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To all of you who either forget about the meter, neglect to remember sweeping day, or just parking in the red zone for reasons unknown, the city is counting on you.
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There is no doubt that the City of Angels is in bad shape financially -- and I mean really bad shape.
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A Census tally of Los Angeles County businesses and employment shows what happened between 2006 and 2010.
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Many Angelenos don't pay attention to L.A.'s budget process. Now they might.
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A parking bill helps explain why the state Legislature has become, like the L.A. City Council, a place of "perfect little deals."
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This week the Los Angeles City Council preliminarily approved new lines for city council districts. So we're almost done drawing new districts, right? Not so fast.
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Westminster in Orange County is one more victim of the state's indifference to local government. City services - and neighborhoods - are in decline everywhere.
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With budget crisis after budget crisis in all levels of governments, is the American Dream still attainable?
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The city's birthplace isn't the haven for quiet nostalgia that was imagined in the 1930s. Long-standing conflicts make the plaza a tough sell.
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Most members of the voting public know little to nothing about judicial candidates, and it's worth considering a revamp of the system.
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"The state is making up the rules as it goes along," say a coalition of cities. They want the courts to sort out the chaos. The issue, inevitably, is who gets the money.
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The leaders of the scandal-plagued and nearly bankrupt Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (known to many Angelenos simply as "the Coliseum") may want to consider some public relations lessons.
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The L.A. region faces obstacles to more rail transit. Rights-of-way are few and some have angry neighbors.
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As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
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A recent report released last week states that last year's Occupy Los Angeles protest will cost the City almost double the original estimate: $5 million.
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The greening of the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will help to sustain one of the region's last big industries.
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It is certainly not President Obama's fault that our current set of campaign finance laws necessitates fundraising, fundraising, and then some more fundraising, but it seems he does have control over when and where he does his campaign events.
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Polling of the mostly unscientific kind puts Los Angeles up and puts Los Angeles down.
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He is showing his business acumen. Recent disclosure reports show that Sherman earned over $650,000 just based on investing his campaign contributions.
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Special districts fight turf wars while cities fight off escalating rates. Has the system that manages water in the L.A. Basin broken down?
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