Tag: Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, at podium, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom speak in support of Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion bond measure, to urge support for Proposition 1 on the March 5, 2024 ballot, at a news conference in the Los Angeles General Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. California's Proposition 1 looks to overhaul California's mental health funding system, with a $6.4 billion bond to expand access for hundreds of thousands of Californians, fund substance abuse treatment, and help to get people suffering from mental health off the streets.

Finance and Economy

Newsom plays hardball with Bass over LA funding amid California budget crisis

Emily Hallas · May 18, 2025 4:10 pm

A car drives past homes and vehicles destroyed by the Palisades fire

California approves State Farm’s request for emergency rate hike after spending billions on LA fires

Emily Hallas · May 14, 2025 11:05 am

Menendez brothers resentenced to 50 years to life with the possibility of parole

Washington Examiner Staff · May 14, 2025 5:23 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to escalate California's push to eradicate homeless encampments on Monday, calling on hundreds of cities, towns and counties to effectively ban tent camps on sidewalks, bike paths, parklands and other types of public property. Pamela Morales, left, cooks a meal at an encampment on Garland Ave, downtown. Morales said they have lived here for nearly four months.

Newsom calls on California cities to ban homeless encampments

Barnini Chakraborty · May 12, 2025 7:21 pm

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025.

Trump executive order to turn LA into housing center for up to 6,000 homeless veterans

Emily Hallas · May 11, 2025 1:47 pm

Golden State rising: California cities pivot from progressive policies and see results

Barnini Chakraborty · May 9, 2025 12:25 am

Hollywood doesn’t deserve a tariff bailout

Zachary Faria · May 8, 2025 11:50 pm

Ideology and bureaucracy slow Los Angeles recovery

Zachary Faria · May 6, 2025 2:00 pm

Small plane crashes into Simi Valley neighborhood in Southern California, killing one person

The Associated Press · May 3, 2025 9:14 pm

Neil Young performs alongside Joan Baez during a Fighting Oligarchy event with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in Los Angeles, Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Neil Young targets Tesla and Musk in fiery new anthem

Heather Hunter · April 30, 2025 5:11 pm

LAFD union boss who blamed lack of funds for limited response to wildfires took home $500,000 in pay and overtime

Barnini Chakraborty · April 30, 2025 4:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Karen Bass wants to weaken LAPD to fix a self-inflicted budget crisis

Zachary Faria · April 23, 2025 1:29 pm