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Five L.A. Races to Watch in the 2020 Primary Election
Post date:It’s not just about the presidential election. Local elections will have a big impact on quality of life issues in Socal. Here are five to watch.
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Here’s What to Watch for Locally on March 3 in Los Angeles
Post date:Los Angeles voters face some key decisions on March 3, deciding how to replace a Congresswoman knocked out of office with a personal scandal or whether they want a public defender to run the District Attorney’s Office.
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The OC Evidence Scandal
Post date:The department and investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office are reviewing 22,000 cases to see if evidence was appropriately booked.
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Newsom Signs Police Use of Deadly Force Bill
Post date:Southland law enforcement groups and community organizations today hailed the governor's signing of legislation that redefines when officers and deputies can use deadly force.
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Orange County Turns Blue
Post date:Orange County is a Republican stronghold no more. The county is now home to 547,458 registered Democrats, compared with 547,369 Republicans, according to statistics released today by the county Registrar of Voters.
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County Civilian Oversight Commission Ends Abruptly when Audience Becomes Unruly
Post date:Officials at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Civilian Oversight Committee abruptly ended their meeting without discussing anything on the agenda when supporters of President Trump's policies clashed with members of Black Lives Matter and other groups.
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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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Barbara Boxer: "Unleashed and Uncensored"
Post date:Barbara Boxer says that leaving the Senate doesn't mean retirement.
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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"