Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Christopher Dorner Reward Set At $1 Million As Manhunt Continues

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced that a $1 million reward was being offered for information leading to the capture of alleged cop killer Christopher Dorner. The mayor said: We will not tolerate anyone undermining the security, the tranquility, of our neighborhoods and our com ... More >>

Hilda Solis Resigns As Obama's Secretary Of Labor, Could Be Returning To L.A. Politics

Hilda Solis, a San Gabriel Valley native who went from being a hotel housekeeper to the White House's Secretary of Labor, announced her resignation from the Obama administration cabinet position today. Solis is rumored to be eyeing a run for the powerful Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, whe ... More >>

Measure B Election Results: Porn's Mandatory Condom Initiative Wins; Industry Vows Challenge

Updated with the initiative winning. The industry says it will challenge the measure in court. First posted at 9:38 p.m. Tuesday. Despite disapproval from the porn industry, the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Daily News, the L.A. county initiative that would mandate condoms in porn was winning toni ... More >>

Where to Buy Marijuana in Los Angeles After Dispensary Ban Takes Effect

Now that the L.A. City Council has decided that all medical marijuana dispensaries must shut down by Sept. 6, where will you get your medicine? The slacker down the street? No, he was put out of business by the dispensaries. MacArthur Park? Cleaned up years ago. Tijuana? You want to end up in Mexic ... More >>

Caltech Asks Pasadena Residents to Host Mini Seismometers for 'Crowd-Sourced' Earthquake Prediction

Do you live in Pasadena, South Pasadena or San Marino? Do you keep your computer on 24/7, against the pleas of Southern California Edison? (Or are you willing to start keeping it on in the name of "crowd-sourced seismology"?) Then Caltech wants very much to come to your home and install a creepy li ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Can't Seem to Get the Hang of the 'Brown Act'

Without the pressure of another campaign in his future (or at least we hope not), Jerry Brown was looking like a real hero in his first few months as governor. It was the Schwarzenegger cleanse -- economy-class flights on Southwest, sensible cuts to the state S.W.A.G. budget. But in the year-and-a- ... More >>

Californians, Angelenos May Have to Dig Deeper to Pay for Undocumented Immigrants Housed in State Prisons and County Jails

The White House debuted its 2013 fiscal year budget Monday, and buried in the 250-page document is one line item could have big ramifications for L.A. County jails--the federal government slashed funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program by two-thirds compared to the previous year. T ... More >>

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 >>

Lee Baca's Embattled County Jail to Get Citizens Oversight Under L.A. County Board of Supervisors Plan

David MarklandLee Baca will be policed by you.​After years of investigating its own deputies and often, it would appear, sweeping accusations of widespread jailhouse beatings under the rug, Sheriff Lee Baca's department will likely have the pleasure of being combed through by civilians. The L ... More >>

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 >>

L.A. County Approves Status Quo Redistricting Plan -- Denying Second Latino Seat

Mark Ridley-Thomas​After hearing six hours of testimony, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted today to approve a status-quo redistricting map, denying Latino activists' quest for a second Latino seat.The vote hinged on Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who had proposed a map that would create a ... More >>

L.A. County's Private Property War

L.A. County Supervisors Claim Giant New Hotels, Shops, Apartments in Marina Del Rey Won't Increase Traffic (LOL)

We ARE Marina del Rey526 new apartments are proposed for the corner of Via Marina and Marquesas Way.​Marina del Rey is a breath of fresh air just south of Venice: The unincorporated community retains a touch of wildness with worn-in college huts and the occasional open patch of earth or shore. ... More >>

Porn Industry Clinic Shut Down, But Anti-Porn Group Says It's Still Operating: L.A. County Leaders Pressed for Action Against Condom-Free Adult Films

AIDS Healthcare Foundation protests against condom-free porn.​The porn industry's main STD testing clinic was shut down Dec. 9 by state and county authorities because it didn't have a California medical clinic license. So who's testing the adult stars? Because at least some of them are working ... More >>

Food Truck Justice: Miguel Morales and Dainler Baquevano Charged with Extorting "Rent" from Vendors

by ricardodiaz11 via flickr​Recently, it seems that food trucks have been getting the shaft. First, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved restaurant-style letter grades, meaning pesky health inspections for the mobile eateries. And earlier this month, a band of Abbot Kinney store ... More >>

Top 10 Los Angeles Bans Of 2010: They Left Us Bagless, Smokeless And Puppyless, With Nary A Loko In Sight

​Updated after the jump: What kind of awards show would this be without a guest star? Nothing like a good hard ban to make life in this concrete jungle a little more oppressive. Between the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and most other governing bodies within county limits, politicians on ... More >>

Orange County Considers Outlawing Pot Shops In Unincorporated Areas

themadpothead​When it comes to pot shops, Orange County isn't exactly green with envy over the city of L.A's title as marijuana dispensary capital of the nation. In fact, the county's staff has recommended that O.C. outlaw pot shops in unincorporated areas of the county. The O.C. Board of Sup ... More >>

Aaron Shannon Jr., L.A. Homicide No. 214: Five-Year-Old Boy In Spiderman Costume Shot In South L.A. Backyard On Halloween

Associated PressFive-year-old Aaron Shannon, Jr.​Update: Two suspects have been arrested for the murder. Known gang members Marcus Denson, 18, and Leonard Hall Jr., 21, are each being held in lieu of $1 million bail. A Black boy fatally shot at about 2 p.m. on Halloween day has been identifie ... More >>

Los Angeles County Enemy Number One: Styrofoam-Like Containers

​In this vast region where unemployment is high and the economy is especially weak, it's nice to have leaders who have their eyes on the ball. In this dreary, post-recession, pre-recovery zombie dance we call 2010, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has found the enemy, and it is ... ... More >>

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 >>

L.A. County Board Okay's Possible Broad Museum Downtown

Eli and Edythe Broad.​The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to house Eli Broad's art collection at a museum that would be part of the Grand Avenue Project downtown. The board's okay was the third of four approvals needed for the museum to be built ... More >>

Seven Nominated For Resurrected Martin Luther King Hospital Board Of Directors

​Seven nominees were forwarded Thursday to become the first board of directors of the soon-to-be rebuilt Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in Willowbrook. The hospital, which will be staffed by University of California physicians, was scheduled to open in 2013. The Los Angeles County Board of ... More >>

L.A. County Could Settle Juvenile Hall Case Of Late 14-Year-Old Who Complained Of Pain For Several Days Before Being Hospitalized

Los Padrinos.​The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will likely approve a $400,000 settlement to the family of a 14-year-old who died after at least eight days of showing signs of either a headache, a toothache or a high temperature without being brought before a doctor at cou ... More >>

Group Alleges L.A. County Supervisors Met In Secret In D.C.

The supes.​A group called the Full Disclosure Network alleged over the weekend that recent Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meetings announced as public forums were closed to outsiders in violation of state open-meeting rules. The meetings took place in Washington, D.C. May 5 and 6 as ... More >>

L.A. County Also Considering Arizona Boycott

​It looks like the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider its own boycott of Arizona, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles and other cities upset over the state's controversial immigration law. The powerful, five-person body already appears to have two votes in hand: Super ... More >>

West Follywood

How a progressive town founded on renters' rights and diversity ended up gridlocked, angry and elitist

NFL Stadium Hits County Roadblock

Super-developer Ed Roski's plans to erect a nearly 600-acre football stadium and retail complex in Industry received a bit of a no-confidence vote today when the L.A. County Board of Supervisors recommended that Sacramento not grant Industry an exemption from a state-required environmental review of ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

May Day Cops Dodge Bullet No LAPD officers involved in the 2007 May Day melee in MacArthur Park will be fired, although Chief Bill Bratton had called for four terminations. L.A. TimesCut the Comedy Birmingham High School administrators will be disciplined for allowing Sacha Baron Cohen to use the sc ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Third Time's the Charm? After being convicted in two federal racketeering trials, former private eye Anthony Pellicano and an associate are to be arraigned this morning in Superior Court on state charges. Pellicano and Alexander Frederick Proctor allegedly conspired to intimidate then-L.A. Times ent ... More >>

Funny Math on Downtown L.A. Civic Park

Taxpayers may be out $27 million if "Grand Avenue" project breaks ground

Yvonne Burke's Crumbling Kingdom

She was hailed as a black pioneer and hero. Did she sell out?

Eli Broad's Grand Illusion

While real L.A. goes begging, City Hall pours millions into a plastic promenade

Cliffhanger at MLK

Will Juan Ponce’s brain-tumor nightmare be the last straw at “Killer King”?

The Nutty Professors

Ingenious schemes to wash, pipe and blow away our worries

Not-News Week

Preying on the Seal

The ACLU takes on the county’s cross

No Wedding Bells in WeHo

West Hollywood struggles to keep up with San Francisco

The Testimony of a Tree-Sitter

It’s Weird Out There

Politicians provide comic relief from election madness

Tale of Two Strikes

Why the SEIU caved and the UTU hung tough

The First Step Back

Yes, needle exchanges can save lives. But they can do even more

Mean and Cheap

The state drops the ball on health care for health workers

Radio Radar

The Guns of Autumn

Getting the county out of the arms trade

Top Dog Politics

Latinos take their turn

Sick and Mired

For mentally ill, any jail is hard time

L.A. County's Poorest Catch a Break

Back from the Brink

Why Toilets Are White

Nancy Tomes puts germaphobia under a microscope