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Some L.A. County Officials Oppose Gov. Newsom’s Homeless Encampment Order

July 31, 2024 4:00 pmJuly 31, 2024 4:01 pm

In a series of statements on Tuesday, several Los Angeles County officials said that they continue to be opposed to removing homeless encampments en masse, putting them at odds with the Los Angeles City Council and Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent...

Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs

July 30, 2024 2:35 amJuly 30, 2024 2:36 am

Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...

LA Homeless Report Finds City Has Been Actively Making People Lose Shelter

July 6, 2024 2:25 amJuly 6, 2024 2:26 am

A new report unveiled at the Los Angeles City Council meeting earlier this week found that the city impounded 555 vehicles in which homeless people lived in while only offering shelter to 186 in the pat two years, going directly...

Los Angeles Homeless Count Falls By 2.2% According To Latest Homeless Count

June 30, 2024 2:45 amJune 30, 2024 2:46 am

A new study released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Friday found that the number of homeless in the City of Los Angeles fell by 2.2% from last year. The overall number in Los Angeles County went down by...

30 Miles of Tunnels Proposed for High Speed Rail: Can You Dig It?

June 29, 2024 2:00 pmJune 29, 2024 2:01 pm

The consistently accurate and forward looking board of the California High Speed Rail Authority has decided that it is a good idea to dig 30 miles of tunnels to connect Burbank to Palmdale. The purely political zig-zag to include Palmdale...

The Tape Don’t Lie…But It Appears Gascon Minion Did

June 25, 2024 3:58 pmJune 25, 2024 3:58 pm

When Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s chief of staff Joseph Iniguez was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and threatening a police officer he said he had a video of the entire incident that not only showed his...

L.A. County Board Of Supervisors Vote on Stricter Rent Caps in County Unincorporated Areas

June 6, 2024 1:34 pmJune 6, 2024 1:35 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this week to put into effect even stricter rent caps in place in unincorporated parts of the county, making them one step closer to setting rent increases to only 3% each year....