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Skid Row homelessness: Why the 9th Circuit Court overturned a local federal judge’s ruling
Homelessness might be the biggest crisis the next LA mayor will have to face. A federal judge made waves in April when he ordered the city and county to offer temporary shelter or permanent housing to everyone living on Skid Row by October.
By Madeleine Brand • • 9m ListenHomelessness might be the biggest crisis the next LA mayor will have to face. A federal judge made waves in April when he ordered the city and county to offer temporary shelter or permanent housing to everyone living on Skid Row by October. A month later, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put that deadline on hold so the city and county could appeal. Now the 9th Circuit has overturned the judge’s ruling entirely, stating he overstepped his bounds.
Also, a U.S. House committee is investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. It has issued subpoenas for several key figures from Trump’s orbit, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former top advisor Steve Bannon.
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3 of 5Karen Bass wants to leave Congress to be LA’s mayor. Which Angelenos support her?- 0:00$3.5T to keep government open, $1T on infrastructure: Democrats have this final week to pass spending plans
- 7:46Rep. Karen Bass enters LA mayor’s race, scrambling a packed political field. Which communities here support her?
- 18:04Skid Row homelessness: Why the 9th Circuit Court overturned a local federal judge’s rulingYou’re reading this
- 27:22This CA program closely monitors former psychiatric patients, leaving them in oppressive legal limbo
- 36:04As The Fugees announce new tour, here’s a look back at the seminal hip-hop album ‘The Score’