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HomelessnessThe LA City Council is expected to approve a sweeping measure on Wednesday that would restrict homeless encampments around the city.
LA Mayor Garcetti tapped as US Ambassador to India
Politics“I am honored to accept his nomination to serve in this role,'' Garcetti said in a statement. “I love Los Angeles and will always be an Angeleno.
Outgunned: Why California’s groundbreaking firearms law is failing
LawTwo decades ago, California enacted a law to remove guns from people deemed too dangerous to be armed. But the measure, plagued by problems, has not achieved its promise.
California’s new budget aims to address homelessness, COVID recovery. Will it help keep Newsom in office?
HomelessnessJuly 1. The plan is crammed full of spending for all kinds of programs, funded in part by federal COVID relief aid and an unexpected windfall in tax revenue from wealthy Californians.
How US leadership failed during COVID, according to former White House senior advisor
CoronavirusLA County says the average daily COVID case rate and test positivity rate have doubled in the past week.
Julian Assange’s Father and Brother on the Public and Personal Urgency of His Case
PoliticsJohn and Gabriel Shipton talk to Robert Scheer about the WikiLeaks founder’s grueling struggle to be freed from a London prison as the Biden administration demands his extradition.