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Some want billboards and signs to commodify the city's skyline.
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In the words of the legendary Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
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Sidewalk repair is not a new issue, Los Angeles residents were complaining about sidewalk damage 40 years ago.
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The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission has a six-figure budget to hire a public relations firm. But just last week the top two contenders for the contract withdrew their bids.
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The other day I went to a memorial for Larry Allison, editorials editor of the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He died, after a short illness, in October at age 77. He had worked 54 years as a newspaperman. (The Long...
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The cost is obligating 27 years worth of Measure R funding to a crash program that will be over in two years or less.
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In elections held on Tuesdaym Vernon voters passed a series of government reforms aimed at ensuring that history does not repeat itself.
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Long Beach, the county's other big city, has Los Angeles-sized problems.
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This is the first election held in Los Angeles after the Supreme Court invalidated so-called "trigger" or "rescue" funds that provided publicly financed candidates.
Planning:
Is Los Angeles resistant of planning or is it over-planned?
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A City Council member has written a letter urging adoption of a sign ordinance provision that would allow signs, banners, and other forms of commercial advertising in city parks and other public facilities.
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Dear President Obama, please do not let the traffic hit you on the way out.
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By and large, when it comes to determining the permissible content of art, let us live by the adage of "each to her own," not "each to the discretion of the government."
Transportation:
It's been more than two months since the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ditch the city's widely unpopular -- and admittedly costly -- red light camera program.
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Despite loud opposition from neighborhood organizations, a city council committee is on track to give preliminary approval to a controversial revision of the city's sign ordinance.
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Such behavior erodes the integrity of our city's elections.
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Not all defeated projects deserved being ground down by CEQA challenges. Not all objections to development projects were principled. But they did reflect a bias in the law toward localism. That's the real target of so-called "CEQA reform."
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Depending on your perspective Los Angeles' gross receipts tax on businesses either provides much needed revenue -- to the tune of $425 million per year -- or harms economic growth
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Crumbling sidewalks are diagnostic of a city in trouble.
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After a full day of testimony, and approximately 1300 people in attendance, the only thing that seems clear about the approved plan is that it will be reviewed by a judge.
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