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New Water Policy for California

By Brian Doherty
November 6, 2009

After much tense and longwinded day and night negotiations, the state legislature comes out with a new water policy for the coming decades, including over $10 billion in new bonds and new restrictions on water use and new political councils to help manage the state's water.

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It's Charlie Beck for L.A. Police Chief

By Brian Doherty
November 4, 2009

Deputy Chief Charlie Beck moves into the top spot at LAPD, unsurprisingly--but the decision to name him wasn't as simple as some expected.

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Newsom Drops Out of Governor's Race

By Brian Doherty
November 2, 2009

No one officially wants to be the Democratic governor for California next year--leaving "exploratory" former Governor and current attorney general Jerry Brown heir apparent to his old throne.

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Citizen Activists Win With Council

By Brian Doherty
October 29, 2009

A proposed fee hike to $500 for citizens challenging development decisions before the City Council seems to have been derailed for now.

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Can Our Legislature Improve Itself?

By Brian Doherty
October 27, 2009

California's Committee on Improving State Government has its first meeting, as the state legislature struggles to show an angry state populace that it can reform itself.

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L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult

By Brian Doherty
October 22, 2009

The medical marijuana scene in Los Angeles gets more uncertain, with judges knocking down the existing moratorium, the city attorney threatening a severe crackdown, and the city council ready to act on a new wave of restrictions.

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Angry About Supergraphics

By Brian Doherty
October 19, 2009

City Attorney Trutanich actually threatens City Councilwoman Jan Perry with possible jail time on a dispute over a big billboard on the Regal Cinemas in the downtown L.A. Live complex.

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Chief Bratton's Awkward Goodbye

By Brian Doherty
October 16, 2009

Police Chief Bratton finally leaves L.A. for New York, amid recriminations over police hiring and the actual use of a trash fee hike that citizens believed was meant to hire new cops.

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L.A. Schools Fall Back on Federal Money

By Brian Doherty
October 14, 2009

L.A. Unified School District expects to use federal stimulus money to make up for a $400 million shortfall in money they expected from the state.

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Villaraigosa Agrees to Police Hiring Freeze

By Brian Doherty
October 13, 2009

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa does a turnaround on his firm stance that L.A. needs more cops pronto and agrees to a cost-conscious hiring freeze for at least the rest of the year.

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City of Angles

New Water Policy for California

It's Charlie Beck for L.A. Police Chief

Newsom Drops Out of Governor's Race

Citizen Activists Win With Council

Can Our Legislature Improve Itself?

L.A. Medical Marijuana Scene in Tumult

Angry About Supergraphics

Chief Bratton's Awkward Goodbye

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