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LAUSD Parcel Tax Measure Apparently Defeated
Post date:Measure EE needed a two-thirds majority to be approved but wasn't able to receive a majority of yes votes, losing 54.32%-45.68%, according to semiofficial results released today by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
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DA Concludes Inglewood Violated Brown Act Over Public Disclosure of Clippers Arena
Post date:District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s Public Integrity Unit concluded that a vague meeting agenda item description that included no information about the Clippers basketball team, the stadium or the negotiations “did violate the (Ralph M. Brown) Act.”
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Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas to Co-Chair California Homelessness Task Force
Post date:Newsom's May budget revision includes $1 billion to combat homelessness by increasing emergency aid for local jurisdictions, making money directly available to cities and counties and funding permanent supportive housing and other innovative approaches.
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Goldberg Takes 71.62% of Votes for LAUSD Board Seat; Opponent Concedes
Post date:Former L.A.U.S.D. board member Jackie Goldberg took the majority of the votes against former teacher and mayoral aide Heather Repenning in yesterday's runoff. Voter turnout represented just 7.69% of those eligible to cast a ballot.
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Repenning, Goldberg Battle in Runoff for Vacant LAUSD Board Seat
Post date:Former Los Angeles Unified School District board member Jackie Goldberg will look to rejoin the seven-member panel today when she faces former teacher and mayoral aide Heather Repenning in a runoff election.
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‘Retired’ L.A. Sheriff's Department Logo Deemed Unprofessional Making a Comeback
Post date:The logo, which includes the phrase “Fort Apache,” represented the station Sheriff Alex Villanueva formerly served and was among a host of station and unit logos worn by deputies to represent pride in their job assignments.
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Governor Says Death Penalty Decision is Personal; Victim’s Fiancée Calls it a ‘Dark Day’
Post date:“I believe I’m doing the right thing,” Newsom said. “To the extent this issue is coming faster and sooner and I would be entrusted with executing 25 human beings, I cannot do that."
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Behind the L.A. Teachers' Strike
Post date:Los Angeles educators are on strike, leaving elementary, middle and high schools without formal instruction until further notice.
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What Is Gerrymandering?
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Why the Midterms Matter
Post date:Representatives drive policy. District lines drive representation. The upcoming elections, and the Census to follow, drive district lines. The fight for the next decade has already begun.
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Politics
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Barbara Boxer: "Unleashed and Uncensored"
Post date:Barbara Boxer says that leaving the Senate doesn't mean retirement.
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commentary
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Brackets—California Style
Post date:It's a Crowded Field for the 2018 Governor's Race
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The Way Home
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Homeless Sales Tax Measure H Still Too Close to Call
Post date:Hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to be counted
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Social Justice Issues
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Women's Day Walkout
Post date:Four of five L.A. County Supervisor's Walkout for "A Day Without A Woman"
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Southern Californians React to New Immigration Restrictions
Post date:New order restricts travel into the U.S. from six primarily Muslim countries
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immigration
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California Lawmakers Seek to Protect Students and Renters from Immigration Status Scrutiny
Post date:"School campuses are no place to conduct raids or investigate kids," says Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell.
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Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez Proposes Bill to Separate Localities from State in Sanctuary Feud
Post date:Proposed legislation would permit counties throughout California to forgo implementation of any state law that could result in the loss of federal money.
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homelessness
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Measure H in 90 Seconds
Post date:Should we raise the L.A. County sales tax to pay for services for the homeless?
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commentary
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The Tortoise and the Hair
Post date:California's "President" Jerry Brown is one of the most prominent anti-Trump voices
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Protesters Demand Shutdown of Aliso Canyon Gas Facility
Post date:Wednesday night's session on the gas facility, the first of the two-day hearing, ended an hour earlier than planned because of calls by hundreds of San Fernando Valley residents to halt the immediate reopening of the storage facility.