On Wednesday, LA City Council voted 14-0 to advance a sweeping set of recommendations aimed at limiting LAPD pretextual traffic stops, marking the culmination of nearly five years of organizing,
On the evening of June 22, 2024, a boy named Edel Anthony Quintero was stabbed to death on Venice Boulevard in Palms at a street carnival organized by the LAPD
Santa Monica officials are celebrating the launch of a new high tech policing hub they say will transform how the city responds to crime. The Santa Monica Police Department’s newly
A new program is quietly expanding on the Westside, putting civilian volunteers behind the wheel of city-owned vehicles and giving them a direct line to LAPD. The program was not
This morning, LAPD officers, Bureau of Sanitation crews, and staffer Casey Pratts from Councilmember Traci Park’s office swept a single unhoused person living in front of 720 Rose Avenue in
Mayor Karen Bass this week released her proposed $14.9 billion budget for 2026–27, presenting it as a steady plan that avoids layoffs after last year’s $1 billion deficit. But the
