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Just weeks after the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission quietly removed references to climate change and disadvantaged communities from its annual work plan, local governments in other parts of the

Last fall, Councilmember Traci Park publicly promoted plans to bring a Baywatch television reboot to Venice, framing the production as a boost for local businesses, tourism, and union jobs. Then

Just days after a Charter Reform Commission meeting ended abruptly with public comment cut off and the room cleared by LAPD officers, one of the commissioners is now formally asking

Rae Huang stepped to the microphone this week at a meeting of Los Angeles’s Charter Reform Commission to speak about police accountability. Before she finished, the microphone was cut. Huang

At first glance, Westchester can feel politically settled. The same neighborhood groups dominate public meetings. Yard signs and Nextdoor threads often repeat the same themes about safety, traffic, and preserving

As Los Angeles moves closer to the 2028 Olympics, a clearer picture is coming into focus of what the Games may actually mean for ordinary Angelenos. And it looks very

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