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Council members unanimously directed the city attorney to draft ballot language for the package, which involves a number of changes to the city charter.
Today on AirTalk, everything you need to know about LA City Council’s approval of a package of ethics reforms designed to fight corruption. Also on the show, we examine California Highway Patrol’s reaction to the UCLA student protests; we continue our week-long series on neurodiversity, today looking at neurodiversity in the workplace; and more.
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Claudia Puig and Andy Klein review the latest releases on FilmWeek.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision leaves in place some steep cuts to state-funded services that benefit immigrants, including legal help for undocumented students. -
The state legislature has ordered an audit of the city's legal settlement over the Pacific Airshow, just the latest example of the state and the city at odds with each other.
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Colorado River negotiators struggle to make a deal.
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The iconic chapel will be moved to storage while church officials debate next steps. The shift of land has been averaging about 7 inches each week.
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Landlords in unincorporated L.A. County can start applying to a COVID-era rent relief program next week. The program is meant to help mom-and-pop landlords.
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Belle and Sebastian, National BBQ Month at Grand Central Market, a massive drum circle, and a talk on The Swans of Harlem.
Education Wednesday
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The plan updates district priorities, but underscores finding challenges.
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Minimum wage for many California fast workers is now $20. Those who work in child care say they feel left behind.
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It currently costs $555 to renew the permit online and $605 to renew it by mail.
Family-Sized Housing Shortage
No American city shuts millennials with kids out of homeownership more than L.A.
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The severe lack of family friendly housing has millennial parents asking: Is leaving Southern California our only option? -
We talked to experts and lawmakers and found no clear consensus on how to solve the growing problem.
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Empty nesters own more L.A. homes than millennials with kids. Here’s how some older homeowners are finding ways to spread their wealth.
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Host Traci Thomas welcomes guests author Amanda Montell and actor Vella Lovell for book talk, trivia, and hot takes.
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A live event series in partnership with The James Beard Foundation that will go behind the scenes of some of L.A.’s favorite restaurants.
LAist Promise Tracker
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Mayor Bass made an ambitious campaign pledge to address homelessness by housing 17,000 Angelenos. We’ve been trying to keep tabs, but it’s complicated.
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Here's how Mayor Bass did on her campaign promises on homelessness during her first year in office.
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Supervisor Andrew Do directed millions to the group, which was supposed to go toward feeding needy residents. “If they can’t prove then they should pay the money back,” Supervisor Katrina Foley told LAist.
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One year after California became the first state to require that its public universities provide the abortion pill to students, LAist found that basic information on where or how students can obtain the medication is lacking and, often, nonexistent.
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Images from across the Golden State show how the storm systems have transformed our mountains into winter wonderlands.
Education
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USC students reflect on a full circle moment, recalling cancelled high school graduations and now a cancelled main ceremony.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised plan reduces funding for key higher education programs.
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The governor's revised proposal makes cuts to funding for transitional kindergarten facilities, state preschool slots, and home visiting programs.
LA History
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We talk to historian Elsa Devienne about how beaches developed and her new book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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Erskine had two career no-hitters and won a World Series with the Dodgers in 1955. But many remember his friendship with Jackie Robinson at a time when segregation was legal.
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Los Angeles has the most diversity in street light design of any American city.
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The city settled a lawsuit with the annual airshow operator — and residents want to know details about what taxpayers are on the hook for.
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As of Sunday, Vroman’s Bookstore on Foothill Boulevard is no more.
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Los Angeles County recently declared the anniversary of the Fall of Saigon “Jane Fonda Day,” outraging California’s Vietnamese-American lawmakers. They’re glad the county is reconsidering the controversial decision.
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Overnight closures begin tonight at 7 p.m. through early Thursday morning.
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Two new bills would allow state funding to support sober housing for homeless residents, a significant departure from California’s current ‘housing first’ law.
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A bill working its way through the California Legislature would allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin; mescaline; MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy; and dimethyltryptamine, the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a plant-based psychoactive tea.
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May Gray is in store for this week.
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We dig into your trash … and what to do with it.
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One researcher said that they saw 20,000 birds pass through in a single day.
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Carlos Moreno, the scientist behind the concept, wrote a new book to introduce the 15-minute city to a wider audience.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is recommending small cuts to the state prison system, avoiding the closures of additional facilities.
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Remembering Sean Burroughs, Who Took Long Beach Little League To The Mountaintop In The 1990s, TwiceAfter a successful Little League career, Burroughs went on to the big league and help Team USA win a Gold Medal at the Olympics. He died last week at the age of 43.
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