Hugo Soto-Martinez – California Globe

FBI & DHS Agents Descend on LA’s Skid Row in Voter Fraud Probe

June 19, 2026 7:19 amJune 19, 2026 7:49 am

Thursday, June 18, 2026, FBI agents and Homeland Security Investigations personnel descended on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and conducted interviews with homeless residents as part of a voter fraud probe tied to the June 2, 2026, statewide direct primary....

LA City Council Advances Measure to Allow Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections

June 18, 2026 11:06 amJune 18, 2026 11:13 am

In a 10-5 vote on Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council advanced a charter amendment (see below) that could eventually allow noncitizens to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) elections. The proposal, introduced by DSA Councilmember...

LA City Council Unanimously Votes to Ban Minor Traffic Stops

May 7, 2026 11:44 amMay 7, 2026 11:44 am

In a unanimous 14-0 vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a motion urging the civilian Board of Police Commissioners to severely restrict pretextual traffic stops (minor traffic stops), effectively handcuffing LAPD officers from using broken taillights, expired registrations,...

LA City Council Socialists Launch Bid to Give Noncitizens Full Voting Rights in Local Elections

April 30, 2026 10:53 amMay 1, 2026 8:44 am

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martínez (CD 13) and Ysabel Jurado (CD 14) have introduced a proposal that would ask voters to greenlight noncitizen voting in city elections — including races for mayor, City Council seats, and Los Angeles Board...

Mayor Bass Calls for Resignation of 2028 Olympics Chairman Over Epstein-Related Emails

February 18, 2026 12:45 pmFebruary 18, 2026 12:53 pm

The Epstein files have rocked the LA 2028 Olympics (LA28). Fresh documents from the Department of Justice’s massive release of Jeffrey Epstein files have thrust the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee into the center of a...

DSA’s Socialist Takeover Plot for Los Angeles: Seizing Homes, Defunding Cops, and Turning the City into a Marxist Experiment

February 9, 2026 12:53 pmFebruary 9, 2026 1:07 pm

In what can only be described as a chilling blueprint for economic destruction and social chaos (see below), the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Los Angeles chapter has released a 40-page, 9,000-word manifesto that lays out an aggressive, six-to-eight-year plan...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Responds to Federal Lawsuit Against Citywide Sanctuary Policy

July 2, 2025 2:45 amJuly 2, 2025 2:46 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass responded on Tuesday against a federal lawsuit that challenges the city over it’s sanctuary policies, with Mayor Bass directly stating that it is part of an “all out assault” against L.A. The lawsuit, United States...