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LOS ANGELES — After three years chairing the Los Angeles City Council’s Housing and Homeless Committee, Councilmember Nithya Raman on Tuesday unveiled a new homelessness plan centered on tighter oversight, more transparency, and expanded shelter options — a campaign rollout that lands after…
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VENICE - The Rose Avenue encampment is back in the headlines after an encampment in Venice that was previously cleared through Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program reportedly again returned, renewing questions about whether one of the city’s highest-profile Westside homelessness interventio…
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LOS ANGELES - Bundy Triangle — long associated with encampments along its fence — is now being repackaged by Councilwoman Traci Park’s office as a Friday night destination for families, shoppers, and children’s programming.
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LOS ANGELES _ The City has asked the Ninth Circuit to remove U.S. District Judge David O. Carter from the LA Alliance homelessness settlement case. But as of now, no appellate ruling removing him has been publicly issued — and the case is still proceeding with him in charge.
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LOS ANGELES - Mayor Karen Bass used Instagram this week to highlight an ongoing City program offering free veterinary services for unhoused residents’ pets, arguing it can help remove a barrier to coming indoors. The comments quickly swerved somewhere else, turning the post into a public air…
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LOS ANGELES - As Mayor Karen Bass prepares to end the city’s homelessness state of emergency next week, new data show Los Angeles has spent or committed more than $322 million on her Inside Safe initiative with limited, uneven results nearly three years into the effort.
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LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday ended Los Angeles’ State of Emergency on homelessness, nearly two years after declaring it on her first day in office, citing what she called “a real shift” in the city’s decades-long trend of rising homelessness.
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LOS ANGELES — Despite mounting calls — and a federal court order — for greater transparency in Los Angeles’ homelessness response, City Hall is being pressed to explain gaps in its latest progress report under the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights settlement.
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LOS ANGELES — Tents are back under the 101 Freeway at Cahuenga Boulevard—three years after the city spent nearly $1 million to remove them. The first-ever Inside Safe operation in late 2022 promised housing for the 30 unhoused residents living there. Today, city data show that only 11 have f…
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LOS ANGELES — With final legal filings submitted Tuesday, a federal judge will now decide whether to strip the City of Los Angeles of control over its homelessness spending. At stake: hundreds of millions of dollars, oversight of shelter programs, and the city’s ability to manage one of the …
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LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Thursday set the first date of an evidentiary hearing in LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City and County of Los Angeles, marking a significant procedural shift as the long-running legal battle over the region’s homelessness crisis enters a new and more confro…
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Reports rise even as the city attempts to get people off the streets and into housing
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Council reduces proposed allocation by $17M, demands more transparency and a detailed fiscal plan for homelessness programs
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LOS ANGELES – Public parks are meant to be shared spaces—places where families gather, children play and communities come together. But across Los Angeles, many parks have become battlegrounds in the city’s ongoing crisis over homelessness, addiction and public safety. Once considered refuge…
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LOS ANGELES — Taxpayers could end up paying hundreds of millions if the 2028 Olympics run over budget, and one City Councilmember says the city needs stronger financial protections before the Games arrive.
LOS ANGELES — Walking through downtown Los Angeles with a cocktail in hand could eventually become legal under a new proposal from Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado.
LOS ANGELES — County supervisors voted to move ahead with creating the county’s first Ethics Commission, advancing a Measure G reform meant to add new ethics oversight to county government.
LOS ANGELES — The county’s rent price-gouging protections are set to expire May 28 after a divided Board of Supervisors declined Tuesday to extend emergency limits put in place after the January 2025 wildfires.
LOS ANGELES — People across the country united for a common cause on April 18: Earth Day cleanups and conservation projects organized by We Explore Earth. The nationwide events removed more than 2,000 pounds of trash from natural and public land and culminated in local celebrations, the largest of which was in L.A. The nonprofit hosts year-round programming, creating exciting and educational outdoor experiences to help people connect – and give back to – nature.
LOS ANGELES — Michelin has added four Westside-area restaurants to its California Guide, giving new statewide attention to a Mar Vista French bistro, two Sawtelle restaurants and a Pico-Robertson tasting menu spot ahead of next month’s awards ceremony.
LOS ANGELES — Blue is currently at the West LA shelter, where volunteers describe her as affectionate, outgoing, playful, and eager to connect with people.
LOS ANGELES — The animal welfare system continues its march towards collapse as City leaders appear resigned to accept preventable downstream consequences rather than invest in affordable prevention.
LOS ANGELES — Bagel started life in a homeless encampment and has spent the last two years bouncing between Los Angeles shelters. By every measure, the 4-year-old Pit Bull Terrier has had a rough start, but no one would ever know it.
LOS ANGELES — More than five years after Rebecca Grossman struck and killed two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a psychiatrist testified that their mother continues to show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
LOS ANGELES — Rihanna was standing inside an Airstream trailer at her Beverly Crest home when bullets pierced the windshield directly in front of her, according to police.
MARINA DEL REY — Nordstrom Rack is opening a new Marina del Rey store as Santa Monica’s traditional shopping core absorbs another major retail departure.
CULVER CITY — IKEA opens its new Culver City store today, bringing the company’s smaller-format, planning-focused retail concept to the Helms Design District ahead of a grand opening block party this weekend.
SANTA MONICA — The Pier will close out its spring “Locals’ Night” season Thursday with a free evening of live music, classic cars, storytelling and a Fleet Week-themed 5K.
SANTA MONICA – In celebration of World Whisky Day, an extraordinary culinary collaboration is coming to the coast as The Lobster hosts a one-night-only five-course whisky pairing dinner on May 21. The exclusive evening brings together two of Santa Monica’s most celebrated chefs for an unforgettable oceanfront experience honoring the art of fine whisky and cuisine.
LOS ANGELES — California is pouring more money into Los Angeles County’s homelessness housing pipeline while federal prosecutors continue pursuing cases alleging millions in earlier homelessness dollars were diverted.
LOS ANGELES - More than one-third of Project Homekey housing units were still offline as of January, even as City Hall faced mounting pressure to show progress on homelessness.
LOS ANGELES — California is pouring more money into Los Angeles County’s homelessness housing pipeline while federal prosecutors continue pursuing cases alleging millions in earlier homelessness dollars were diverted.
LOS ANGELES — The County may soon face a contempt of court hearing alongside the City, a new report in the LA Alliance homelessness case warns. If the County wants to avoid a similar proceeding, the report says it must give the court reliable and verifiable data proving it is complying with the settlement agreement.
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LOS ANGELES — Walking through downtown Los Angeles with a cocktail in hand could eventually become legal under a new proposal from Councilwoma…
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