows the unemployment stats in most other cities aside from Detroit. Even though the recession is officially over (experts say it ended June, 2009), it sure feels worse than w ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Uh-Oh: L.A. Food Trucks Are Going To Get Some Etiquette Rules From The Pencil Pushers
Food trucks used to be the domain of Mexican mom-and-pop operations that sold palm-sized tacos and candy colored sodas. Now they're reality TV fodder, mobile paeans to the urban hipster and .. the focus of intense regulatory scrutiny. In other words bureaucrats have discovered them and want ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
County Leaders Propose Reforms To Lift Veil On Child-Abuse Deaths In L.A. Foster Care System
Mark Ridley-Thomas.Following a report about how county officials have restricted information about child-abuse related deaths in the foster-care system, county supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Don Knabe have proposed a series of reforms, including a centralized office charged with overseein ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
L.A. County Board Asks State To Stop Letting Gang Members Out Of Prison Early
Don Knabe.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors wants the state to stop releasing gang members from California prisons early. The board voted unanimously this week to ask the state legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to "amend the criteria for the non-revocable parole program so ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Los Angeles County Moves Against Hacienda Heights Pot Shop
Los Angeles County officials have notified a Hacienda Heights pot shop that it's high time to shut its doors. On Thursday the dispensary at 15608 Gale Ave. was notified that it was allegedly operating illegally -- without a business license or other permits granted by the county -- according ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
L.A. County Settles With Family Of 14-Year-Old Who Died At Juvenile Hall
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week voted to approve a $400,000 settlement to the family of a boy who died after he showed signs of medical problems for at least five days at a county-run juvenile hall before he was taken to a hospital, where he ultimately died. The five-me ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
L.A. County Supervisors Vote To Boycott Arizona
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to boycott Arizona business and travel over the state's controversial immigration law. The vote was three to two on the powerful five member board, with Mark Ridley-Thomas casting the decider alongside the boycott's author, Gloria Mol ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Mark Ridley-Thomas Has Deciding Vote For Proposed County Boycott Of Arizona
The decider: Mark Ridley-Thomas.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to take up a proposal to initiate its own travel and business boycott against Arizona, and on Friday it looked like the vote would be close: Supervisor Don Knabe said he would oppose such a measure, putt ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down By County
While the Los Angeles City Council has been sitting on its hands for the last three years and still has yet to produce a law governing local pot dispensaries, the county government of Los Angeles put regulations on the book in 2006 and this week moved to close a marijuana shop in Whittier. C ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2009
Newborn Saved Through Firestation Program
Normally firefighters drive out into the community to save lives, but Monday no one at L.A. Fire Department Station 33 had to make a move out the door. Instead, an unidentified woman came to the South Central station and dropped off an infant daughter she'd just given birth to at home. As part of th ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2009
The Parent Trap: County Lists Worst Deadbeat Dads
The L.A. County Child Services Department's Web site has a fairly new feature -- a Most Wanted Delinquent Parent List of parents who have warrants out for their arrest for non-payment of child-support fees. This is, almost by definition, a who's who of deadbeat dads. Its worst offender is currently ... More >>
News
October 30, 2008
Proposition R: The Most Expensive
Suburbanites hold the cards in approving a countywide sales-tax increase for mass transit
News
November 15, 2007
Rotten Regifting
County employees stole gift vouchers from foster kids. They might not be fired.
News
July 26, 2007
Griffith Park $50 Million, Catalina Zero
Denuded by fire, the island�s long-suffering and unique ecosystem could be reborn � for a price
News
June 17, 2004
Exposing L.A. Secrets
The right lawyer could make sure that L.A. County is run openly
News
February 19, 2004
We Endorse
L.A. Weekly�s recommendations in the major contested races of the March 2 primary
News
April 5, 2001
It�s Weird Out There
Politicians provide comic relief from election madness
News
June 15, 2000
Waving the Waiver
It�s nonsense to send people with colds to ER
News
September 23, 1999
The Grateful Web
Our county wants to curtail your Net access
News
August 19, 1999
Wetlands and the Well-Ordered Society
Coming to terms with Playa Vista after DreamWorks
News
August 12, 1999
Ballona Boomerang
At crunch time, Galanter changes course
News
July 8, 1999
A Long-Unsought Benefit
Sacramento�s latest stick-it-to-L.A. bill tempts writers
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